George Washington And The Half King Chief Tanacharison

Author : Paul R. Misencik
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476615400

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George Washington and the Half-King Chief Tanacharison by Paul R. Misencik Pdf

George Washington and the Half-King Chief Tanacharison details the events in western Pennsylvania that precipitated the French and Indian War. It describes the interpersonal relationship between 22-year-old, inexperienced, but self-assured George Washington and the 54-year-old wily Iroquois Chief Tanacharison, which led to, as Horace Walpole quipped, Washington firing “a volley in the backwoods of America that set the world on fire.” The book explores the history of the French and English rivalry for the trans–Allegheny territory and its impact on the Indians in the area. It shows how Washington and Tanacharison each sought to influence the other to gain support for their respective agendas. Washington wanted the Indians to endorse Virginia’s claim to the Ohio territory, while Tanacharison wanted a war between England and France so that the Iroquois could maintain their dominance over the Ohio Indians. The book describes in detail the sequence of events through which the crafty half-king manipulated Washington into starting the war he wanted, and by his actions implicated Washington in nothing less than a cold-blooded murder.

Author : Paul R. Misencik
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786479504

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George Washington and the Half-King Chief Tanacharison by Paul R. Misencik Pdf

George Washington and the Half-King Chief Tanacharison details the events in western Pennsylvania that precipitated the French and Indian War. It describes the interpersonal relationship between 22-year-old, inexperienced, but self-assured George Washington and the 54-year-old wily Iroquois Chief Tanacharison, which led to, as Horace Walpole quipped, Washington firing "a volley in the backwoods of America that set the world on fire." The book explores the history of the French and English rivalry for the trans-Allegheny territory and its impact on the Indians in the area. It shows how Washington and Tanacharison each sought to influence the other to gain support for their respective agendas. Washington wanted the Indians to endorse Virginia's claim to the Ohio territory, while Tanacharison wanted a war between England and France so that the Iroquois could maintain their dominance over the Ohio Indians. The book describes in detail the sequence of events through which the crafty half-king manipulated Washington into starting the war he wanted, and by his actions implicated Washington in nothing less than a cold-blooded murder.

Author : Paul R. Misencik,Sally E. Misencik
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476645872

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With George Washington in the Wilderness by Paul R. Misencik,Sally E. Misencik Pdf

Christopher Gist is a great American hero who has often gone unnoticed. Recognized for giving colonists the first detailed description of the Ohio Country, Gist was a close friend of George Washington, whom he met through their affiliation with the Ohio Company. In 1753, the two went on an arduous trek through the western Pennsylvania wilderness in the dead of winter to deliver a message to the French commander on the upper Allegheny River. Gist had a profound impact on Washington and saved the future president's life on at least two occasions during their mission. Despite Gist's impressive achievements, historians have largely overlooked him. This book extensively details his remarkable accomplishments in frontier exploration and military service.

Author : Colin Gordon Calloway
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780190652166

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The Indian World of George Washington by Colin Gordon Calloway Pdf

"An authoritative, sweeping, and fresh new biography of the nation's first president, Colin G. Calloway's book reveals fully the dimensions and depths of George Washington's relations with the First Americans."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Paul R. Misencik,Sally E. Misencik
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476679976

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American Indians of the Ohio Country in the 18th Century by Paul R. Misencik,Sally E. Misencik Pdf

In the mid-17th century, the Iroquois Confederacy launched a war for control of the burgeoning fur trade industry. These conflicts, known as the Beaver Wars, were among the bloodiest in North American history, and the resulting defeat of the Erie nation led to present-day Ohio's becoming devoid of significant, permanent Indian inhabitants. Only in the first quarter of the 18th century did tribes begin to tentatively resettle the area. This book details the story of the Beaver Wars, the subsequent Indian migrations into present Ohio, the locations and descriptions of documented Indian trails and settlements, the Moravian Indian mission communities in Ohio, and the Indians' forlorn struggles to preserve an Ohio homeland, culminating in their expulsion by Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act in 1830.

Author : Paul R. Misencik
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476622552

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Sally Townsend, George Washington's Teenage Spy by Paul R. Misencik Pdf

Sally Townsend of Oyster Bay was a petite, vivacious, intelligent and remarkably beautiful young lady with beguiling eyes. A 1779 Valentine poem from an admiring British officer reads: "Thou know'st what powerful magick lies Within the round of Sarah's eyes." She was the sister of Robert Townsend, a principal member of the "Culper Ring," General Washington's most effective spy network. During the British occupation (1776-1783), Loyalist and Hessian troops were quartered in and around Oyster Bay, two Redcoat officers in the Townsend home. Sally assisted her brother in gathering intelligence while coyly flirting with the enemy. The romantic interest of Jager officer Ernst Wintzingerode, she dallied with Major John Andre and was courted by Lt. Col. John Graves Simcoe of the Queen's Rangers. She paid a heavy price for her role in thwarting the Benedict Arnold treason plot. The book explores the possible identity of the mysterious "Agent 355" mentioned in a cryptic Culper Ring message.

