{"product_id":"year-of-the-hangman-george-washingtons-campaign-against-the-iroquois","title":"Year of the Hangman: George Washington's Campaign Against the Iroquois","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2005 Thomas Fleming Award for the Best Book in American Revolutionary War History Finalist for the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award After two years of fighting  Great Britain felt confident that the American rebellion would be crushed in 1777  the \"Year of the Hangman.\" Britain devised a bold new strategy. Turning its attention to the colonial frontiers  especially those of western New York  Pennsylvania  and Virginia  Britain enlisted its provincial rangers  Tories  and allied warriors  principally from the Iroquois Confederacy  to wage a brutal backwoods war in support of General John Burgoynes offensive as it swept southward from Canada in an attempt to cut the colonies in half  divert the Continental Army  and weaken its presence around British-occupied New York City and Philadelphia. Burgoynes defeat at Saratoga sent shock waves through the British command. But the efforts along the frontier under the direction of Sir John Johnson  Colonel John Butler  and the charismatic Mohawk leader  Joseph Brant  appeared to be impairing the American ability to conduct the war. Destroying Patriot settlements and farms across hundreds of miles of frontier  the British and Indian forces threatened to reduce Continental army enlistment  and more importantly  precious food supplies. Following the massacres at the well-established colonial settlements of Wyoming  Pennsylvania  and Cherry Valley  New York  the Continental Congress persuaded General George Washington to conduct a decisive offensive to end the threat once and for all. Brewing for years  the conflict between the Iroquois and colonists would now reach its deadly climax. Charging his troops \"to not merely overrun  but destroy \" Washington devised a two-prong attack to exact American revenge. The largest coordinated American military action against American Indians in the war  the campaign shifted the power in the east  ending the political and military influence of the Iroquois  forcing large numbers of loyalist to flee to Canada  and sealing Britains fateful decision to seek victory in the south. In Year of the Hangman: George Washingtons Campaign Against the Iroquois  historian Glenn F. Williams recreates the riveting events surrounding the action  including the checkered story of European and Indian alliances  the bitter frontier wars  and the bloody battles of Oriskany and Newtown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945771626549,"sku":"ByrdShop_1594160139","price":34.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781594160134.jpg?v=1770361971","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/year-of-the-hangman-george-washingtons-campaign-against-the-iroquois","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}