{"product_id":"a-few-acres-of-snow-the-saga-of-the-french-and-indian-wars-paperback-softback-9780471390206","title":"\"A Few Acres of Snow\"; The Saga of the French and Indian Wars (Paperback \/ softback) 9780471390206","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e\"A Few Acres of Snow\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Saga of the French and Indian Wars\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Leckie (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780471390206, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 September 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Leckie is a gifted writer with the ability to explain complicatedmilitary matters in layperson's terms, while sustaining the dramainvolved in a life-and-death struggle. His portraits of the keyplayers in that struggle . . . are seamlessly interwoven with hisexciting narrative.\" -Booklist\"As always, [Leckie] describes themaneuvers, battles, and results in telling detail with a cinematicstyle, and his portraits . . . are first-rate.\"-The Dallas MorningNews\"Leckie's accounts of battles, important individuals, and therole of Native Americans bring to life the distant drama of theFrench and Indian Wars.\"-The Daily Reflector\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With his celebrated sense of drama and eye for colorful detail,acclaimed military historian Robert Leckie charts the long, savageconflict between England and France in their quest for supremacy inpre-Revolutionary America. Packed with sharply etched profiles ofall the major players-including George Washington, Samuel deChamplain, William Pitt, Edward Braddock, Count Frontenac, JamesWolfe, Thomas Gage, and the nobly vanquished Marquis deMontcalm-this panoramic history chronicles the four great colonialwars: the War of the Grand Alliance (King William's War), the Warof the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War), the War of theAustrian Succession (King George's War), and the decisive Frenchand Indian War (the Seven Years' War). Leckie not only providesperspective on exactly how the New World came to be such a fiercelycontested prize in Western Civilization, but also shows us exactlywhy we speak English today instead of French-and reminds us howeasily things might have gone the other way.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePartial Table of Content:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A CONTINENT IS DISCOVERED.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Christopher Columbus.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Colonizing Contest Begins.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PRELUDE TO WARS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Samuel de Champlain.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e War in the Wilderness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e King Louis XIV of France.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Iroquois Revenge and King Philip's War.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e WAR OF THE GRAND ALLIANCE, 1688-1697: (KING WILLIAM'S WAR).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Count Frontenac.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Frontenac and the Fur Trade.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Canada the Quarrelsome.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sir William Phips Wins and Loses.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION, 1701-1714: (QUEEN ANNE'S WAR).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Anne Succeeds William.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, 1740-1748: (KING GEORGE'SWAR).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The \"Milishy\" Take Louisbourg.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e SEVEN YEARS' WAR, 1756-1763: (FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e George Washington.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Defeat and Death of Braddock.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Washington: Patriot, Planter, Politician.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Retribution.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470045147416,"sku":"9780471390206","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780471390206.jpg?v=1785629813","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-few-acres-of-snow-the-saga-of-the-french-and-indian-wars-paperback-softback-9780471390206","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}