{"product_id":"the-wilderness-war-a-narrative-the-winning-of-america-series-9781931672139","title":"The Wilderness War: A Narrative (The Winning of America Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Wilderness War is the eagerly awaited fourth volume in Allan W. Eckerts acclaimed series of narratives  The Winning of America  the violent and monumental description of the wresting of the North American continent from the Indians. Two hundred fifty years had elapsed since the Five Nations  the greatest of the Indian tribes  ceased their continual warfare among themselves and banded together for mutual defense. Their union had created the feared and formidable Iroquois League; their empire stretched from Lake Champlain  across New York to Niagara Falls. Theirs was a remarkable form of representative government that presaged our own  and their wealth lay in the vast  beautiful lands abundant with crops. As warriors they were unsurpassedeven the depredations of the recent French and Indian War could not diminish their prowess. But by 1770 the white men living in their land were fighting among themselves again  and war came once more to the Iroquois land. The Wilderness War begins in 1763 (where the second book in this series  Wilderness Empire  concluded with the English victory over the French in the French and Indian War) and continues through the American Revolution to 1780  by which time the Iroquois League had been ruptured and the Indians dispossessed of their homelands. Their defeat and humiliation occurred despite the valor of their famous war chief Thayendanegea  better known as Joseph Brant  who had allied his tribes with the one man the Iroquois loved and trusted  Sir William Johnson  Colonial Superintendent of Indian Affairs  and subsequently with Johnsons son and nephew  leaders of the Tory forces in New York. Based on an abundance of primary sources: original letters and notes  diaries and journals  deeds  wills  military records  Indian tribal records  logbooks  newspapers and magazines and government reports  and dominated by the compelling character of Chief Joseph Brant  The Wilderness War gives a factual account (sustained with the suspense and pace of first-rate fiction) of the last years of the Iroquois Empire and the first years of the American nation. Allan W. Eckert has molded the raw facts of history into a moving  perceptive and penetrating narrative. It is filled with the pathos and action  humanity and savagery which were all a part of survival on the expanding American frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646733312053,"sku":"ByrdShop_193167213X","price":583.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781931672139.jpg?v=1781677822","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-wilderness-war-a-narrative-the-winning-of-america-series-9781931672139","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}