French and Indian War Deciding the Fate of North America

Name: French and Indian War Deciding the Fate of North America
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ISBN: 9780060761851

ISBN-10: 0060761857

ISBN-13: 9780060761851

Edition: N/A

Authors: Walter R. Borneman

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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 for Great Britain and France but also for the Spanish and 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…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Maps


Acknowledgments


Chronology


Key Players


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


Notes


Bibliography


Index