Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Turner, Graham, 1964-

Description

1. 96 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits, maps; 25 cm.

Summary

1. After the British garrison of Fort William Henry in the colony of New York surrendered to the besieging army of the French commander Marquis de Montcalm in August 1757, it appeared that this particular episode of the French and Indian War was over. What happened next became the most infamous incident of the war - the 'massacre' of Fort William Henry. As the garrison prepared to march for Fort Edward a flood of enraged Native Americans swept over the column, unleashing an unstoppable tide of slaughter. The incident forms an integral part of James Fenimore Cooper's classic novel The Last of the Mohicans. It is this version, later dramatically reconstructed in the film versions of the story, that has coloured our view of the incident to this day. But what really happened?
2. American history: c 1500 to c 1800.
3. Warfare & Defence.

Series statement

1. Campaign ; 260

Uniform title

1. Campaign (Osprey Publishing) 260.

Subject

1. 1754-1763
2. Massacres > Fort William Henry > History > 18th century
3. Indians of North America > Lake George > History > 18th century
4. Fort William Henry (N.Y.) > Capture, 1757
5. Fort William Henry (N.Y.) > Antiquities
6. Fort William Henry (N.Y.) > Biography
7. Lake George (N.Y.) > Antiquities
8. New York (State) > Campaigns. > French and Indian War, 1754-1763
9. United States > Campaigns > French and Indian War, 1754-1763

Genre/Form

1. History

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain