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Author Leckie, Robert, 1920-2001.

Title A few acres of snow : the saga of the French and Indian Wars / Robert Leckie.

Publication Info. New York : J. Wiley & Sons, [1999]
©1999

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.25 L494    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  973.25 LEC    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.2 LECKIE    Check Shelf
 Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - Adult  973.2 LEC    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.25 LECKIE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.25 LEC    Check Shelf
Description vii, 388 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-371) and index.
Contents pt. 1. A continent is discovered -- ch. 1. Christopher Columbus -- ch. 2. !Tierra! !Tierra! Land! Land! -- ch. 3. The colonizing contest begins -- pt. 2. Prelude to wars -- ch. 4. Samuel de Champlain -- ch. 5. War in the wilderness -- ch. 6. Champlain founds new France ch. 7. King Louis XIV of France -- ch. 8. The kingdoms and their colonies -- ch. 9. Iroquois revenge and King Philip's war -- pt. 3. War of the grand alliance, 1688-1697 (King William's War) -- ch. 10. Count Frontenac -- ch. 11. Frontenac and the fur trade -- ch. 12. James II, king; William III, usurper -- ch. 13. The martyrs of new France -- ch. 14. Canada the quarrelsome -- ch. 15. The sun king and the war of the Grand Alliance -- ch. 16. Frantenac returns, renews border war -- ch. 17. Heroines of both frontiers -- ch. 18. Sir William Phips wins and loses -- pt. 4. War of the Spanish succession, 1701-1714 (Queen Anne's War) -- ch. 19. Anne succeeds William -- ch. 20. Borders aflame again, Quebec debacle -- pt. 4. War of the Austrian succession, 1740-1748 (King George's War) -- ch. 21. The "Milishy" take Louisbourg -- ch. 22. George II, British colonies explode -- pt. 6. Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 (French and Indian War) -- ch. 23. George Washington -- ch. 24. Defeat and death of Braddock -- ch. 25. Acadian agony, western slaughter -- ch. 26. Pitt takes charge, Montcalm arrives, Lord Howe killed -- ch. 27. Washington : patriot, planter, politician -- ch. 28. "Clip and cut, and rob the King" -- ch. 29. Quebec I: before the battle -- ch. 30. Quebec II : the battle and betrayal -- ch. 31. Retribution
Subject United States -- History, Military -- To 1900.
United States -- History -- King William's War, 1689-1697.
United States -- History -- Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713.
United States -- History -- King George's War, 1744-1748.
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
Great Britain -- Military relations -- France.
France -- Military relations -- Great Britain.
ISBN 0471246905 (acid-free paper)
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