2021, ISBN: 9780553804966

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Pan Books, London, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Fair Condition. First impression. Size: 12mo (small). 1218 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, unde… Mehr…

Pan Books, London, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Fair Condition. First impression. Size: 12mo (small). 1218 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Spine working loose but still intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. On June 17, 1940 William L. Shirer stood in the streets of Paris and watched the unending flow of gray German uniforms along its boulevards. In just six lovely weeks in the spring and summer of 1940 a single battle brought down in total military defeat one of the world's oldest, greatest, and most civilized powers—the second mightiest empire on earth and the possessor of one of the finest military machines ever assembled. How did it happen? After nearly a decade of research in the massive archives left from World War II and after hundreds of conversations with the Third Republic's leaders, generals, diplomats, and ordinary citizens, Shirer presents the definitive answer in his stunning re-creation of why and how France fell before Hitler's armies in 1940. His book is also a devastating examination of the confusion, corruption, and cynicism that drained the strength and toughness of a democracy which Thomas Jefferson once called "every man's second country." This book complements and completes the dramatic story of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and continues to rank as one of the most important works of history of our time. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; European History; France; 1940s; ISBN: 0330233556. ISBN/EAN: 9780330233552. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10486. . 9780330233552, Pan Books, 1970, 2, Paperback / softback. New. This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conquest to be created co-ruler in his father's lifetime. Crowned at fifteen to secure an undisputed succession, Henry played a central role in the politics of Henry II's great empire and was hailed as the embodiment of chivalry. Yet, consistently denied direct rule, the Young King was provoked first into heading a major rebellion against his father, then to waging a bitter war against his brother Richard for control of Aquitaine, dying before reaching the age of thirty having never assumed actual power. In this remarkable history, Matthew Strickland provides a richly colored portrait of an all-but-forgotten royal figure tutored by Thomas Becket, trained in arms by the great knight William Marshal, and incited to rebellion by his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine, while using his career to explore the nature of kingship, succession, dynastic politics, and rebellion in twelfth-century England and France., 6, New York Historical Society. As New. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0916141241 . This specific softcover book is in like new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "This illustrated volume explores how three globally influenced revolutions in America, France, adn Haiti transformed politics and culture between 1763 and 1815, from the triumph of the British Empire in the Seven Years' War to the end of the Napoleanic Wars." ; 11.5 x 9.25 x .85 inches; 287 pages ., New York Historical Society, 2011, 5, Lanham, MD: Prometheus Books, 2021. (2021), 431pp, illus., book has been jammed against something, causing heavy rubbing to top pg edges, rear top corner is bumped & rubbed, up through pg 12 top corners are creased & bottom corners bumped, probably 20 other pgs have top & bottom corners bumped, small stain at bottom edge of front cover, slight shelfwear to cover, top rear corner of dj has tear & heavy rubbing, some rubbing & edgewear to dj, contents clean & unmarked.. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good -., Prometheus Books, 2021, 3, New York: W.W> Norton & Company, 2016. Paperback. Near fine. Paperback. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". xvii, 681pp. A solid, clean, Near Fine copy. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, a fresh, authoritative history that recasts our thinking about America's founding period. The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the ideal framework for a democratic, prosperous nation. Alan Taylor, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, gives us a different creation story in this magisterial history of the nation's founding. Rising out of the continental rivalries of European empires and their native allies, Taylor's Revolution builds like a ground fire overspreading Britain's mainland colonies, fueled by local conditions, destructive, hard to quell. Conflict ignited on the frontier, where settlers clamored to push west into Indian lands against British restrictions, and in the seaboard cities, where commercial elites mobilized riots and boycotts to resist British tax policies. When war erupted, Patriot crowds harassed Loyalists and nonpartisans into compliance with their cause. Brutal guerrilla violence flared all along the frontier from New York to the Carolinas, fed by internal divisions as well as the clash with Britain. Taylor skillfully draws France, Spain, and native powers into a comprehensive narrative of the war that delivers the major battles, generals, and common soldiers with insight and power. With discord smoldering in the fragile new nation through the 1780s, nationalist leaders such as James Madison and Alexander Hamilton sought to restrain unruly state democracies and consolidate power in a Federal Constitution. Assuming the mantle of "We the People," the advocates of national power ratified the new frame of government. But their opponents prevailed in the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, whose vision of a western "empire of liberty" aligned with the long-standing, expansive ambitions of frontier settlers. White settlement and black slavery spread west, setting the stage for a civil war that nearly destroyed the union created by the founders. 