Robert Rogers, Ranger: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon

by Martin Klotz

Robert Rogers, commander of Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War, was the war's best-known colonial military hero and, in the ensuing peace, one of the best-known Americans of any description, rivaling Benjamin Franklin in popularity. He was revered in the colonies as an example of the self-made man based on merit, in contrast to the hide-bound, hierarchical British military establishment. Yet this American icon ultimately alienated his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594164290
• ISBN13: 9781594164293
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Westholme Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages