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The French and Indian War : deciding the fate of North America Cover Image

The French and Indian War : deciding the fate of North America / Walter R. Borneman.

Borneman, Walter R., 1952- (Author).

Summary:

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, which one historian called truly the first world war, would decide the fate of the entire North American continent--not just between Great Britain and France, but for the Spanish and the 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 and the momentous battle of Quebec on the Plains of Abraham--and the seeds of discord sown in its aftermath would give root to the American Revolution. We encounter George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, William Pitt, William Shirley, Edward Braddock, Wolfe and Montcalm, and Major Robert Rogers, a legend misunderstood.--From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 0060761849
ISBN: 9780060761844
ISBN: 9780060761844
Physical Description: xxiii, 360 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2006]
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-344) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: The war that won a continent -- Colliding empires (1748-1756) -- 1. The bells of Aix-la-Chapelle -- 2. Beautiful Ohio -- Albany, 1754 -- Braddock's roads -- 5. "That I can save England" -- Mr. Pitt's global war (1757-1760) -- 6. Massacre and stalemate -- 7. Fortress Atlantis -- 8. "Till we meet at Ticonderoga" -- 9. The bateau man -- 10. Braddock's roads again -- 11. Caribbean gambit -- 12. Falling dominoes -- 13. Battle for a continent, or is it? -- 14. The making of a legend -- 15. Deciding the fate -- Prelude to revolution (1760-1763) -- 16. Montreal to Michilimackinac -- 17. Martinique to Manila -- 18. Scratch of a pen -- 19. A matter unresolved -- 20. prelude to revolution.