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[Rogers' Rangers] Stephen Brumwell,
WHITE DEVIL: A True Story of War, Savagery and Vengenace in Colonial America
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NEW copy. hardcover with dust jacket. (Da Capo Press, 2005).
Notes, appendices, 'Dramatis Personae', index, 335 pages.
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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 James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans."
That atrocity stoked calls for revenge - and the tough young Major
Robert Rogers and his 'rangers' were ordered into enemy territory to
take it. On the morning of October 4, 1759, they surprised the Abenaki
Indian village of St. Francis, slaughtering its sleeping inhabitants
without mercy. After the attack, Rogers's band endured a nightmarish
journey home. Some were captured and tortured to death by vengeful
pursuers, others resorted to cannibalism rather than starve in the
frozen wilderness. Those raiders who staggered back to safety were
hailed as heroes by the colonists, their indomitable leader
immortalized as 'the brave Major Rogers.' But the Abenakis remembered
Rogers very differently: To them he was Wobomagonda - 'White Devil'.
~~ From Library Journal: "Brumwell (Redcoats: The
British Soldier and War in the Americas, 1755-1763) tells the real
story of Maj. Robert Rogers and his famous band of Rangers, who marched
into French territory to exact ruthless retribution on the Abenaki
Indians for their massacre of settlers at Fort William Henry. Brumwell
dramatically depicts the stealth involved in reaching the Abenaki at
the St. Francis River Basin, the details of the brutal slaughter, and
the harrowing retreat to final safety, offering different perspectives
based on scant narratives from the Abenaki and accounts from survivors.
Brumwell also relied on more than 250 years of North American, British,
and French archived documents to explore the truth behind this
controversial episode from America's aggressive past. This is an
excellent update to John R. Cuneo's Robert Rogers of the Rangers
and complements Fred Anderson's Crucible of War: The Seven Years'
War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766.
Highly recommended for all Colonial American history collections."
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[Rogers' Rangers] Burt Garfield Loescher,
THE HISTORY OF ROGERS' RANGERS, Volume 1: The Beginnings
(January 1755 - April 6, 1758).
NEW copy. HARDCOVER, issued by publisher without dust
jacket. Heritage Books, 2005. Reprint of the 1901
edition. Illustrations, maps, (index in Vol II), 438
pages. This facsimile edition of the rare 1946 classic is
based chiefly on the Loudoun Manuscripts. Here is the
history of the very beginning of Rogers’ Rangers, the
elite military unit that set the standards for future
special forces. Volume 1 covers the years in which
Ranger activities reached their height during the
French & Indian War. The wealth of information to be
found in Mr. Loescher’s books can hardly be overstated.
Includes maps of the two famous snowshoe battles of La
Barbue Creek and Rogers’ Rock, and a fold-out map of 22
early Ranger battles between 1755-1758.
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[Rogers' Rangers] Burt Garfield Loescher,
GENESIS: ROGERS' RANGERS, Volume 2:
The First Green Berets.
(April 6, 1758 - December 24, 1783).
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NEW copy. HARDCOVER, issued by publisher without dust
jacket. Heritage Books, 2000. Illustrations, maps,
(index in Vol II), 311 pages. "This collectible classic, much sought after by connoisseurs of colonial American
military history, is once again in print. Originally published in 1969, it
constitutes Volume II of Burt Loescher's meticulously researched History of
Rogers' Rangers. This work offers the complete record of every action,
ambuscade, scout and expedition of Major Robert Rogers and his Rangers from
April 6, 1758 (just after their defeat in the Battle on Snowshoes during the
French and Indian War), to their disbandment on December 24, 1783, at the end of
the American Revolution. From 1758 to 1761, the Rangers were active as scouts
and advance guards from Canada to the West Indies. Known mainly for their
ambuscades around Fort Ticonderoga and Lake Champlain, they also served at the
siege of Louisbourg, the fall of Quebec, on the Great Lakes, and in the Southern
theatre against the Cherokee. In 1763 the corps was revived to take part in
Pontiac's Rebellion. During the American Revolution, Rogers fought on the
British side and commanded Rogers' Queen's and King's Rangers. Tragically, this
extraordinary leader died in disgrace a few years after the Revolution in a
London debtors' prison. Robert Rogers' famous Ranging Rules for bush fighting
have been handed down and adapted by elite military corps such as Darby's
Rangers in World War II and the Green Berets in Vietnam. Mr. Loescher's
monumental study of Rogers' Rangers remains unequaled to this day. The 20-page
bibliography alone is a valuable research aid. It lists principal sources from
the Public Records Office in London; Huntington Library; the Public Archives of
Canada; Clements Library; Rogers' papers, and dozens of unpublished diaries and
other works. Several excellent battle maps illuminate the text, along with a
portrait of Major Rogers by the well-known artist, R. S. Embleton, and an
illustration by the author of Rogers' Rangers' uniforms, 1758-1783. Attractively
hardbound in dark green cloth and stamped with gold foil."
