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REDCOATS ALONG THE HUDSON
THE STRUGGLE FOR NORTH AMERICA
1754 – 63
(NOEL ST. JOHN WILLIAMS)
This book relates to the story of the
war fought in North America in 1754-63, known in Europe as the Seven Years’ War
and in America as the French and Indian War, which decided the fate of Canada
and immortalised the names of General Wolfe and of the Marquis de
Montcalm. This was the war famed for the
assault on Quebec in which the two generals died at the moment of victory and defeat,
and for the massacre at Fort Henry, the setting of James Fenimore Cooper’s
classic novel ‘The Last of the Mohicans’.
‘Redcoats Along the Hudson’ tells of
early exploration and settlement, of differing political, religious, and social
interests, of the development of the American colonies and of the war which led
to the birth of Canada and eventually of the United States of America. The British-French struggle formed a most
important part of the evolution of the United States and of British imperial
history, but the significance of the deeds and campaigns of Wolfe and Montcalm,
as well as George Washington and the Canadian Governor Vaudreuil, in shaping
the English-speaking world is frequently forgotten. In America there is perhaps somewhat belated
realisation that this is a part of their history and heritage, hitherto
overshadowed by a justifiable pride in the American War of Independence. This fascinating book restores that balance.