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Title: Montcalm and Wolfe: The French and Indian War by Francis Parkman, C. Vann Woodward ISBN: 0-306-81077-8 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 23 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.81 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A classic about the struggle for domination of N. America
Comment: I was impressed by the work and analysis that Francis Parkman gave to the French-Indian War and the background of the war between England and France that spilled over to the North American continent. The background of the conflict was very interesting and I learned some points about it that I hadn't known before. Not only does Parkman give detail about the struggle in the present day United States, but also the struggle for Canada. The jealousy and rivalry between England and France was enourmous and in its path alot of victims were made such as the Native Americans and English and French Colonists. Two cultures that were very similiar, yet could not exist peacefully with each other, even across the Atlantic. The British may have won this war but their troubles were only beginning in America. This book was written over a century ago, yet it's language by the author and text make it a very interesting read and is considered a classic. Very Highly Recommended to all who want to know more about the history of Colonial North America.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great History
Comment: As has been said, Montcalm and Wolfe is Parkman's masterpiece. It was the first thourough account of the French and Indian War and contains some of the most detailed descriptions of the people, places, and events that shaped the North American theater of the first truly global conflict. Here we encounter the dramatic events which lead toward the final confrontation for dominion over the continent. We see a young Virginia Colonel named George Washington leading troops into battle for the first time at Fort Necessity, Braddock's fateful campiagn along the Monogahela, the massacres at Fort Oswego and William Henry by the Indians under Montcalm, the fall of Fort Dusquene, and finally, the culmination of many long and bloody battles, the capture of Quebec and the almost romanticized deaths of Montcalm and Wolfe at the Plains of Abraham. What is truly interesting is that we see the war through the eyes of someone still living in a time when the Indian wars of the west were still being fought and when the country was in the grip of Manifest Destiny and, as a result, Parkman is often very harsh in his views of the Indians and their "savage" ways. Yet, even so, he often gives them more credit than most of his contemporaries.
It is unforunate that today so little is taught or learned about this important event in American history. Today, it seems that the French and Indian War is all but ignored save for being mentioned as a prelude to the American Revolution which it helped spawn rather than as the major turning point in the history of North America and the world. For it is this bloody conflict, fought in the unending wilderness of America, where French regulars and courer de bois crept through the dark woods alongside painted Huron and Ottawa warriors to attack the English settlements, and young redcoated soliders marched shoulder to shoulder to their horrific deaths by rifle ball and tomahawk, that gave birth to what would become the Untied States and changed the course of world history. But even more than that, it is a fascinating period of history more powerful than any piece of fiction. This is history of the highest order. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: A classic that keeps its edge
Comment: This is one of the earliest books on the French and Indian War, and it still is a great read. While excellent in its own right, it forms the final and arguably the best volume in a series on the French in North America by Parkman. A lot of work and analysis has taken place since this was written, so something like Fred Anderson's "Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America", (also a great book) is very useful for bring the facts up to date. However Parkman provides a great window into the 18th century from the 19th, he provides detail without being boring, and makes it accessible and real.
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Title: Crucible of War : The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 by Fred Anderson ISBN: 0375706364 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 23 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: The French and Indian War 1754-1763: The Imperial Struggle for North America by Seymour I. Schwartz ISBN: 0785811656 Publisher: Book Sales Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Betrayals: Fort William Henry and the "Massacre" by Ian Kenneth Steele ISBN: 0195084268 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The French-Indian War 1754-1760 by Daniel Marston ISBN: 1841764566 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West (Modern Library Exploration) by FRANCIS PARKMAN, RICK BASS ISBN: 037575475X Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 17 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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