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[Rogers' Rangers] Burt Garfield Loescher,
THE HISTORY OF ROGERS' RANGERS, Volume 3:
Officers and Non-commissioned Officers.
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NEW copy. HARDCOVER, issued by publisher without dust
jacket. Heritage Books, 2001. Illustrations, index, 86 pages.
"You have read about their daring exploits as the first elite fighting unit in
America, but have you ever wondered just who the individual Rangers were? Was
one of them your ancestor? A treasure trove of biographical material, this work
contains information on more than 200 Rangers (some of whom served in both the
French and Indian War and the American Revolution), the legendary Robert Rogers
himself, John Stark, the Brewers, Moses Hazen, the Stockbridge Mohegans, and the
lesser-known men of all ranks including surgeons, clerks, cadets and corporals.
This edition also includes a preface and the text of a discourse presented by
the author to the Rogers Island Historical Society. Previously available in
extremely limited quantities, this rare work has been completely re-typeset and
includes a new fullname index that makes it a useful companion to the others in
the series. It is enhanced with black and white illustrations, and is handsomely
hardbound to match Volumes I and II. All known information is given, including
if possible: place of birth, names of parents and spouse, place and date of
enlistment, military service and commissions, notable events in military and
civilian life, land grants, date of discharge, date and/or place of death. It is
true that “a ghastly death stalked ever at their side,” and some Rangers were
cut down early in their careers, thus leaving a shorter record than others."
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[Rogers' Rangers] Burt Garfield Loescher,
THE HISTORY OF ROGERS' RANGERS, Volume 4: The St. Francis Raid.
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NEW copy. HARDCOVER, issued by publisher without dust
jacket. Heritage Books, 2002. Illustrations, maps, appendices, bibliography, 314 pages.
"At last, from the undisputed expert on Rogers’ Rangers, here is the long-awaited
chronicle of this tragic and infamous event. This phenomenal “commando” attack,
initially successful, would be forever scarred by the violent deaths and
starvation suffered by the Rangers during their return journey. Burt Loescher
traveled thousands of miles tracing the routes of the separate Ranger parties,
interviewing old- timers and descendants, and digging through hundreds of
archival documents to painstakingly piece together the truth of the St. Francis
Raid. There are many threads to this story, including its historical background,
the events that occurred early in the expedition that foretold its outcome, and
the separate agonies that befell the 11 groups of Rangers when the main force
divided during the retreat from St. Francis. Extracts from actual Ranger diaries
and journals provide authentic accounts of the journey, as well as shedding
light on the personalities of the Rangers themselves. Many legends have grown
around the story of the St. Francis Raid, most of them centering around the
valuable silver and gold treasures stolen from the mission chapel by the Rangers
and buried along the return routes when the men became too weak with hunger to
continue to carry their heavy loads. Some say the Rangers were “cursed” for
destroying and desecrating the mission. You will be able to retrace the separate
trails by following the detailed descriptions and maps in this book. Mr.
Loescher went far beyond Rogers’ own Journal accounts to get to the truth of the
St. Francis Raid. He combed the documents in the Loudoun and Amherst Papers,
colonial newspaper accounts, narratives, and, most importantly, some
never-before published French accounts. He also disproves the legends that
suffer from “credibility gaps.” Many newly discovered facts completely change
our currently held notions of the Raid, which have been shaped by the novel and
motion picture. So much new evidence has been turned up that a definitive volume
on the Raid was imperative. The exhaustive Appendices, detailed maps, and
splendid color illustrations by well-known Ranger artist Gary Zaboly and Ron
Embleton, make this study a complete source of reference for the historian, the
treasure hunter, the Rogers’ Ranger enthusiast, as well as the lover of exciting
early Americana."
