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Hodges’ Scout: A Lost Patrol of the French and Indian War (War/Society/Culture)

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In September 1756, fifty American soldiers set off on a routine reconnaissance near Lake George, decided to safeguard the higher reaches of the New York colony. Caught in a devastating ambush by French and native warriors, just a handful of colonials made it back alive. Toward the end of the French and Indian War, every other group of survivors, long feared dead, returned home, having endured years of grim captivity a few of the native and French inhabitants of Canada.

Pieced together from archival records, period correspondence, and official reports, Hodges’ Scout relates the riveting tale of young colonists who were tragically caught up in a war they barely understood. Len Travers brings history to life by describing the number of motives that led men to enlist within the campaign and the methods and means they used to do battle. He also reveals what the warriors wore, the illnesses they experienced, the fear and confusion of combat, and the bitter hardships of captivity in alien lands. His remarkable research brings human experiences alive, giving us a rare, full-color view of the French and Indian War―the primary true world war.

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