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by Louis Waddell and Bruce Bomberger.  Softbound, 112 pages, 8” x 11”.  This volume presents a world-view of the French and Indian War, then goes on to cover the places and events relating to the war in Pennsylvania.  Sections deal with French forts, Washington’s 1753 route, Fort Necessity, Pennsylvania’s war with the Indians, British forts, and more.  The text is well written and covers not only information about the forts, but also what was going on at the time the forts were built. 

by Charles Morse Stotz. Hardbound, 260 pages, 14-2/2" x 11". The French & English in Western Pennsylvania: Their Armies, Their Forts, Their People, 1749-1764.  The author brings his specialized knowledge as an architectural historian to show what colonial forts looked like, where they stood, who built them and why, what materials were used in building them, and how they varied in design to fit different military purposes. This book describes twenty-two forts built by the French, English, and the colonists in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, from tiny outposts built by the Ohio Company at Wills Creek to the fortresses that guarded the Ohio at Pittsburgh, first the French Fort Duquesne and later the English Fort Pitt. Sixty-seven black and white photographs with 104 drawings and maps.

by William A. Hunter. Hardbound, 596 pages, 6" x 9". This book is about more than Pennsylvania's forts, it is about all the frontier forts occupying Pennsylvania's soil. It's about the French invasion, their forts and claims to Pennsylvania. It's about Virginia and the Ohio company and the three forts erected on Pennsylvania soil in Virginia's unsuccessful opposition to this French invasion into the Ohio Valley. It's about the British takeover of fort building. Each fort is allotted a separate section. Additionally, the histories of some forts as previously known must be corrected and amplified in light of new information.

by Edward Dodge. Softbound, 206 pages, 5" x 8". This famous battle, which has been retold many times and dramatized in The Last of the Mohicans, is given a fresh treatment, primarily with the help of material found inthe Loudon Papers in the Huntington Museum. Eyewitness accounts of the siege are supplemented with excerpts from Kiby's Journal, Maj. William Eyre's Report and the Monro-Webb correspondence, which is reproduced herein. This work is further enriched with  biographical sketches of the leading officers of both sides, a muster roll of Rogers' Rangers, documents pertaining to the 35th Regiment of Foot (Monro's regiment) and the Monro documents, with some surprising little-known information about Monro. Livelyillustrations, photographs and maps along with facsimiles of several documents add greatly to the appeal of this comprehensive work. Includes an index of names, subjects and places.

by Amand Lucier.  Softbound, 365 pages, 6” x 9”. This compendium of articles concerns the first two years of the French and Indian War as reported in accounts culled from different newspapers published in Britain’s North American colonies and Europe.  It was through these articles, letters from government officials, concerned citizens and common soldiers, public addresses, notices and editorials that the British subjects were kept abreast of the dramatic conflict developing in the Upper Ohio Valley, Nova Scotia, Acadia and the whole of the North American frontier.  As such, the text is infused with all the anxiety and emotion of a nation at war and allows the the reader a unique perspective on a seminal event in the course of American history.  Facts, hearsay and propaganda are melded together in an attempt to both inform the populace and inflame the spirit in defense of the British Empire.  No attempt has been made to correct spelling, punctuation or presentation of this material;  it exists as it did on the pages of the original newspapers to provide an intimate understanding of how the British government and the American colonists experienced the early years of the “Late Glorious War” with France.

by Gary Zaboly. Softbound, 64 pages, 7" x 9-3/4". Fighting hand to hand, scalping fallen enemies, surviving in the wilds of North America and doing battle across all types of terrain, colonial rangers played a key role in shaping American history. This book draws on a range of previously unpublished material to paint a vivid picture of the life and experiences of rangers from the Battle of Lovewell's Pond in 1725 through King George's War to the French and Indian War of 1754-1763.

by Gary Stephen Zaboly. Hardbound, 521 pages, 8-1/2" x 12". A hard-hitting and objective biography that emphasizes Roger's military achievements, and doesn't let his personal failings detract from those achievements. Over the course of his colorful career, Rogers was a frontiersman, farmer, trapper, Ranger leader, Indian fighter (and friend), speculator, merchant, London socialite and commandant of the most important fur trading post in the West of the 1760's. It was during the French & Indian War that he set down the Rangers' "Standing Orders" on survival and guerilla warfare which were to prove his lasting legacy and are still used by US special forces today. An accurate account of Rogers' rollercoaster life, without recourse to moral judgment.

by Burt Garfield Loescher.  Softbound, 438 pages, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2".  Based primarily on the Loudoun Manuscripts in the Huntington, West Virginia, library, here is the history of the very beginning of Rogers' Rangers, the elite military unit that set the standards for future special forces.  Volume I covers the years in which Ranger activities reached their height during the French and Indian War.  Includes a color print of Robert Rogers by Helene Loescher, the author's  wife, illustrations of early Rangers, maps of the two famous snowshoe battles of La Barbue Creek and Rogers' Rock, and a fold-out map of 22 early Ranger battles between 1755-1758.  An essential addition to the collection of any Ranger enthusiast!

