The White Devil: The True Story Behind Last Of The Mohicans

The White Devil: The True Story Behind Last Of The Mohicans by Stephen Brumwell


ISBN
9780297846772
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
335
Dimensions
170 x 250 x 33mm

The epic story of revenge and savage warfare in colonial America.

During the 1750s, rival European colonists sought allies amongst Native American tribes. Abenaki warriors allied with France terrorised English settlements and massacred British prisoners of war captured at Fort William Henry - an atrocity memorably portrayed in the film 'Last Of The Mohicans'.

Major Robert Rogers and his "Rangers" were ordered to exact retribution by destroying the Abenaki village of St Francis, which they did with ruthless efficiency. But the raiders endured a nightmare journey as they struggled home. Several were caught by vengeful pursuers and tortured to death; others resorted to cannibalism rather than starve in the wilderness.

Rogers' raid was celebrated by Anglo-American colonists, and its leader is credited with founding the "special forces" tradition in the US army. Others view the St Francis raid as an 18th century My Lai massacre, in which helpless men and women were butchered.

Eschewing prejudices, Stephen Brumwell deploys vivid prose and meticulous research to reconstruct this controversial and dramatic episode from America's violent frontier past.
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