Title:
The French and Indian War : deciding the fate of North America / Walter R. Borneman.
Author:
Borneman, Walter R., 1952-
Publication Information:
New York : Harper Perennial 2007, c2006.
New York : Harper Perennial, 2007, ©2006.
Call Number:
E199 .B67 2007
Abstract:
In the summer of 1754, deep in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania, a very young George Washington suffered his first military defeat, and a centuries-old feud between Great Britain and France was rekindled. The war that followed would be fought across virgin territories, from Nova Scotia to the forks of the Ohio River, and it would ultimately decide the fate of the entire North American continent--not just between Great Britain and France, but also for the Spanish and the Native American populations. Noted historian Walter R. Borneman brings to life an epic struggle for a continent what Samuel Eliot Morison called 'truly the first world war' and emphasizes how the seeds of discord sown in its aftermath would take root and blossom into the American Revolution.
Edition:
1st Harper Perennial ed.
ISBN:
9780060761844
9780060761851
Physical Description:
xxiii, 360, 18 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
General Note:
Originally published: HarperCollins, 2006.
Contents:
Introduction: The war that won a continent -- Colliding empires (1748-1756) -- The bells of Aix-la-Chapelle -- Beautiful Ohio -- Albany, 1754 -- Braddock's roads -- "That I can save England" -- Mr. Pitt's global war (1757-1760) -- Massacre and stalemate --Fortress Atlantis -- "Till we meet at Ticonderoga" -- The bateau man -- Braddock's roads again -- Caribbean gambit -- Falling dominoes -- Battle for a continent, or is it? -- The making of a legend -- Deciding the fate -- Prelude to revolution (1760-1763) -- Montreal to Michilimackinac -- Martinique to Manila -- Scratch of a pen -- A matter unresolved -- Prelude to revolution -- P.S. : insights, interviews & more.
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