"A Few Acres of Snow" The Saga of the French and Indian Wars

by Leckie, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780471390206
• ISBN10: 0471390208
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-11
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

"Leckie is a gifted writer with the ability to explain complicated military matters in layperson's terms, while sustaining the drama involved in a life-and-death struggle. His portraits of the key players in that struggle . . . are seamlessly interwoven with his exciting narrative." -Booklist"As always, [Leckie] describes the maneuvers, battles, and results in telling detail with a cinematic style, and his portraits . . . are first-rate."-The Dallas Morning News"Leckie's accounts of battles, important individuals, and the role of Native Americans bring to life the distant drama of the French and Indian Wars."-The Daily ReflectorWith his celebrated sense of drama and eye for colorful detail, acclaimed military historian Robert Leckie charts the long, savage conflict between England and France in their quest for supremacy in pre-Revolutionary America. Packed with sharply etched profiles of all the major players-including George Washington, Samuel de Champlain, William Pitt, Edward Braddock, Count Frontenac, James Wolfe, Thomas Gage, and the nobly vanquished Marquis de Montcalm-this panoramic history chronicles the four great colonial wars: the War of the Grand Alliance (King William's War), the War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War), the War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War), and the decisive French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War). Leckie not only provides perspective on exactly how the New World came to be such a fiercely contested prize in Western Civilization, but also shows us exactly why we speak English today instead of French-and reminds us how easily things might have gone the other way.

Author Biography

ROBERT LECKIE is the author of over thirty books on military history, including George Washington’s War: The Saga of the American Revolution, None Died in Vain: The Saga of the Civil War, and most recently, Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II.

Table of Contents

Part I A Continent Is Discovered
Christopher Columbus	3	(18)
¡Tierra! ¡Tierra! Land! Land!	21	(12)
The Colonizing Contest Begins	33	(10)
Part II Prelude to Wars
Samuel de Champlain	43	(8)
War in the Wilderness	51	(12)
Champlain Founds New France	63	(16)
King Louis XIV of France	79	(8)
The Kingdoms and Their Colonies	87	(12)
Iroquois Revenge and King Philip's War	99	(16)
Part III War of the Grand Alliance, 1688-1697 (King William's War)
Count Frontenac	115	(8)
Frontenac and the Fur Trade	123	(12)
James II, King; William III, Usurper	135	(10)
The Martyrs of New France	145	(18)
Canada the Quarrelsome	163	(10)
The Sun King and the War of the Grand Alliance	173	(4)
Frontenac Returns---Renews Border War	177	(18)
Heroines of Both Frontiers	195	(8)
Sir William Phips Wins and Loses	203	(16)
Part IV War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714 (Queen Anne's War)
Anne Succeeds William	219	(10)
Borders Aflame Again---Quebec Debacle	229	(14)
Part V War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748 (King George's War)
The ``Milishy'' Take Louisbourg	243	(12)
George II---British Colonies Explode	255	(10)
Part VI Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 (French and Indian War)
George Washington	265	(8)
Defeat and Death of Braddock	273	(14)
Acadian Agony---Western Slaughter	287	(10)
Pitt Takes Charge---Montcalm Arrives---Lord Howe Killed	297	(18)
Washington: Patriot, Planter, Politician	315	(4)
``Clip and Cut, and Rob the King''	319	(14)
Quebec I: Before the Battle	333	(10)
Quebec II: The Battle and Betrayal	343	(24)
Retribution	367	(2)
Selected Bibliography	369	(4)
Index	373