White devil : a true story of war, savagery, and vengeance in colonial America
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Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005.
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1st Da Capo Press ed.
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335 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
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Published
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005.
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Book
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1st Da Capo Press ed.
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English
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General Note
Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-310) and index.
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"It was North America's first major conflict, known today as the French and Indian War. In that conflict, France and England - both allied with Native American tribes - fought each other in a series of bloody battles and terrifying raids. And no confrontation was more brutal and notorious than the massacre of the British garrison of Fort William Henry in what is now upstate New York - an incident memorably depicted in James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans." "That atrocity stoked calls for revenge - and the tough young Major Robert Rogers and his "rangers" were ordered into enemy territory to take it. On the morning of October 4, 1759, they surprised the Abenaki Indian village of St. Francis, slaughtering its sleeping inhabitants without mercy. After the attack, Rogers's band endured a nightmarish journey home. Some were captured and tortured to death by vengeful pursuers, others resorted to cannibalism rather than starve in the frozen wilderness. Those raiders who staggered back to safety were hailed as heroes by the colonists, their indomitable leader immortalized as "the brave Major Rogers." But the Abenakis remembered Rogers very differently: To them he was Wobomagonda - "White Devil.""--BOOK JACKET
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Brumwell, S. (2005). White devil: a true story of war, savagery, and vengeance in colonial America (1st Da Capo Press ed.). Da Capo Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brumwell, Stephen, 1960-. 2005. White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery, and Vengeance in Colonial America. Da Capo Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brumwell, Stephen, 1960-. White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery, and Vengeance in Colonial America Da Capo Press, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brumwell, Stephen. White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery, and Vengeance in Colonial America 1st Da Capo Press ed., Da Capo Press, 2005.
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