Empires at war : the French and Indian War and the struggle for North America, 1754-1763 / William M. Fowler, Jr.
Fowler, William M., 1944-
2006
E199 .F78 2006 (Mapit)
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Title Empires at war : the French and Indian War and the struggle for North America, 1754-1763 / William M. Fowler, Jr.
Author Fowler, William M., 1944-
ISBN 0802777376 (pbk.)
Publication Details New York : Walker & Co., 2006.
Language English
Description xxv, 332 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Item Number 9780802777379
Call Number E199 .F78 2006
Summary On May 28, 1754, a group of militia and Indians led by 22-year-old major George Washington surprised a camp of sleeping French soldiers near present-day Pittsburgh. The brief but deadly exchange of fire that ensued, in Horace Walpole's memorable phrase, "set the world on fire." The resulting French and Indian War in North America escalated into a global conflict fought across Europe, Africa, and the East and West Indies. Before it ended, nearly one million men had died. This book captures the sweeping panorama of this first world war and the huge cast of characters who fought it, including the aristocratic French tactical genius Henry Montcalm and the gallant young Englishman James Wolfe, who both died on the field outside Quebec; Sir William Johnson, who sometimes painted his face and dressed like a warrior when he fought beside his Indian allies; and the "Great Commoner" William Pitt, who saw the world as a vast chessboard.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Lining up allies
George Washington helps start a war
Braddock's march
French victory, English defeat
Montcalm and Loudoun
A failure and a "massacre"
Ticonderoga
Duquesne and Louisbourg
Quebec besieged
The fall of Quebec
The year of great victories
Pitt departs, the war expands
The end, the beginning.

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