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The Burning of the Valleys: Daring Raids from Canada Against the New York Frontier in the Fall of 1780 | 
 enlarge | Author: Gavin K. Watt
Publisher: Dundurn Pr Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1077665
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 392
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 1550022717
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.336
EAN: 9781550022711
ASIN: 1550022717
Publication Date: May 1997
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Condition: Brand new copy in excellent condition.
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In the fifth year of the War of Independence, while the Americans focused on the British thrust against the Carolinas, the Canadian Department waged a decisive campaign against the northern frontier of New York. Their primary target was the Mohawk River region, known to be the "grainbowl" that fed Washington's armies. The Burning of the Valleys details the actions of both sides in this exciting and incredibly effective British campaign. General Frederick Haldimand of Canada possessed a potent force, formed by the deadly alliance of toughened, embittered Tories, who had abandoned their families and farms in New York and Pennsylvania to join the King's Provincial regiments in Canada, and the enraged Six Nations Iroquois, whose towns and farmlands had been utterly devastated by Continentals in 1779. The Governor augmented this highly motivated force with British and German regulars and Canadian Iroquois. In October, without benefit of modern transportation, communications or navigational aids, four coordinated raids, each thoroughly examined in this book, penetrated deeply into American territory. The raiders fought skirmishes and battles, took hundreds of prisoners, burned forts, farms, and mills and destroyed one of the finest grain harvests in living memory.
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THE Burning of the Valleys:Daring Raids form Canada... March 7, 2003
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a must have book for an American Revolutionary War reenactor. That is, if you are on the side of the Crown. Especailly if you are portraying a Loyalist/Tory. God Save King George III!
Your Humble Servant,
C. Hofmann, King's Rangers
A very well written History of the American Revolution August 3, 1998
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
A Fantastic work and a pleasure to read the History of a forgotten area of history, the American Revolution as it happened in New York state. Very well documented, good selection of paintings, modern photographs and maps of the region. The indices are unquestionably the most complete that I have ever seen.I highly reccommend this book to anyone who is interested in the late 18 th Century and the American Revolution.
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