37 illustrations; 10 maps(Publisher)., W.W> Norton & Company, 2016, 4, New York: Bantam Books, 2009. Book Club Edition (No price on DJ, no printing information on verso. Hardcover. Good/Good. Robert Bull (Maps). 548, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps. List of Maps. Dramatis Personae. Chronology. Introduction; Part I: New in a New World; Part II: Reinventing War; Part III: Ordeals of Empire; Part IV: Continental Visions; Part V: Patrons and Enemies; Part VI: Hard Choices; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix 1: Rogers' Rules of Ranging; Appendix 2--Saint-Francois Map of 1759; Appendix 3--The Hopkins Letter; Appendix 4--General Washington to the President of Congress. This is followed by Notes, Map Credits, A Note on Sources and Usage; Selected Bibliography, and Index. John F. Ross is an American historian and author. He is the recipient of the 2011 Fort Ticonderoga Award for Contributions to American History. The author of over 200 articles, Ross' works have appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, The Atlantic, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Outside Magazine, and the Washington Post. He has reported from Greenland, Siberia, Galapagos, Panama, Thailand, and Mexico.[In addition to his written work, Ross has been featured on more than fifty radio and television programs, including PBS's American Experience, NPR's On Point, Science Friday, C-SPAN, the Discovery Channel, the John Batchelor Show, and the Pritzker Military Presents. Ross was the former Executive Editor of American Heritage and has served on the Board of Editors at Smithsonian Magazine. He received the 2009 Harryman Dorsey Periodical Article Award from the Society of Colonial Wars for "Battle of Carillon" in American Heritage, Spring/Summer 2008. John Ross has brought to electrifying life Maj. Robert Rogers, a man who has been even more forgotten than the war he fought. Yet Rogers is remarkably relevant to the wars we are fighting today. American Special Forces units operating along the murderous border of Afghanistan and Pakistan owe thanks to him for their training and manuals. The irregulars who routed the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 were another set of Rogers's unwitting disciples. On March 23, 1756, Governor William Shirley of Massachusetts, commander in chief of the British war effort in North America, authorized Rogers to create an independent company of "rangers" whose salaries would be paid directly by the Crown. His exploits over the next two years made Rogers a colonial hero. Ross does an amazingly good job of bringing these forays, which Rogers often undertook in the bitter winter of northern New York, to life. He tells how Rogers taught his men to cope with almost insurmountable hardships and keep their heads in moments of terrible danger. He also introduced the latest weaponry into their tactics. In one encounter, rangers used swivel guns mounted in bateaux to wreak havoc on surprised French and Indians on Lake Champlain. Soon Rogers was a major in command of a nine-company ranger regiment. To educate his men, he wrote "Rules of Ranging,"a carefully distilled set of 28 principles that he ordered every man to read and ponder. Perhaps the most important message was in the final paragraph, in which Rogers observed there was only one maxim that applied in all situations: "preserve a firmness and presence of mind on every occasion." Ross describes in vivid detail the climax of ranger exploits, the 1759 attack Rogers and his raiders made on the Arenac Indian town of St. François on the Richelieu River in Canada. He chose that town because its warriors had been raiding English settlements in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for a century, without any retaliation. By destroying that town, he sent a message that no one was safe from Robert Rogers and his men. In a gripping narrative, Ross describes how Rogers eluded a pursuing force of 200 French and Indian woodsmen and struck the village at dawn, killing and burning with no quarter asked or given. After Québec fell to a British army, the British commander sent Rogers west to receive the surrender of the remaining French and Indian forces, adding the whole gigantic swath of Canada to Britain's empire. Rogers even prophesied Anglo-American destiny, calling for an expedition to find the Northwest Passage and inspire Englishmen to settle this huge wilderness. Ross's superb narration of the feats of Rogers and his rangers while serving their fellow Colonials creates a reflected glow for the contemporary reader. This is extracted from a review by Thomas Fleming from MHQ that was found on line. Hailed as the father of today's elite special forces, Robert Rogers was not only a wilderness warrior but North America's first noteworthy playwright and authentic celebrity. In a riveting biography, John F. Ross reconstructs the extraordinary achievements of this fearless and inspiring leader whose exploits in the early New England wilderness read like those of an action hero and whose innovative principles of unconventional warfare are still used today., Bantam Books, 2009, 2.5<

