- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Osprey Publishing (Nov 25 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1841764566
- ISBN-13: 978-1841764566
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 0.7 x 24.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 281 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #341,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"I am most favorably impressed by the Essential Histories series on the American Civil War. Written by four of the best historians of the military course of the war, these volumes provide a lucid and concise narrative of the campaigns in both the Eastern and Western theaters as well as penetrating analyses of strategies and leadership. Ideal for classroom use or fireside reading."
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The French-Indian War was fought in the forests, open plains, and forts of the North American frontier. The French army, supported by North American tribes, was initially more successful than the British Army, who suffered from lack of experience at woodland fighting. This title explains the background to the wars and charts the military development of the British Army and the reforms that led to its eventual superiority. In both skirmishes in the forests of the frontier and great battles such as Louisbourg and Quebec, the British proved they had learnt well from their Native American allies.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Unreliable,
By Nicholas Westbrook (FORT TICONDEROGA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The French-Indian War 1754-1760 (Paperback)
This disappointing book comes from the usually reliable Osprey, but the editors and fact-checkers must have on holiday when this came through. The illustrations are muddy, and many are printed backwards! The real howler is that the author accepts at face-value the account of one of Robert Rogers' supposed Rangers, "Joshua Goodenough" (get it?), but written by artist Frederic Remington for Harper's Magazine in 1897. This is certainly NOT an "Essential History" from Osprey. Save your money for the ones that are, and there are plenty of those.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent overall,
By A Customer
This review is from: The French-Indian War 1754-1760 (Paperback)
I found this book to provide an excellent general overview of an often overlooked period of American colonial history. I am bemused by the earlier poster Mr. Westbrook's comments regarding the Joshua Goodenough account (which, by the way, forms a fraction of the book's content). The source for this is listed as the Massachusetts Historical Society, which cites this under the Library of Congress heading "Subject(s): United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763-Personal narratives", so clearly the claim for its being fiction is not universally known. (Remington himself claims that it is a real letter.) The surname Goodenough has a well-established Anglo-Saxon history and can be found even today in both England and the US, so by itself is not really sufficient proof of an 19th (or 18th!) century literary joke. More thoughtful commentary and less of what sounds like backbiting would be welcome in these reviews.
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Warfare in the Wilderness,
By Highlander (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The French-Indian War 1754-1760 (Paperback)
I enjoyed this book with a few exceptions.The "Battle of Grant's Hill" during the Forbes Campaign to take French held Fort Duquesne was poorly researched.The book states that the British destroyed several blockhouses around the fort prior to the battle,when in reality,they only set fire to one which was eventually extinguished.There are several other errors that a little research would have corrected.Otherwise,not a bad book on the F&I War.
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