Title: Lord Jeffery Amherst, a soldier of the king,
Authors: Long, J. C. 1892-
Publisher: The Macmillan Company,
Year: 1933
Subjects: Amherst, Jeffery Amherst,; United States History; United States History
Abstract: The life of Amherst as revealed in his recently discovered correspondence.--Forword.
Contents: Man against the sky -- Hedgerows of England -- The strange Jane Dalyson -- Secret orders -- Vision of empire -- Louisbourg for England -- Army without a shilling -- Enchanted fortress -- Lost dispatches -- Fingers close in -- An empire for the crown -- New era -- Marooned in America -- Colonists seek a college -- Cataclysm -- Seeds of disruption -- In royal disfavor -- Enter Lord North -- Defying the king -- King's friend -- Beginnings of discredit -- On the anxious seat -- Rebellion at home -- Overwhelming tides -- End of an era -- With Marlborough.