A History of the French War, Ending in the Conquest of Canada with a Preliminary Account of the Earl

A History of the French War, Ending in the Conquest of Canada with a Preliminary Account of the Earl; by Rossiter Johnson; 408 pp; Paper; 5.5x8.5; Published: 1882, Reprinted: 2007; indices; ISBN: 078841464X; Item # HBJ1464 This engaging book covers nearly every issue related to the French and Indian War, and the events that led up to it. Organized chronologically, the topics include: explorations by Cartier and Champlain; the Jesuits; interactions with Algonquins and Iroquois; La Salle; King William's War; massacres at Dover, Saco and Schenectady; Queen Anne's War and the attacks on Wells, Saco, Casco, Deerfield and Lancaster; attack on Haverhill; Father Rasle; forts at Niagara, Oswego and Crown Point; King George's War; attacks on Canso and Annapolis; La Loutre; the Siege of Louisbourg; exile of the Acadians; French posts in the Ohio Valley; Sir William Johnson; The Walking Purchase; Christopher Gist; French Attack on Picqua; George Washington; Braddock's Defeat; Battle of Lake Georg