“Montcalm and Wolfe” by Francis Parkman, which was originally published in 1884 but had a hardback 100th anniversary reprint in the early 80s (which is what I have). Checking Amazon, I see they have 2001 paperback available.
It’s pretty comprehensive and indexed. Maps and fort drawings for campaigns, including Washington’s expeditions.
I found it especially entertaining as I’m originally from the north east so it was nice to hear about things going on in places I knew of.
It also has a full chapter on the forced migration of the Acadians, which was the basis of Longfellow’s “Evangeline” which you may have heard references to here and there. Read that as well if you want to see how not having wires and phones created drama! That you can find for free online.
Thanks very much! I’ve been meaning to place an order on Amazon. One more for the list... :-)
Bookmark (no pun intended) “Montcalm and Wolfe” by Francis Parkman
>> Maps and fort drawings for campaigns, including Washington’s expeditions.
Military histories that don’t have that, and lots of it, are darn near worthless. For this reason the West Point Atlas Military History textbooks are pretty wonderful. I’ve used them side-by-side with excellent histories that had good maps, just because the Atlas maps are so superlative. I first learned of them in middle school (so they’ve been around a good while) from a friend’s father’s bookshelf (my dad was ROTC, didn’t have them). Plus they are decent histories in their own right, just a little abbreviated.
Hmmm, it doesn’t appear they cover F&I war, so just a general comment you may find useful.