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Roosevelt, Theodore,
THE WINNING OF THE WEST
. The Daniel Boone Edition, one of only 200 numbered sets, with tipped-in original manuscript page by author. In four volumes.
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The colonial period is covered in Volume One: From the Alleghenies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 (352
pages) and in Volume Two: From the Alleghenies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783
(427 pages).
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Rosenberger, Richard F. and Charles Kaufmann,
THE LONGRIFLES OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: ALLEGHENY AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES.
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993., F/F, like new. 1st American edition.
9"x11" oblong. B&W and color photos by Bill Owen.139 pp, glossy paper. "The
American longrifle, also known as the Kentucky rifle, was the finest rifle in
the world for over a century. As this beautifully illustrated book shows, the
gunmakers of western Pennsylvania were second to none in their skill and
artistry. From the first settling of the land west of the Alleghenies, local
gunsmiths produced the rifles that enabled the frontier family to survive in
the wilderness... ..the definitive work on the guns and gunsmiths of Allegheny
& Westmoreland counties from the mid-18th century to about 1870, with an
emphasis on the "golden age" (1785-1815). Rosenberger & Kaufmann present a
brief history of t he longrifle, an introduction to its manufacture and use in
western Pennsylvania in the 18th & 19th centuries, biographies of all major
gunmakers & detailed descriptions of known guns. They include 58 longrifles &
pistols, each photgraphed in three views. Several are in full color. Closeups
reveal the exceptionally fine detail on some of the rifles."
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Seelye, John D.,
MEMORY'S NATION: The Place of Plymouth Rock. NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. University of North Carolina Press. Illustrations, bibliography, index, 699 pages. "Long celebrated as a symbol of the country's origins, Plymouth Rock no longer receives much national attention. In fact, historians now generally agree that the Pilgrims' storied landing on the Rock never actually took place - the tradition having emerged more than a century after the arrival of the Mayflower. In Memory's Nation, however, John Seelye is not interested in the factual truth of the landing. He argues that what truly gives Plymouth Rock its significance is more than two centuries of oratorical, literary, and artistic celebrations of the Pilgrims' arrival. Drawing on a wealth of speeches, paintings, and popular illustrations, Seelye demonstrates how Plymouth Rock changed in meaning over the years, beginning as a symbol of freedom evoked in patriotic sermons at the start of the Revolution and eventually becoming a symbol of exclusion during the 1920s. In a concluding chapter, Seelye notes the continuing popularity of Plymouth Rock as a tourist attraction, affirming that, at least in New England, the Pilgrim advent still has meaning. But as he demonstrates throughout the book, the Rock was from the beginning a regional symbol, associated with New England's attempts to assert its importance as the starting point for what became the American Republic."
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[Sewall] Melvin Yazawa (ed),
THE DIARY AND LIFE OF SAMUEL SEWALL. NEW copy. Hardcover. St. Martin's Press. 260 pages. "Comprising daily commentary on major and minor events between 1674 and 1729, the diary of Boston merchant Samuel Sewall is one of the richest personal accounts of early American history. This innovative abridgment allows events to unfold without the distraction of editorial manipulation by presenting one year's complete entries from each of the five decades. The volume draws meaning from potentially mundane journal entries by placing Sewall's experiences in the dynamic context of colonial Boston. A general introduction and thorough text annotations explain the social, religious, and political culture of Puritan New England, while chapter introductions provide overviews of the diary's intervening years. Illustrations, a chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliography, and an index are also included."
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Stillinger, Elizabeth,
HISTORIC DEERFIELD: A PORTRAIT OF EARLY AMERICA.
Dutton Studio Books, NY, June 1992., NF/F, new, unopened. Remainder mark on
bottom of book, otherwise pristine. Oversized, 9"x 11", glossy paper. Lavishly
illustrated with B&W and color photographs. Bibliography, notes, photograph
credits, index, 206 pp. The story of the rescue and subsequent restoration of
historic Deefield village in the 1930s. "This volume offers a walk back into
Deerfield's past as well as gloriously illustrated tours of Historic
Deerfield's twelve museum houses and exhibition buildings as they look today.
Deerfield of the past and present comes alive in more than one hundred color
photographs taken specifically for this book by Arthur Vitols and in the highly
atmospheric black & white photographs borrowed from local and regional
archives." Originally in print at $35; now out of print.
