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Book SynopsisA new interpretation of the nature of the eighteenth century's Anglo-French wars, focusing on those taken captive.
Trade Review"Setting All the Captives Free is filled with insights and conclusions that enlighten readers and challenge conventional wisdom. It is destined to be the definitive study on captivity in early American history for years to come." Timothy J. Shannon, Department of History, Gettysburg College "Setting All the Captives Free is recommended highly to anyone who admires nuanced, impeccably crafted, and exhaustively researched work on a subject and period in North American history that demands to be understood with all of its subtleties intact." Da "Unlike New England captives, the nearly three thousand captives taken in Allegheny warfare have received little attention by scholars. In Setting All the Captives Free, Steele places captives at the center of his study of warfare in the Allegheny country
