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THE MUSKET
AND THE CROSS The Struggle of France and England
for North America by
Walter D. Edmonds With Maps and Devices by
Samuel H. Bryant _________________
Details: This is a classic narrative history of the European and Indian experience in North America in the 1600's. The narrative begins in French Canada and tells the early colonial experience in North America with particular reference to the colonists' relations with Indian tribes and competition for the fur trade. It also gives a detailed background of the French failure on this continent. Excellent maps, which are such a help in locating places and understanding events. Great endpaper maps of The Indian World showing the locations of the various indian tribes. "This sweeping narrative encompasses the French, British, Dutch, and Swedish colonial experience during the seventeenth century and the beginning struggle between these people for control of North America. "Throughout the book, the author diverges on stories which apparently intrigue him on such diverse topics as the continuation of the manorial system in New York to the 1840's, the courage of the Jesuits, Indian battles, and methods of Indian torture. By these stories, the author illuminates the central theme which is that the English overcame the wilderness while the French lived with it.The author concludes his narrative at the beginning of the military struggle between France and England near the end of the seventeenth century." A fine addition for your bookshelf! Condition: It has a school stamp on the half-title page but no other markings and no card pocket or library indicators, light edge wear, ring mark on front cover as from a glass set on it, otherwise in very good condition with a solid binding and very clean pages. The dust jacket is edge worn with tears and some pieces torn away (see pictures) good-minus.
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