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[Sullivan] Frederick Cook,
JOURNALS OF THE MILITARY EXPEDITION OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SULLIVAN AGAINST
THE SIX NATIONS OF INDIANS IN 1779. NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK.
Heritage Books, 2004. Maps, rosters, index, 602 pages. "In 1779, Major General John Sullivan led a scorched earth campaign against the
troublesome Iroquois, who had sided with the British under Sir William Johnson
since the days of the French and Indian War. Sullivan and his men marched from
Tioga to Newtown (Elmira), NY, burning and destroying every native village along
the way. One major skirmish occurred, resulting in the capture and subsequent
brutal torture of three of Sullivan's men. This work is a collection of 26
journals of officers who participated in the expedition. Each officer's journal
is preceded by a biographical sketch. These narratives are enhanced by 8
fold-out maps, a roster of officers and more (1887)."
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Garbarino, William M.,
SETTLEMENT AND CONFLICT ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA: A History of the Settlement and Conflict on the Susquehanna River and Its Tributaries during the 18th Century
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK. (Midway Publishing, 2005). Index. 123 pp.
~~~ This book covers the early events along the Susquehanna River and its tributaries, including early inhabitants, the legacy of William Penn, colonial settlements, Indian conflicts, as well as the Revolutionary and Pennamite Wars.
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Valeri, Mark,.
LAW & PROVIDENCE IN JOSEPH BELLAMY'S NEW ENGLAND: THE ORIGINS OF THE NEW
DIVINITY IN REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA.
Oxford University Press., 1994. Minor tear to top spine of dust jacket,
otherwise in NEW condition. Extensive notes & bibliography, index, 205 pages.
"Studies Bellamy's career both in terms of developments within Calvinism and
also to illuminate the role of Calvinists in Anglo-American political culture."
(Originally in print at $48).
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Baker, C. Alice,
TRUE STORIES OF NEW ENGLAND CAPTIVES CARRIED TO CANADA DURING THE OLD FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS. . Volume I.
. NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK. Heritage Books, 2004. Illustrations, index, 420 pages. "Recounts in detail the Indian attacks at Wells and York, Maine, Dover, New Hampshire, and Hatfield, Haverhill, and Deerfield, Massachusetts. Focuses on a few of the participants with extensive genealogical and biographical data. The families treated are: Baker, Nims, Otis, Plaisted, Rishworth, Rising, Sayward, Sheldon, Silver, Stockwell, Stebbins, Wheelwright, and Williams. The captives discussed in detail here are only treated briefly in the companion volume by Coleman. (1896)."
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Coleman, Emma Lewis,
NEW ENGLAND CAPTIVES CARRIED TO CANADA BETWEEN 1677 AND 1760 DURING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS. NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK. TWO VOLUMES. Heritage Books, 2005. Index, 890 pages. "In 1897, C. Alice Baker published True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars, which Heritage Books reprinted several years ago, but which is now out of print. Following the initial publication of that work, Ms. Baker and Emma Lewis Coleman continued to research this topic, scouring the libraries and archives of New England and Canada for information. Following the death of Ms. Baker, Ms. Coleman prepared the present volumes using all the data they had accumulated over several decades. These volumes name all the captives they discovered and provide biographical data on each, but the sketches on those people who had been covered in the earlier volume are abbreviated in comparison to those who had not been covered in the first compilation. This work provides an extensive picture of the Indian attacks on New England communities over about an eighty-year period, and in terms of identifying their captives, it is probably the most definitive work ever published. Sources are cited in footnotes and an appendix identifies various people and places mentioned in the text. There is a complete name index (1926),"
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Whisker, James B..
ARMS MAKERS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Susquehanna University Press, 1990., NEW, a mint copy. Hardcover issued without
dust jacket. 9x12.5. Glossy paper throughout. Hundreds of photographs &
illustrations of rifles, gunsmith portraits & period advertisements.
Introduction, Abbreviations, Biographies of Arms Makers of Pennsylvania,
Appendices, Bibliography, extensive notes, 218 pp. "Focuses on the Pennsylvania
long "Kentucky" rifle, and identifies the primary schools of gun making and
major technological developments." A substantial, indispensable study by one of
the leading scholars in the field.
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