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The classic tale of how a Mohican brave struggles to protect two English girls during the French and Indian War.

Story of the last of the once strong Mohican tribe and their efforts to help in the British fight against the French.

Chronicles the history of the Colonial Wars, also called the French and Indian Wars, which gave the British control of North America.

In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War-long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution-takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both to create Britain's empire and to sow the seeds of its eventual dissolution. Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an inexperienced George...

Maps on lining papers. A narrative account of the eighteenthcentury struggle of England and France in the Iroquois territory for dominance.

Discusses the major battles, military tactics and famous figures of this war. Includes Internet links to related Web sites, source documents and photographs.

FINALIST FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BOOK PRIZE A new, brash, and unexpected view of the president we thought we knew, from the bestselling author of Astoria Two decades before he led America to independence, George Washington was a flailing young soldier serving the British Empire in the vast wilderness of the Ohio Valley. Naïve and self-absorbed, the twenty-two-year-old officer accidentally ignited the French and Indian War-a conflict that opened...

Discusses the French and Indian War between England and France, 1755-1763.

The story of Major Robert Rogers' 1759 expedition to wipe out the Indian town of St. Francis, and his search for the water route to the Northwest--based on Rogers' own accounts.