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: 9780060761844

ISBN-10: 0060761849

ISBN-13: 9780060761844

Edition: 2006

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 decide the fate of the entire North American continent-;not just between Great Britain and France, but for the Spanish and Native Americans as well. Fought across virgin wilderness, from Nova Scotia to the forks of the Ohio River, the French and Indian War is best remembered for dogged frontier campaigns to capture such strategic linchpins as Forts Ticonderoga, Duquesne, and Niagara; legendary treks by Rogers' Rangers; and the momentous battle of…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/31/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.00" long x 2.04" tall
Weight: 1.342
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