Title: Major Washington's Pittsburgh and the mission to Fort Le Boeuf
Description: "During the winter of 1753 George Washington accepted the first, and potentially most dangerous, mission of his life ... The resulting tale ... set the stage for the French and Indian War and forever changed Washington's destiny ... Using firsthand accounts, including the journals of George Washington himself, historian Brady Crytzer reconstructs the complex world of eighteenth-century Pittsburgh"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: Military leadership, Causes, History, Washington's expedition to the ohio, 1st, 1753-1754, Washington, george, 1732-1799, United states, history, french and indian war, 1755-1763
Places: United States
People: Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 1st, 1753-1754, George Washington (1732-1799)
Time periods: French and Indian War, 1754-1763