The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America
ISBN: 9780060761851 | 0060761857
Edition: ReprintFormat: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publications
Pub. Date: 4/23/2010
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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 ... MORE
| List of Maps | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Chronology | p. xiii |
| Key Players | p. xvii |
| Introduction: The War That Won a Continent | p. xxi |
| Colliding Empires (1748-1756) | |
| The Bells of Aix-la-Chapelle | p. 3 |
| Beautiful Ohio | p. 12 |
| Albany, 1754 | p. 25 |
| Braddock's Roads | p. 40 |
| "That I Can Save England" | ... MOREp. 60 |
| Mr. Pitt's Global War (1757-1760) | |
| Massacre and Stalemate | p. 79 |
| Fortress Atlantis | p. 98 |
| "Till We Meet at Ticonderoga" | p. 119 |
| The Bateau Man | p. 140 |
| Braddock's Roads Again | p. 152 |
| Caribbean Gambit | p. 169 |
| Falling Dominoes | p. 187 |
| Battle for a Continent-Or Is It? | p. 204 |
| The Making of a Legend | p. 225 |
| Deciding the Fate | p. 234 |
| Prelude to Revolution (1760-1763) | |
| Montreal to Michilimackinac | p. 247 |
| Martinique to Manila | p. 262 |
| Scratch of a Pen | p. 273 |
| A Matter Unresolved | p. 280 |
| Prelude to Revolution | p. 296 |
| Notes | p. 309 |
| Bibliography | p. 337 |
| Index | p. 345 |
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