The Mohawk (New York Classics)

About this book

Hislop writes living history. Father Jogues is there as are Sir William Johnson and Molly Brant Nicholas Herkimer DeWitt Clinton Eliphalet Nott the Remingtons Charles Steinmetz and a host of others. Fur trading land grabbing Dutch Palatines Yankees the Battle of Oriskany the Erie Canal the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad General Electric are all part of the story of The Mohawk. Hislops presentation of this unique region is both informative and compelling.