The French and Indian Wars
Subtitle: the story of battles and forts in the wilderness.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Series: Mainstream of America series
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1962
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; United States -- History, Military -- To 1900
Description: The author reconstructs the picture of the ragged men, the battles and sieges during this long series of wars which began in the 1690's. He show how the French colonies spanned the continent while the English lay on the seacoast, and points out that the basic conflict occurred as the English desperately tried to penetrate the barrier of the Appalachians. He also discusses the controversial role of the Indian in these wars. (Publisher).