LEADER 05221nam 2200625 450 001 9910797515403321 005 20230807193505.0 010 $a1-4214-1806-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000484833 035 $a(EBL)4398477 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001599899 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16306746 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001599899 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13469062 035 $a(PQKB)10624624 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4398477 035 $a(OCoLC)922889494 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46750 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4398477 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11161193 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000484833 100 $a20160319h20152015 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHodges' scout $ea lost patrol of the French and Indian War /$fLen Travers 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 225 1 $aWar/society/culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4214-1805-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue: Recovering Lost Lives -- Part I. Hodges' Scout -- September 19, 1756 -- Captain Hodges' Company -- General Winslow's Dilemma -- "Ye very bane of New England Men" -- Slaughter -- Captain Bougainville's American Adventure -- Part II. Captives -- Ensign Lincoln's Great Escape -- The Peregrinations of Peleg Stevens -- Isaac Foster at the Edges of Empire -- Homecomings -- The Court-Martial of Jonathan Barnes -- Coda: William Merry's Tale -- Appendix A: The Roll of Hodges' Scout -- Appendix B: The Captives -- Appendix C: William Merry's Account, Recorded 1853 -- Appendix D: Captain Hodges' Sword -- Essay on Sources. 330 2 $a"Many Americans probably know the French and Indian War by way of the film adaptation (1992) of Cooper's Last of the Mohicans. In it Michael Mann directs the young Daniel Day-Lewis and, in parts, succeeds in capturing the strange solitude of warring in endless forest and the sudden ferocity of battle during this first truly world war. Writing an unusual work of art and history, Len Travers here excavates the story of a colonial-American 'lost patrol' during that war, turning musty documents into a gripping tale that could reach well beyond an academic readership. Fifty provinical soldiers left the fringes of settlement in fall, 1756, aiming to safeguard the upper reaches of New York. Within days, near Lake George, native warriors, allies of the French, jumped them. Surprised and overwhelmed, the colonists suffered death or capture. The fifteen surviviors lived for years as prisoners of their native captors. Eventually a few of them managed to work their back to their villages and families, living to tell their stories. Travers's remarkable research brings human experiences alive, giving us a rare, full color view of the French and Indian War. These personal accounts throw light on the motives, means, and methods of both colonists and Natives at war in the American wilderness. They also speak to the nature of war itself"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 2 $a"In September 1756, fifty American soldiers set off on a routine reconnaissance near Lake George, determined to safeguard the upper reaches of the New York colony. Caught in a devastating ambush by French and native warriors, only a handful of colonials made it back alive. Toward the end of the French and Indian War, another group of survivors, long feared dead, returned home, having endured years of grim captivity among the native and French inhabitants of Canada. Pieced together from archival records, period correspondence, and official reports, Hodges' Scout relates the riveting tale of young colonists who were tragically caught up in a war they barely understood. Len Travers brings history to life by describing the variety of motives that led men to enlist in the campaign and the methods and means they used to do battle. He also reveals what the soldiers wore, the illnesses they experienced, the terror and confusion of combat, and the bitter hardships of captivity in alien lands. His remarkable research brings human experiences alive, giving us a rare, full-color view of the French and Indian War--the first true world war"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aWar, society, culture. 606 $aCombat patrols$zNew York (State)$zLake George Region$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aIndian captivities$zNew York (State)$zLake George Region$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aNew York (State)$xHistory$yFrench and Indian War, 1754-1763$xReconnaissance operations 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yFrench and Indian War, 1754-1763$xReconnaissance operations 615 0$aCombat patrols$xHistory 615 0$aIndian captivities$xHistory 676 $a940.2534 686 $aHIS036020$aHIS028000$aHIS027110$2bisacsh 700 $aTravers$b Len$f1952-$0842996 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797515403321 996 $aHodges' scout$93689968 997 $aUNINA