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Francis Parkman's history Montcalm and Wolfe, originally published in two volumes is, possibly, the finest history book to come out of America and is the definitive account of the Seven Years War in the New World. It sets the conflict in an historical context and includes both biographies of its principal characters and much about its political consequences. This book, Musket and Tomahawk, has been adapted from Parkman's more expansive work by the Leonaur Editors, especially for those students of military history-both serious and casual-who are primarily concerned with the war itself. This was a war fought under blazing suns and driving snows. It was fought in the deep forests, on lakes and rivers and on the slopes of mountains. It was a war of ambuscade, sieges, massacres and the storming of palisades and burning blockhouses. It brought collisions in full battle between the regular troops of Britain and France, but it also embraced militias drawn from the settlers of both sides including famous backwoodsmen and scouts who became the Rangers. Not least of those embroiled were the deadly indigenous people of the land-the Indian tribes of the Eastern Woodlands-who fought according to their individual loyalties to each side and who brought a colour and savagery which was unique to this frontier conflict. Musket and Tomahawk is a riveting story of a war that has always fascinated students of military history because of its very diversity.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Francis Parkmans Musket and Tomahawk is a fascinating account of the French and Indian War of the 1750s, given its American writer it is surprisingly eloquent.
It certainly is well researched, and full.
Going into the terrain and climate, and including a naval aspect of the campaign, good stuff particularly if you are reseaching the subject.
Unless you concentrate it can be a bit heavy going, and so will not be to everyones taste, but i found it quite good.
Perhaps on the pricey side for a paperback.
It certainly is well researched, and full.
Going into the terrain and climate, and including a naval aspect of the campaign, good stuff particularly if you are reseaching the subject.
Unless you concentrate it can be a bit heavy going, and so will not be to everyones taste, but i found it quite good.
Perhaps on the pricey side for a paperback.
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OUTSTANDING!
7 Feb 2009
Format:Paperback
This book is a tremendous read for those interested in the reality of warfare faced by everyone touched by the conflict known as the French and Indian War. As an amateur historian on the subject, I found the descriptions of battles to be more lively and in depth than most other accounts I have read on the conflict to this point. Far from being racist, Parkman is skilled at describing the attitudes and perspectives of the inhabitants at the time, and does an excellent job of "painting the picture" of the horror of colonial warfare faced by soldiers and local frontiersmen alike. This was a "savage" war, and Parkman doesn't hide that fact behind modern historical political correctness. I especially appreciated the attention given to the French side of the conflict. You can't help but to feel for those individuals who were abandoned by their mother country, and yet were asked to win a war in which they had almost no chance of success. You can even make comparisons of the French situation in Canada to that of the Americans facing the Japanese in the Philippines during WWII. Both armys waiting for ships that would never come. This book is ideal for those individuals with a better than basic understanding of the war, in that it dives right into the conflict from a military perspective.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Abridged "Moncalm and Wolfe"
27 Nov 2009
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A less weighty version of "Montcalm and Wolfe" with focus on the military campaigns, this
is one of my favorite books on the subject. A true reader of the French and Indian
Wars must have some Parkman in the library!
is one of my favorite books on the subject. A true reader of the French and Indian
Wars must have some Parkman in the library!
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A GREAT AMERICAN HISTORIAN
15 Nov 2008
Format:Hardcover
Parkman was a great American historical writer and researcher. This classic work should be read and appreciated in context with the date and time that it was written.
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