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Book SynopsisThe Revolutionary War is ordinarily presented as a conflict exclusively between colonists and the British, fought along the northern Atlantic seacoast.
George Washington's War on Native America recounts the tragic events on the forgotten western front of the American Revolution, a war fought against and ultimately won by Native America.
Trade Review“[Mann’s book] serves as a powerful statement of the native side of a conflict which has been sugar coated for two centuries. . . . The book should be required reading for all students seeking to understand the conflict on the frontier that lasted until the late nineteenth century. Given the extensive documentation provided, it will serve as an extremely valuable reference for college students and authors.”—Walter Dunn,
Journal of Military History“Mann’s grasp of primary sources makes her narrative one of the most detailed recent studies of the military campaigns in western Pennsylvania and New York during the American War of Independence.”—Patrick Spero,
HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction - "Niggur-in-Law to Old Sattan": How the West Was
Really Won1 - "The Vile Hands of the Savages": Countdown to Total War, 1775-17782 - "Shooting Pigeons": The Goose Van Schaick Sweep through Onondaga, April 17793 - "The Wolves of the Forest": The Brodhead March up the Allegheny, August-September 17794 - "Extirpate Those Hell-Hounds from off the Face of the Earth": The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign, 9 August-30 September 17795 - "Keep That Nest of Hornets Quiet": The Ohio Campaigns of 1779-17816 - "Two Mighty Gods with Their Mouth Wide Open": Settler Assaults on Ohio, 1782NotesBibliographyIndex