2011, ISBN: 9780553804966

London: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1843. Not Given . Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. Engraved Frontispiece. LONDON : 1843. [ First published 1833.]. Compiled from Mr. Richmond's… Mehr…

London: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1843. Not Given . Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. Engraved Frontispiece. LONDON : 1843. [ First published 1833.]. Compiled from Mr. Richmond's letters and writings by Rev. T. Fry cf. Dict. nat. biog.]. Engraved Frontispiece and three other plates. Hardback. Original brown full calf-leather; gilt lettered and simple gilt ruled spine. Original marbled end-papers and all edges gilt; git dentelles. Neat owner name. No internal markings. Tight copy. Minor wear. VERY GOOD. (i), (xxviii), 372 pages. Colophon: L. & G. Seeley, Thames Ditton, Surrey. LEGH RICHMOND (1772-1827) was a Church of England clergyman and writer. He is noted for tracts, narratives of conversion that innovated in the relation of stories of the poor and female subjects, and which were subsequently much imitated. He was also known for an influential collection of letters to his children, powerfully stating an evangelical attitude to childhood of the period. He was born on 29 January 1772, in Liverpool, the son of Henry Richmond, physician and academic, and his wife Catherine Atherton. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, was ordained deacon in June 1797 and took his MA in July of the same year. On 24 July 1797, two days after marrying Mary Chambers, he was appointed to the joint curacies of St. Mary's Church, Brading and St. John the Baptist Church, Yaverland on the Isle of Wight. He was ordained priest in February 1798. Richmond was powerfully influenced by William Wilberforce's Practical View of Christianity, and took a prominent interest in the British and Foreign Bible Society, the Church Missionary Society, the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews and similar institutions. In 1805 Richmond became assistant-chaplain to the Lock Hospital, London, for a short period. Later that year he was appointed rector of Turvey, Bedfordshire, as successor to Erasmus Middleton. The patron, Sarah Fuller, consulted Ambrose Serle; who recommended Richmond. He remained at Turvey for the rest of his life. He began taking pupils at the rectory, two being Charles Longuet Higgins and Walter Augustus Shirley, while teaching his own sons, but was not effectual and passed tuition on to his curates. Sm.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]., R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1843, 3, New York: Bantam Books, 2009. Book Club Edition (No price on DJ, no printing information on verso. Hardcover. Good/Good. Robert Bull (Maps). 548, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps. List of Maps. Dramatis Personae. Chronology. Introduction; Part I: New in a New World; Part II: Reinventing War; Part III: Ordeals of Empire; Part IV: Continental Visions; Part V: Patrons and Enemies; Part VI: Hard Choices; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix 1: Rogers' Rules of Ranging; Appendix 2--Saint-Francois Map of 1759; Appendix 3--The Hopkins Letter; Appendix 4--General Washington to the President of Congress. This is followed by Notes, Map Credits, A Note on Sources and Usage; Selected Bibliography, and Index. John F. Ross is an American historian and author. He is the recipient of the 2011 Fort Ticonderoga Award for Contributions to American History. The author of over 200 articles, Ross' works have appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, The Atlantic, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Outside Magazine, and the Washington Post. He has reported from Greenland, Siberia, Galapagos, Panama, Thailand, and Mexico.[In addition to his written work, Ross has been featured on more than fifty radio and television programs, including PBS's American Experience, NPR's On Point, Science Friday, C-SPAN, the Discovery Channel, the John Batchelor Show, and the Pritzker Military Presents. Ross was the former Executive Editor of American Heritage and has served on the Board of Editors at Smithsonian Magazine. He received the 2009 Harryman Dorsey Periodical Article Award from the Society of Colonial Wars for "Battle of Carillon" in American Heritage, Spring/Summer 2008. John Ross has brought to electrifying life Maj. Robert Rogers, a man who has been even more forgotten than the war he fought. Yet Rogers is remarkably relevant to the wars we are fighting today. American Special Forces units operating along the murderous border of Afghanistan and Pakistan owe thanks to him for their training and manuals. The irregulars who routed the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 were another set of Rogers's unwitting disciples. On March 23, 1756, Governor William Shirley of Massachusetts, commander in chief of the British war effort in North America, authorized Rogers to create an independent company of "rangers" whose salaries would be paid directly by the Crown. His exploits over the next two years made Rogers a colonial hero. Ross does an amazingly good job of bringing these forays, which Rogers often undertook in the bitter winter of northern New York, to life. He tells how Rogers taught his men to cope with almost insurmountable hardships and keep their heads in moments of terrible danger. He also introduced the latest weaponry into their tactics. In one encounter, rangers used swivel guns mounted in bateaux to wreak havoc on surprised French and Indians on Lake Champlain. Soon Rogers was a major in command of a nine-company ranger regiment. To educate his men, he wrote "Rules of Ranging,"a carefully distilled set of 28 principles that he ordered every man to read and ponder. Perhaps the most important message was in the final paragraph, in which Rogers observed there was only one maxim that applied in all situations: "preserve a firmness and presence of mind on every occasion." Ross describes in vivid detail the climax of ranger exploits, the 1759 attack Rogers and his raiders made on the Arenac Indian town of St. François on the Richelieu River in Canada. He chose that town because its warriors had been raiding English settlements in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for a century, without any retaliation. By destroying that town, he sent a message that no one was safe from Robert Rogers and his men. In a gripping narrative, Ross describes how Rogers eluded a pursuing force of 200 French and Indian woodsmen and struck the village at dawn, killing and burning with no quarter asked or given. After Québec fell to a British army, the British commander sent Rogers west to receive the surrender of the remaining French and Indian forces, adding the whole gigantic swath of Canada to Britain's empire. Rogers even prophesied Anglo-American destiny, calling for an expedition to find the Northwest Passage and inspire Englishmen to settle this huge wilderness. Ross's superb narration of the feats of Rogers and his rangers while serving their fellow Colonials creates a reflected glow for the contemporary reader. This is extracted from a review by Thomas Fleming from MHQ that was found on line. Hailed as the father of today's elite special forces, Robert Rogers was not only a wilderness warrior but North America's first noteworthy playwright and authentic celebrity. In a riveting biography, John F. Ross reconstructs the extraordinary achievements of this fearless and inspiring leader whose exploits in the early New England wilderness read like those of an action hero and whose innovative principles of unconventional warfare are still used today., Bantam Books, 2009, 2.5<

