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White devil : a true story of war, savagery, and vengeance in colonial America
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White devil : a true story of war, savagery, and vengeance in colonial America

Author: Stephen Brumwell
Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st Da Capo Press edView all editions and formats
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It was North America's first major conflict, known today as the French and Indian War. In that conflict, France and England-both allied with Native American tribes-fought each other in a series of bloody battles and terrifying raids. And no confrontation was more brutal and notorious than the massacre of the British garrison of Fort William Henry in what is now upstate New York-an incident memorably depicted in  Read more...
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Named Person: Robert Rogers
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Stephen Brumwell
ISBN: 0306813890 9780306813894
OCLC Number: 57655778
Notes: Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004.
Description: 335 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Preface --
Conflict and coexistence --
Making reputations --
The ranging way of war --
Amherst and Wolfe --
Chosen men --
Search and destroy --
Retreat and pursuit --
Reward and retribution --
Endings.
Responsibility: Stephen Brumwell.
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In vivid prose, Brumwell explores the truth behind the legend of a controversial and dramatic episode from America's violent past, memorably depicted in James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the  Read more...

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