The War That Made America (Audiobook)

from StrokeBoy

Fascinating history. I could hardly put this book down. After I read this I was hungry for more early American History.

from MaowangVater

In the early1750s three nations struggled for control of a very strategic piece of North American real estate: the Ohio County. They had very different plans for it. For England's colonies spread along on the eastern coast of the continent it was land to be settled and farmed. For France it was a...

from nbmars

Anderson asserts that the origins and progress of the French and Indian war of 1754-63, and hence the Seven Years War in Europe, were greatly influenced by the conflict between two native American groups. The Indians living around present day Pittsburgh were trying to avoid domination by the Iroq...

from stypulkoski

There are positives and negatives with this book. On the plus side, you'd be hard pressed to find a more thorough account of the war in so few pages. While the book is just under 300 pages, the actual text takes up only about 200-225 after you consider the many, many portraits, maps, etc. (anothe...

from marshapetry

A.K.A yeah, we didn't just think up the America revolution and start fighting. Read this book if you think a bunch of geezers simply got angry about taxes and then "thought up" the constitution and revolution. Awesome book, the only bad thing was how short it was.