Hodges' Scout : A Lost Patrol of the French and Indian War.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (320 pages)
- War/Society/Culture Series .
- War/Society/Culture Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue. Recovering Lost Lives -- Part One: Hodges' Scout -- 1 "Kill'd or taken" -- 2 Captain Hodges' Company -- 3 General Winslow's Dilemma -- 4 "Ye very bane of New England Men" -- 5 Slaughter -- 6 Captain de Bougainville's American Adventure -- Part Two: Captives -- 7 Ensign Lincoln's Great Escape -- 8 The Peregrinations of Peleg Stevens -- 9 Isaac Foster at the Edges of Empire -- 10 Homecomings -- 11 The Court-Martial of Jonathan Barnes -- 12 Coda: William Merry's Tale -- Appendixes -- A: The Roll of Hodges' Scout -- B: The Captives -- C: William Merry's Account, Recorded 1853 -- D: Captain Hodges' Sword -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
His remarkable research brings human experiences alive, giving us a rare, full-color view of the French and Indian War--the first true world war.
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