Description
This title examines the advance of the Colonial Rangers on this period, and shows how they were taught to live to tell the tale within the woods, to fight hand-to-hand, to scalp a fallen foe, and to fight across all sorts of terrain and in all weather conditions. In keeping with prior to now unpublished source material, it paints a vivid picture of the life, appearance and experiences of an American colonial ranger within the northern colonies. Covering the battle at Lovewell’s Pond in 1725, a watershed event in New England’s frontier history, through to King George’s War (1740-1748), the rangers were prepared for the general imperial contest for keep an eye on of North The usa, the French-Indian War (1754-1763).