Author : Kevin J. Hayes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780190456672

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George Washington by Kevin J. Hayes Pdf

"Revered as a general and trusted as America's first elected leader, George Washington is considered a great many things in the contemporary imagination, but an intellectual is not one of them. In correcting this longstanding misconception, George Washington: A Life in Books offers a stimulating literary biography that traces the effects of a life spent in self-improvement"--

Author : William M. Thayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : History
ISBN : NYPL:33433082411822

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...From Farm House to the White House by William M. Thayer Pdf

Author : William M. Thayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590973178

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George Washington: his boyhood and manhood by William M. Thayer Pdf

Author : A. J. Langguth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439127124

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Patriots by A. J. Langguth Pdf

With meticulous research and page-turning suspense, Patriots brings to life the American Revolution—the battles, the treacheries, and the dynamic personalities of the men who forged our freedom. George Washington, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry—these heroes were men of intellect, passion, and ambition. From the secret meetings of the Sons of Liberty to the final victory at Yorktown and the new Congress, Patriots vividly re-creates one of history's great eras.

Author : Mike Wright
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307549143

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What They Didn't Teach You About the American Revolution by Mike Wright Pdf

“Zeroes in on the interesting, irreverent, long-ignored tidbits that shape behavior in all conflicts and important periods of history.”—The Denver Post What made the founding fathers so great (or were they?). And don’t forget the founding mothers. We have intrigue and skullduggery with spies from Nathan Hale to Benedict Arnold, with enlightening stops on the distaff side of espionage for Patience Wright (no relation to our esteemed author), Lydia Darragh, and Ann Bates. “[Mike] Wright uncovers the gamut of the revolutionary era with a highly readable, breezy narrative style, and some of his speculations eloquently illustrate the ironies always present in grand historical movements. . . . This work will inform, amuse, and provide an interesting perspective on the Revolution.”—Booklist

Author : Sterling North
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1402736118

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George Washington by Sterling North Pdf

A brief biography of the Commander-in-Chief of the American forces during the Revolution and first President of the new country.

Author : Daniel Mark Epstein
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780345544230

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The Loyal Son by Daniel Mark Epstein Pdf

The dramatic story of a founding father, his illegitimate son, and the tragedy of their conflict during the American Revolution—from the acclaimed author of The Lincolns. Ben Franklin is the most lovable of America’s founding fathers. His wit, his charm, his inventiveness—even his grandfatherly appearance—are legendary. But this image obscures the scandals that dogged him throughout his life. In The Loyal Son, award-winning historian Daniel Mark Epstein throws the spotlight on one of the more enigmatic aspects of Franklin’s biography: his complex and confounding relationship with his illegitimate son William. When he was twenty-four, Franklin fathered a child with a woman who was not his wife. He adopted the boy, raised him, and educated him to be his aide. Ben and William became inseparable. After the famous kite-in-a-thunderstorm experiment, it was William who proved that the electrical charge in a lightning bolt travels from the ground up, not from the clouds down. On a diplomatic mission to London, it was William who charmed London society. He was invited to walk in the procession of the coronation of George III; Ben was not. The outbreak of the American Revolution caused a devastating split between father and son. By then, William was royal governor of New Jersey, while Ben was one of the foremost champions of American independence. In 1776, the Continental Congress imprisoned William for treason. George Washington made efforts to win William’s release, while his father, to the world’s astonishment, appeared to have abandoned him to his fate. A fresh take on the combustible politics of the age of independence, The Loyal Son is a gripping account of how the agony of the American Revolution devastated one of America’s most distinguished families. Like Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough, Epstein is a storyteller first and foremost, a historian who weaves together fascinating incidents discovered in long-neglected documents to draw us into the private world of the men and women who made America. “The history of loyalist William Franklin and his famous father has been told before but not as fully or as well as it is by Daniel Mark Epstein in The Loyal Son. Mr. Epstein, a biographer and poet, has done a lot of fresh research and invests his narrative with literary grace and judicious sympathy for both father and son.”—The Wall Street Journal

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Presidents
ISBN : CUB:U183041001219

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The Life of George Washington by Washington Irving Pdf

Author : C.H. Sipe
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : History
ISBN : 9785871748480

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The Indian wars of Pennsylvania by C.H. Sipe Pdf

The Indian wars of Pennsylvania an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier.