Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Butler's Rangers: Three Accounts Of The American War Of IndependenceISBN13:9780857067128ISBN10:0857067125Author:Cruikshank, Ernest Alexander (Author), Swinnerton, Henry U. (Author), Chapman, Isaac A. (Author)Description:The Story Of Butler's Rangers And The Settlement Of Niagara By Ernest Cruikshank The Story Of Cherry Valley By Henry U Swinnerton Wyoming Valley A Sketch Of Its Early Annals By Isaac A Chapman Loyalist Rangers Of The American War Of Independence It Is, Perhaps, In The The Character Of The American Rangers Of The Eighteenth Century That They Would Be Perceived In Entirely Different Ways Depending Upon Which Side They Fought These Were Guerrilla Fighters Not Regiments Of Red Coated Regulars Occupying The Battle Lines They Were A Unique Kind Of Warrior Equal To Their Tough Environment And With Their Own Brand Of Warfare Their Task Was To Disappear Quickly Into The Wilderness Only To Appear Unexpectedly To Wreak Ferocious Destruction Then Melt Away Again Often Supported By Native Indians, Whose Ferocity In Battle, Known To Everyone And All But Impossible To Moderate Once It Had Been Unleashed, The Rangers Fought A Savage War Robert Rogers Has Been Perceived As A Heroic Figure Of The French And Indian War By The British And The Americans In Whose Cause He Served The Creator Of Butler's Rangers, John Butler Also Served In That Conflict At Ticonderoga, Fort Frontenac, Fort Niagara And Montreal After The War He Became One Of The Most Prosperous Men In The American Colonies, Second Only To Sir William Johnson In 1775 War Came Again Destroying Old Affiliations And This Time As A 'Loyalist' And After Taking Part In The Bloody Affair At Oriskany, Butler Formed And Commanded A Unit Which Would Fight A Savage Rangers War, But Against The Very People Who Had Once Been Friends And Allies At Wyoming Valley, Forty Fort And Cherry Valley, Butler's Rangers And Their Iroquois Allies Earned The Undying Enmity Of The American People This Book Provides Three Useful Insights Into Butler, His Rangers And His Most Notorious Engagements For All Students Of The Period And Those Interested In Another Aspect Of Rangers At War Leonaur Editions Are Newly Typeset And Are Not Facsimiles; Each Title Is Available In Softcover And Hardback With Dustjacket; Our Hardbacks Are Cloth Bound And Feature Gold Foil Lettering On Their Spines And Fabric Head And Tail Bands Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:LEONAUR LTDPublication Date:2011-08-21Weight:0.48 lbsDimensions:0.39'' H x 8.5'' L x 5.51'' WNumber of Pages:168Language:English
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Book Title: Butler's Rangers : Three Accounts of the American War of Independence
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Ernest Cruikshank, Isaac A. Chapman, Henry U. Swinnerton
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Military / General, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Europe / Great Britain / General
Publisher: Leonaur The Limited
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: History
Item Weight: 7.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 168 Pages
