Rustic Warriors: Warfare and the Provincial Soldier on the New England Frontier, 1689-1748

by Steven Eames

The early French Wars (1689-1748) in North America saw provincial soldiers, or British white settlers, in Massachusetts and New Hampshire fight against New France and her Native American allies with minimal involvement from England. Most British officers and government officials viewed the colonial soldiers as ill-disciplined, unprofessional, and incompetent: General John Forbes called them "a gathering from the scum of the worst people."

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814722709
• ISBN13: 9780814722701
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"