2009, ISBN: 0553804960

[EAN: 9780553804966], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Bantam Books, New York], ROBERT ROGERS, ROGERS' RANGERS, RULES OF RANGING, MILITARY TRAINING, JEFFREY AMHERST, CARILLON, FORT TICONDER… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780553804966], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Bantam Books, New York], ROBERT ROGERS, ROGERS' RANGERS, RULES OF RANGING, MILITARY TRAINING, JEFFREY AMHERST, CARILLON, FORT TICONDEROGA, THOMAS GAGE, WILLIAM JOHNSON, JOHN LOUDOUN, MONTCALM, STARK, SHIRLEY, Jacket, 548, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps. List of Maps. Dramatis Personae. Chronology. Introduction; Part I: New in a New World; Part II: Reinventing War; Part III: Ordeals of Empire; Part IV: Continental Visions; Part V: Patrons and Enemies; Part VI: Hard Choices; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix 1: Rogers' Rules of Ranging; Appendix 2--Saint-Francois Map of 1759; Appendix 3--The Hopkins Letter; Appendix 4--General Washington to the President of Congress. This is followed by Notes, Map Credits, A Note on Sources and Usage; Selected Bibliography, and Index. John F. Ross is an American historian and author. He is the recipient of the 2011 Fort Ticonderoga Award for Contributions to American History. The author of over 200 articles, Ross' works have appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, The Atlantic, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Outside Magazine, and the Washington Post. He has reported from Greenland, Siberia, Galapagos, Panama, Thailand, and Mexico.[In addition to his written work, Ross has been featured on more than fifty radio and television programs, including PBS's American Experience, NPR's On Point, Science Friday, C-SPAN, the Discovery Channel, the John Batchelor Show, and the Pritzker Military Presents. Ross was the former Executive Editor of American Heritage and has served on the Board of Editors at Smithsonian Magazine. He received the 2009 Harryman Dorsey Periodical Article Award from the Society of Colonial Wars for "Battle of Carillon" in American Heritage, Spring/Summer 2008. John Ross has brought to electrifying life Maj. Robert Rogers, a man who has been even more forgotten than the war he fought. Yet Rogers is remarkably relevant to the wars we are fighting today. American Special Forces units operating along the murderous border of Afghanistan and Pakistan owe thanks to him for their training and manuals. The irregulars who routed the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 were another set of Rogers's unwitting disciples. On March 23, 1756, Governor William Shirley of Massachusetts, commander in chief of the British war effort in North America, authorized Rogers to create an independent company of "rangers" whose salaries would be paid directly by the Crown. His exploits over the next two years made Rogers a colonial hero. Ross does an amazingly good job of bringing these forays, which Rogers often undertook in the bitter winter of northern New York, to life. He tells how Rogers taught his men to cope with almost insurmountable hardships and keep their heads in moments of terrible danger. He also introduced the latest weaponry into their tactics. In one encounter, rangers used swivel guns mounted in bateaux to wreak havoc on surprised French and Indians on Lake Champlain. Soon Rogers was a major in command of a nine-company ranger regiment. To educate his men, he wrote "Rules of Ranging,"a carefully distilled set of 28 principles that he ordered every man to read and ponder. Perhaps the most important message was in the final paragraph, in which Rogers observed there was only one maxim that applied in all situations: "preserve a firmness and presence of mind on every occasion." Ross describes in vivid detail the climax of ranger exploits, the 1759 attack Rogers and his raiders made on the Arenac Indian town of St. François on the Richelieu River in Canada. He chose that town because its warriors had been raiding English settlements in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for a century, without any retaliation. By destroying that town, he sent a message that no one was safe from Robert Rogers and his men. In a gripping narrative, Ross describes how Rogers eluded a pursuing force of 200 French and Indian woodsmen and struck the village at dawn, killing and burning with no quarter asked or given. After Québec fell to a British army, the British commander sent Rogers west to receive the surrender of the remaining French and Indian forces, adding the whole gigantic swath of Canada to Britain's empire. Rogers even prophesied Anglo-American destiny, calling for an expedition to find the Northwest Passage and inspire Englishmen to settle this huge wilderness. Ross's superb narration of the feats of Rogers and his rangers while serving their fellow Colonials creates a reflected glow for the contemporary reader. This is extracted from a review by Thomas Fleming from MHQ that was found on line. Hailed as the father of today's elite special forces, Robert Rogers was not only a wilderness warrior but North America's first noteworthy playwright and authentic celebrity. In a riveting biography, John F. Ross reconstructs the extraordinary achievements of this fearless and inspiring leader whose exploits in the early New England wilderness read like those of an action hero and whose innovative principles of unconventional warfare are still used today. Book Club Edition (No price on DJ, no printing information on verso., Books<

2011, ISBN: 9780553804966

New York: Bantam Books, 2009. Book Club Edition (No price on DJ, no printing information on verso. Hardcover. Good/Good. Robert Bull (Maps). 548, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps. List of… Mehr…

New York: Bantam Books, 2009. Book Club Edition (No price on DJ, no printing information on verso. Hardcover. Good/Good. Robert Bull (Maps). 548, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps. List of Maps. Dramatis Personae. Chronology. Introduction; Part I: New in a New World; Part II: Reinventing War; Part III: Ordeals of Empire; Part IV: Continental Visions; Part V: Patrons and Enemies; Part VI: Hard Choices; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix 1: Rogers' Rules of Ranging; Appendix 2--Saint-Francois Map of 1759; Appendix 3--The Hopkins Letter; Appendix 4--General Washington to the President of Congress. This is followed by Notes, Map Credits, A Note on Sources and Usage; Selected Bibliography, and Index. John F. Ross is an American historian and author. He is the recipient of the 2011 Fort Ticonderoga Award for Contributions to American History. The author of over 200 articles, Ross' works have appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, The Atlantic, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Outside Magazine, and the Washington Post. He has reported from Greenland, Siberia, Galapagos, Panama, Thailand, and Mexico.[In addition to his written work, Ross has been featured on more than fifty radio and television programs, including PBS's American Experience, NPR's On Point, Science Friday, C-SPAN, the Discovery Channel, the John Batchelor Show, and the Pritzker Military Presents. Ross was the former Executive Editor of American Heritage and has served on the Board of Editors at Smithsonian Magazine. He received the 2009 Harryman Dorsey Periodical Article Award from the Society of Colonial Wars for "Battle of Carillon" in American Heritage, Spring/Summer 2008. John Ross has brought to electrifying life Maj. Robert Rogers, a man who has been even more forgotten than the war he fought. Yet Rogers is remarkably relevant to the wars we are fighting today. American Special Forces units operating along the murderous border of Afghanistan and Pakistan owe thanks to him for their training and manuals. The irregulars who routed the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 were another set of Rogers's unwitting disciples. On March 23, 1756, Governor William Shirley of Massachusetts, commander in chief of the British war effort in North America, authorized Rogers to create an independent company of "rangers" whose salaries would be paid directly by the Crown. His exploits over the next two years made Rogers a colonial hero. Ross does an amazingly good job of bringing these forays, which Rogers often undertook in the bitter winter of northern New York, to life. He tells how Rogers taught his men to cope with almost insurmountable hardships and keep their heads in moments of terrible danger. He also introduced the latest weaponry into their tactics. In one encounter, rangers used swivel guns mounted in bateaux to wreak havoc on surprised French and Indians on Lake Champlain. Soon Rogers was a major in command of a nine-company ranger regiment. To educate his men, he wrote "Rules of Ranging,"a carefully distilled set of 28 principles that he ordered every man to read and ponder. Perhaps the most important message was in the final paragraph, in which Rogers observed there was only one maxim that applied in all situations: "preserve a firmness and presence of mind on every occasion." Ross describes in vivid detail the climax of ranger exploits, the 1759 attack Rogers and his raiders made on the Arenac Indian town of St. François on the Richelieu River in Canada. He chose that town because its warriors had been raiding English settlements in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for a century, without any retaliation. By destroying that town, he sent a message that no one was safe from Robert Rogers and his men. In a gripping narrative, Ross describes how Rogers eluded a pursuing force of 200 French and Indian woodsmen and struck the village at dawn, killing and burning with no quarter asked or given. After Québec fell to a British army, the British commander sent Rogers west to receive the surrender of the remaining French and Indian forces, adding the whole gigantic swath of Canada to Britain's empire. Rogers even prophesied Anglo-American destiny, calling for an expedition to find the Northwest Passage and inspire Englishmen to settle this huge wilderness. Ross's superb narration of the feats of Rogers and his rangers while serving their fellow Colonials creates a reflected glow for the contemporary reader. This is extracted from a review by Thomas Fleming from MHQ that was found on line. Hailed as the father of today's elite special forces, Robert Rogers was not only a wilderness warrior but North America's first noteworthy playwright and authentic celebrity. In a riveting biography, John F. Ross reconstructs the extraordinary achievements of this fearless and inspiring leader whose exploits in the early New England wilderness read like those of an action hero and whose innovative principles of unconventional warfare are still used today., Bantam Books, 2009, 2.5<

2011, ISBN: 9780553804966

New York: Bantam Books, 2009. Book Club Edition (No price on DJ, no printing information on verso. Hardcover. Good/Good. Robert Bull (Maps). 548, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps. List of… Mehr…

