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1) The Crucible of war: the Seven Years' War and the fate of empire in British North America, 1754-1766
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War-long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution-takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both to create Britain's empire and to sow the seeds of its eventual dissolution. Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an inexperienced George...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Formats
Description
"James Fenimore Cooper's romantic adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian War vividly to life. The most popular of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, The Last of the Mohicans portrays the inevitable conflict of opposed cultures and stands as a testament to the ways in which this struggle has been mythologized. Featuring the well-loved noble woodsman Natty Bumppo, or "Hawk-eye," Cooper's novel is a memorable...
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the events of the French and Indian War, from the war's start with Washington's surrender to the French in 1754 to its conclusion with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Brought up in France as the African slave companion of a nobleman's daughter, thirteen-year-old Zettie records the events of 1763, when she and her mistress escape to the New World where they are inadvertently drawn into the hostilities of the ongoing French and Indian War and, eventually, find a new direction to their lives.
5) Bellewether
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It's late summer, war is raging, and families are torn apart by divided loyalties and deadly secrets. In this complex and dangerous time, a young French Canadian lieutenant is captured and billeted with a Long Island family, an unwilling and unwelcome guest. As he begins to pitch in with the never-ending household tasks and farm chores, Jean-Philippe de Sabran finds himself drawn to the daughter of the house. Slowly, Lydia Wilde comes to lean on Jean-Philippe,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Description
The Last of the Mohicans is a story of romance and adventure on the American frontier. It is a story of love and loyalty, and of America's coming of age. While the French and Indians besiege Fort William Henry, Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of the English commander, are on their way to join him. They are accompanied by Major Duncan Heyward, Alice's fiance, and by the treacherous Indian Magua, who secretly serves the French
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation.
11) Ghost fire
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 17
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Theo, wracked with guilt, strikes a solitary path through life. Haunted by the spirits of lovers and family members, he is determined to atone for his mistakes. He seeks salvation in combat and conflict, joining the British in the war against the French and Indian army.
12) Follow the river
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
After being captured in an Indian raid during 1755, Mary Draper Ingles follows the Ohio River for 1,000 miles to return home to Virginia by herself.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Accidentally stumbling into a time warp into an eighteenth century war zone, Laz Berenger is forced to spy for the British in the French fortification at Louisbourg, but finds himself torn when he grows close to Louisbourg's commander.
14) The renegade
Author
Series
White Indian volume 2
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
©1980
Language
English
Description
Seneca warrior Renno, white son of the Iroquois Sachem, goes to London in 1690 to plead with the king for assistance in capturing the French fort at Louisburg.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
FINALIST FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BOOK PRIZE
A new, brash, and unexpected view of the president we thought we knew, from the bestselling author of Astoria
Two decades before he led America to independence, George Washington was a flailing young soldier serving the British Empire in the vast wilderness of the Ohio Valley. Naïve and self-absorbed, the twenty-two-year-old officer accidentally ignited the French and Indian War-a conflict that opened...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a hunter and his Native American cohort who fight for Fort Bennington during the French and Indian Wars in 1755 Hudson Valley, New York. Based on The Leatherstocking Tales, a series of novels by James Fenimore Cooper.
18) The Deerslayer
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.2 - AR Pts: 44
Language
English
Description
Natty Bumppo, a young white hunter brought up in the Delaware Indian tribe, has to defend settlers before returning to the Iroquois who have allowed him parole.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The French and Indian War pitted French forces for almost a decade against the British, yet few Americans realize its historic contribution to the revolutionary fervor which swept the continent in 1776. The critical and sophisticated role of Native Americans in this conflict is highlighted. Includes dramatizations.