Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical ManuscriptsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Tenth Report
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical ManuscriptsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Manuscripts of the Marquess of Abergavenny, Lord Braye, G. F. Luttrell, Esq., &c
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical ManuscriptsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Report
Author: Catalog of Printed Books of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Author: Folger Shakespeare LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
A History of Dorking and the Neighbouring Parishes
Author: John Shenton BrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dorking (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Ligon Family and Connections
Author: W. D. Ligon, Jr.Publisher:
ISBN: 9780740406775
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 943
Book Description
Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage
Author: A Literary and Biographical History
Author: Joseph GillowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catholic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765-1776
Author: Patrick SperoPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039363471X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
The untold story of the “Black Boys,” a rebellion on the American frontier in 1765 that sparked the American Revolution. In 1763, the Seven Years’ War ended in a spectacular victory for the British. The French army agreed to leave North America, but many Native Americans, fearing that the British Empire would expand onto their lands and conquer them, refused to lay down their weapons. Under the leadership of a shrewd Ottawa warrior named Pontiac, they kept fighting for their freedom, capturing several British forts and devastating many of the westernmost colonial settlements. The British, battered from the costly war, needed to stop the violent attacks on their borderlands. Peace with Pontiac was their only option—if they could convince him to negotiate. Enter George Croghan, a wily trader-turned-diplomat with close ties to Native Americans. Under the wary eye of the British commander-in-chief, Croghan organized one of the largest peace offerings ever assembled and began a daring voyage into the interior of North America in search of Pontiac. Meanwhile, a ragtag group of frontiersmen set about stopping this peace deal in its tracks. Furious at the Empire for capitulating to Native groups, whom they considered their sworn enemies, and suspicious of Croghan’s intentions, these colonists turned Native American tactics of warfare on the British Empire. Dressing as Native Americans and smearing their faces in charcoal, these frontiersmen, known as the Black Boys, launched targeted assaults to destroy Croghan’s peace offering before it could be delivered. The outcome of these interwoven struggles would determine whose independence would prevail on the American frontier—whether freedom would be defined by the British, Native Americans, or colonial settlers. Drawing on largely forgotten manuscript sources from archives across North America, Patrick Spero recasts the familiar narrative of the American Revolution, moving the action from the Eastern Seaboard to the treacherous western frontier. In spellbinding detail, Frontier Rebels reveals an often-overlooked truth: the West played a crucial role in igniting the flame of American independence.