New York: Bantam Books, 2009. Book Club Edition (No price on DJ, no printing information on verso. Hardcover. Good/Good. Robert Bull (Maps). 548, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps. List of Maps. Dramatis Personae. Chronology. Introduction; Part I: New in a New World; Part II: Reinventing War; Part III: Ordeals of Empire; Part IV: Continental Visions; Part V: Patrons and Enemies; Part VI: Hard Choices; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix 1: Rogers' Rules of Ranging; Appendix 2--Saint-Francois Map of 1759; Appendix 3--The Hopkins Letter; Appendix 4--General Washington to the President of Congress. This is followed by Notes, Map Credits, A Note on Sources and Usage; Selected Bibliography, and Index. John F. Ross is an American historian and author. He is the recipient of the 2011 Fort Ticonderoga Award for Contributions to American History. The author of over 200 articles, Ross' works have appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, The Atlantic, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Outside Magazine, and the Washington Post. He has reported from Greenland, Siberia, Galapagos, Panama, Thailand, and Mexico.[In addition to his written work, Ross has been featured on more than fifty radio and television programs, including PBS's American Experience, NPR's On Point, Science Friday, C-SPAN, the Discovery Channel, the John Batchelor Show, and the Pritzker Military Presents. Ross was the former Executive Editor of American Heritage and has served on the Board of Editors at Smithsonian Magazine. He received the 2009 Harryman Dorsey Periodical Article Award from the Society of Colonial Wars for "Battle of Carillon" in American Heritage, Spring/Summer 2008. John Ross has brought to electrifying life Maj. Robert Rogers, a man who has been even more forgotten than the war he fought. Yet Rogers is remarkably relevant to the wars we are fighting today. American Special Forces units operating along the murderous border of Afghanistan and Pakistan owe thanks to him for their training and manuals. The irregulars who routed the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 were another set of Rogers's unwitting disciples. On March 23, 1756, Governor William Shirley of Massachusetts, commander in chief of the British war effort in North America, authorized Rogers to create an independent company of "rangers" whose salaries would be paid directly by the Crown. His exploits over the next two years made Rogers a colonial hero. Ross does an amazingly good job of bringing these forays, which Rogers often undertook in the bitter winter of northern New York, to life. He tells how Rogers taught his men to cope with almost insurmountable hardships and keep their heads in moments of terrible danger. He also introduced the latest weaponry into their tactics. In one encounter, rangers used swivel guns mounted in bateaux to wreak havoc on surprised French and Indians on Lake Champlain. Soon Rogers was a major in command of a nine-company ranger regiment. To educate his men, he wrote "Rules of Ranging,"a carefully distilled set of 28 principles that he ordered every man to read and ponder. Perhaps the most important message was in the final paragraph, in which Rogers observed there was only one maxim that applied in all situations: "preserve a firmness and presence of mind on every occasion." Ross describes in vivid detail the climax of ranger exploits, the 1759 attack Rogers and his raiders made on the Arenac Indian town of St. François on the Richelieu River in Canada. He chose that town because its warriors had been raiding English settlements in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for a century, without any retaliation. By destroying that town, he sent a message that no one was safe from Robert Rogers and his men. In a gripping narrative, Ross describes how Rogers eluded a pursuing force of 200 French and Indian woodsmen and struck the village at dawn, killing and burning with no quarter asked or given. After Québec fell to a British army, the British commander sent Rogers west to receive the surrender of the remaining French and Indian forces, adding the whole gigantic swath of Canada to Britain's empire. Rogers even prophesied Anglo-American destiny, calling for an expedition to find the Northwest Passage and inspire Englishmen to settle this huge wilderness. Ross's superb narration of the feats of Rogers and his rangers while serving their fellow Colonials creates a reflected glow for the contemporary reader. This is extracted from a review by Thomas Fleming from MHQ that was found on line. Hailed as the father of today's elite special forces, Robert Rogers was not only a wilderness warrior but North America's first noteworthy playwright and authentic celebrity. In a riveting biography, John F. Ross reconstructs the extraordinary achievements of this fearless and inspiring leader whose exploits in the early New England wilderness read like those of an action hero and whose innovative principles of unconventional warfare are still used today., Bantam Books, 2009, 2.5<