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Title: King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict by Eric B. Schultz, Michael J. Tougias ISBN: 0-88150-483-1 Publisher: Countryman Press Pub. Date: December, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Resource
Comment: I found this book to be an excellent resource because it goes beyond providing battle details to providing the historical context of the war.
Few people have even heard of this war, and yet the causes of our Revolutionary War can be traced directly back to the outcome of King Philip's war, making this war very important to American history.
This war played a pivotal role in American history, though few people know about it.
When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, they immediately developed a friendly relationship with the Wampanoag Indians, who traded skins and furs for European manufactured goods.
Problems arose in the 1660s. There was a generational change, signaled by the death of the chief of the Wampanoag, who was replaced by his son, nicknamed King Philip by the colonists. And there was a financial crisis, caused by changes in style among European women, who no longer wanted to purchase skins and furs. One thing led to another, and an extremely violent and brutal war broke out in 1675.
The outcome of this war was that the colonists, who formerly were completely independent of the English Crown, now had to pay taxes to the Crown in return for the Crown's protection against future Indian attacks. The colonists accepted this arrangement because they thought they had to to survive, but by the 1760s they were no longer interested, leading to the Revolutionary War.
This book provides many of the context details that help the reader understand the importance of this war to the entire panorama of American history.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read!
Comment: I have read most everything written on King Philip's War in the last few years and this is by far the best. There's a brief but complete history of the war right up front, including some interesting details on pre-war New England and on the aftermath of the war. (Check out the section about the veterans!) Schultz and Tougias go out of their way to be even-handed in the description of battles; there's even a segment praising the Nipmuck's Muttawmp, perhaps the strongest military leader on either side. (He barely rates a mention in most texts.) The authors also question Canonchet's handling of the Great Swamp Fight and poke some holes in traditional descriptions of the engagement. Since I am from New England, though, I liked best the travelogue in section two. I have already visited the sites in Sudbury and Turner's Falls, and the book really brings them to life. There are several dozen illustrations and ten or more maps, and these really add to the text as well. This spring I intend to see a number of other sites, including Bloody Brook and Beer's Ambush. By contrast, Jill Lepore's book is excellent but very frustrating because it lacks a chronological history of the war. It's also written like a thesis, so the reader has to already have a good grasp of how the war unfolded in order to follow her argument. Leach's book is a classic but stops before the war ends in Maine, and gives no clue as to how to find any of the sites mentioned. (By the way, Leach praises Schultz and Tougias on the dustjacket!) Schultz and Tougias have written more the story of the war, and how to find the story. If you know nothing about King Philip's War, or want to get reacquainted with it, this should be the first text on your bookshelf. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 4
Summary: one view of this war
Comment: Like most modern American Indian histories they blame the Europens for every bad thing that happened to the Indians.Well the Indians were not ignorant of the Europens or there ways. Squantio, and Samoset friends of Massasoit had lived with Europens. Wampangag tribe knew about the French in Canada.The Indians knew that by helping the Plymouth Colony that warfare was inevitable.
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Title: Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity by Jill Lepore ISBN: 0375702628 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: New England Frontier: Puritans and Indians 1620-1675 by Alden T. Vaughan ISBN: 080612718X Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: King Philip's War: Civil War in New England, 1675-1676 (Native Americans of the Northeast) by James David Drake ISBN: 1558492240 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Flintlock and Tomahawk: New England in King Philip's War by Douglas Edward Leach ISBN: 0940160552 Publisher: Parnassus Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Until I Have No Country: A Novel of the King Phillips War in New England by Michael Tougias ISBN: 1888768029 Publisher: On Cape Pubns Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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