by Burt G. Loescher.  Hardbound, 311 pages, 5” x  9”.  This collection, much sought after by connoisseurs of colonial American military history, is once again inprint.  Originally published in 1969, it constitutes Volume II of Burt Loescher’s meticulously researched History of Rogers’ Rangers. This work offers the complete record of every action, ambuscade, scout and expedition of Major Robert Rogers and his Rangers from April 6, 1758 (just after their defeat in the Battle on snowshoes during the French and Indian War), to their disbandment on December 24, 1783, at the end of the American Revolution.  From 1758 to 1761, the Rangers were active as scouts and advance guards from Canada to the West Indies.  Known mainly for their ambuscades around Fort Ticonderoga and Lake Champlain, they also served at the siege of Louisbourg, the fall of Quebec, on the Great Lakes, and in the southern theatre against the Cherokee.  In 1763 the corps was revived to take part in Pontiac’s Rebellion.  During the American Revolution, Rogers fought on the British side and commanded Rogers’ Queen’s and King’s Rangers.  Tragically, this extraordinary leader died in disgrace a years after the Revolution in a London debtor’s prison.  Robert Rogers’ famous Ranging Rules for bush fighting have been handed down and adapted by elite military corps such as Darby’s Rangers in World War II and the Green Berets in Vietnam.

by Burt Garfield Loescher.  Hardbound, 86 pages, 5" x 9".  A treasure trove of biographical material, this work contains information on more than 200 Rangers (some of whom served in both the French and Indian War and the American revolution), the legendary Robert Rogers himself, John Stark, the Brewers, Moses Hazen, the Stockbridge Mohegans, and the lesser-known men of all ranks including surgeons, clerks, cadets and corporals.

by Matt Wulff. Softbound, 258 pages, 5-1/4" x 7-1/4". Maj. Robert Rogers of the famous Rogers' Rangers wrote the Rules for the Ranging Service in 1757 to instruct selected members of the regular British Army in the teaching of "woods warfare" in North America: ambush, attack, pursuit, retreat, and other tactics. In this book, the author analyzes each rule and depicts it in practical use with excerpts from historical journals and accounts of the exploits of Rogers' Rangers. Maps, diagrams and photographs add visual dimensions to the descriptions.

by Gallup & Shaffer. Softbound, 270 pages, 5" x 8". An illustrated work bringing information from primary and secondary sources concerning the equipment, daily life and military service of the French colonial soldier in Canada during the French & Indian War. The marine in Canada was the only regular soldier in the colony from 1685 to 1755. His assignment to Canada was for life. After his service, he was expected to become a colonist. Includes history,material culture, a marine’s life, music, cannoneers & bombardiers, water craft, fortifications, a list of officers plus much, much more.

by Rene Chartrand. Softbound, 40 pages, 7" x 10". A brief look at French military men and equipment in North America. Photos and drawings of muskets, swords, uniforms and more.

Edited by Andrew Gallup. Softbound, 240 pages, 5" x 8". A common soldier’s first person account of the French & Indian War. The memoir of Charles Bonin’s experience in the New World from 1751-1761. Bonin was part of the surrender of George Washington at Ft. Necessity, the defeat of Braddock and the siege of Ft. Lewis.

by Francis Jennings. Crowns, Colonies and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America.  Softbound, 520 pages, 6" x 9". Winner of the 1986 Distinguished Book Award of the Society of Colonial Wars, Empire of Fortune focuses on the French & Indian War, the bitter last ditch struggle between the British and French empires in the New World. Challenging traditional historians, Francis Jennings reveals in absorbing detail the political and military realities behind the myths.

by Grey Yocherer. Softbound, 389 pages. The year is 1731. Jean Baptiste Joubert, a cadet in the colonial marines, is assigned to a convoy sent from Ft. Michilimackinac to reestablish trade with the Sioux, trade which had been disrupted by war with the Fox. The expedition ends in disaster, and the French realize that the struggle with the English to determine who will control the heartland of North America and its lucrative fur trade is just beginning. Ambush, intrigue and espionage are all employed, differentiating friend from foe is a challenge, and your first mistake may be one too many.

by Winthrop Sargent. Hardbound, 432 pages, 6" x 9". Originally printed in 1855, this book is one of the best accounts of the Braddock disaster and by far the most factual. Rich in detail, it contains the complete journal of Capt. Robert Orme of the Coldstream guard, right hand man to Gen. Braddock, as well as the journal of Capt. Roger Morris, aide-de-camp with Washington. The crucial events that brought a mighty army to it's knees, and a struggle for a continent begins.

by Fred Anderson. Hardbound, 293 pages, 6" x 9". The French & Indian War remains one of the most fascinating, and yet vastly misunderstood, periods in the history of the North American continent. Beautifully illustrated and exquisitely told, this is the story of how the America we know emerged from a violent and transforming imperial struggle.