Ranger raid : the legendary Robert Rogers and his most famous frontier battle / Phillip Thomas Tucker.

"This book digs deep into Robert Rogers's most controversial battle: the raid on St. Francis in Canada during the French and Indian War. Philip Thomas Tucker refreshes this story, combining the biography of Robert Rogers, the history of his Rangers, and the history of the native peoples in this regi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2021]
Subjects:
Rogers, Robert, > 1731-1795.
Rogers' Rangers > Biography.
Rogers' Rangers.
Rogers' Raid, Québec, 1759.
United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Atrocities.
Abenaki people > Québec (Province) > Saint Francis River Valley.
United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Regimental histories.
Abenaki Indians.
Atrocities.
Regimental histories.
Québec > Saint Francis River Valley.
United States.
1754-1763
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:v, 545 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Legendary Robert Rogers and his most famous frontier battle
Format: Book
Contents:
  • America's First and Bloodiest Frontier
  • Quebec's Infamous Jesuit Missionary Town of St. Francis
  • The Most Audacious Raid of the French and Indian War
  • Final Preparations for the Odyssey North to St. Francis
  • Relying on the Stealth of New England's Sturdy Whaleboats
  • Rogers Determined to Fulfill His Special Destiny in the St. Francis River Country
  • Final Nighttime Approach to the Most Tempting of Targets
  • The Long Retreat that Became a Living Nightmare
  • Enduring Questions and Controversies to this Day.