A few acres of snow : the saga of the French and Indian Wars

"Spans seven tumultuous decades of pre-Revolutionary American history, from the discovery and exploration period through the War of the Grand Alliance, 1688-1697; War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714; War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748, to the Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 (French and Indian War)."@en
"The title of the book comes from a quotation from Voltaire, and "Leckie's sweeping account shows us exactly why we speak English today instead of French--and reminds us how easily things might have gone the other way."--Jacket."@en
"The title of the book comes from a quotation from Voltaire, and "Leckie's sweeping account shows us exactly why we speak English today instead of French--and reminds us how easily things might have gone the other way."--Jacket."
"Provides perspective on exactly how the New World came to be such a fiercely contested prize in Western Civilization, charts the long, savage conflict between England and France in their quest for supremacy in pre-Revolutionary America. Also shows us exactly why we speak English today instead of French, and reminds us how easily things might have gone the other way."@en