War on the run : : the Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier
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Hailed as the father of today's elite special forces, Robert Rogers was North America's first authentic celebrity. Biographer John F. Ross reconstructs the extraordinary achievements of this fearless and inspiring leader whose exploits in the New England wilderness read like those of an action hero and whose innovative principles of unconventional warfare are still used today. As a child, Rogers learned to survive in New England's dark and deadly forests, grasping that a new world required new forms of warfare. Rogers's Rangers earned a deadly fame among their most formidable French and Indian enemies for their ability to appear anywhere at any time, burst out of the forest with overwhelming force, and vanish just as quickly. The Rangers laid the groundwork for the colonial strategy later used in the War of Independence. Rogers later wrote two seminal books whose vision of a unified continent would influence Thomas Jefferson and inspire Lewis and Clark.--From publisher description.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Bantam Books, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: xxiv, 548 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780553804966
0553804960
9780553906653
0553906658
SUBJECTS
Rogers, Robert, -- 1731-1795.
Rogers' Rangers.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Bibliography.
United States -- History, Military -- 18th century.