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Frontier Forts Under Fire

Paul Williams
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      Fort William Henry and Fort Phil Kearny were both conventional military outposts of the North American frontier - wooden stockades with sentry towers and blockhouses. Both lasted but briefly - about two years from construction until their walls went up in flames. And both saw what were termed ""massacres"" of Indians outside their wall.This book reexamines the traumatic events at both forts. The Fort William Henry Massacre was condemned by both British and French as barbaric. Yet these European powers proved capable of similar crimes. The Fort Phil Kearny defeat, traditionally attributed to Captain William Fetterman's having disobeyed orders, has been scrutinized in recent years. Did the women present at that time write a distorted version of events? It would appear second-in-command Lieutenant George Grummond led the charge over Lodge Trail Ridge. Or did he?
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Paul Williams EAN: 9781476670935 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 254 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-10-26 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) WIDTH: 178 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, c 1750 to c 1759, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1860 to c 1869, History and Archaeology, History, History of the Americas

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      Paul Williams has worked in the television and film industries as a writer, producer and director. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.
      Fort William Henry and Fort Phil Kearny were both conventional military outposts of the North American frontier - wooden stockades with sentry towers and blockhouses. Both lasted but briefly - about two years from construction until their walls went up in flames. And both saw what were termed ""massacres"" of Indians outside their wall.This book reexamines the traumatic events at both forts. The Fort William Henry Massacre was condemned by both British and French as barbaric. Yet these European powers proved capable of similar crimes. The Fort Phil Kearny defeat, traditionally attributed to Captain William Fetterman's having disobeyed orders, has been scrutinized in recent years. Did the women present at that time write a distorted version of events? It would appear second-in-command Lieutenant George Grummond led the charge over Lodge Trail Ridge. Or did he?
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Paul Williams EAN: 9781476670935 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 254 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-10-26 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) WIDTH: 178 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, c 1750 to c 1759, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1860 to c 1869, History and Archaeology, History, History of the Americas

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      Paul Williams has worked in the television and film industries as a writer, producer and director. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.

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