Author: Allan W. Eckert
Year: 1969
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History, Non Fiction, Historical fiction
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9781931672023
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For over two hundred years no Indian force in America was so powerful and feared as the Iroquois League. Throughout two thirds of this continent, the cry of "The Iroquois are coming!" was enough to demoralize entire tribes. But these Iroquois occupied and controlled a vast wilderness empire which beckoned like a precious gem to foreign powers. France and England secured toeholds and suddenly each was claiming as its own this land of the Iroquois. Alliance with the Indians was the key; whichever power controlled them could destroy the other. Wilderness Empire is the gripping narrative of the eighteenth-century struggle of these two powers to win for themselves the allegiance of the Indians in a war for territorial dominance, yet without letting these Indians know that the prize of the war would be this very Iroquois land. It is the story of English strength hamstrung by incredible incompetence, of French power sapped by devastating corruption. It is the story of the English, Indian and French individuals whose lives intertwine in the greatest territorial struggle in American history--the French and Indian War.
This book is part of the "Winning of America" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Twilight of Empire"
First published in 1988
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 | "Gateway to Empire"
First published in 1984
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| "The Wilderness War"
First published in 1978
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| "The Conquerors"
First published in 1970
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 | "The Frontiersmen"
First published in 1967
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