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White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery and Vengence in Colonial America
by Stephen Brumwell
Being a Last of the Mohican's fan (both book and movie), I wanted to know the truth about the French and Indian War. White Devil is the name the Abernaki Indians gave to Major Robert Rodgers when he and his Rangers sacked the village of St. Francis, over 100 miles inside enemy territory. The book concentrates on Rodgers' Rangers and their actions in the French and Indian War. It gives a good introduction to Indian relations before the War kicked off. I found the book beyond fascinating. There are several stories of settler hardship. One that stood out was a pregnant woman who was taken captive by some Indians just days before child birth. She and her child survived the ordeal. A unrelated male captive was adopted by an Indian family after his reaction to being ordered to tend to some crops. He threw the tools in the river declaring that work should only be done by Squaws. Then there is nothing like reading about an expedition where the shoes rot off your feet because it was so long and soggy.
Major Rodgers was the most famous fighter in the Colonies before the Revolutionary War and this book details why that is. If you like Colonial history then go read this book.
by Stephen Brumwell
Being a Last of the Mohican's fan (both book and movie), I wanted to know the truth about the French and Indian War. White Devil is the name the Abernaki Indians gave to Major Robert Rodgers when he and his Rangers sacked the village of St. Francis, over 100 miles inside enemy territory. The book concentrates on Rodgers' Rangers and their actions in the French and Indian War. It gives a good introduction to Indian relations before the War kicked off. I found the book beyond fascinating. There are several stories of settler hardship. One that stood out was a pregnant woman who was taken captive by some Indians just days before child birth. She and her child survived the ordeal. A unrelated male captive was adopted by an Indian family after his reaction to being ordered to tend to some crops. He threw the tools in the river declaring that work should only be done by Squaws. Then there is nothing like reading about an expedition where the shoes rot off your feet because it was so long and soggy.
Major Rodgers was the most famous fighter in the Colonies before the Revolutionary War and this book details why that is. If you like Colonial history then go read this book.
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