by SWCA E-mail gateway | Jun 13, 2010 | History
See the movie. Don’t bother with the book. James Fenimore Cooper’s classic 1826 novel may tell one of the most romantic tales in American literature, but its writing style is hopelessly turgid (as Mark Twain attested). Nonetheless, the book has inspired no less than...
by SWCA E-mail gateway | Jun 12, 2010 | History
After his brutal victory, General Montcalm burned to the ground the already pillaged Fort William Henry. His former Indian allies, surfeited with their ill-gotten booty and scalps, returned to Canada. Unable to move his heavy artillery through the swampy trails of...
by SWCA E-mail gateway | Jun 11, 2010 | History
During the spring of 1759 as Amherst was taking command on Lake George, British Major General James Wolfe with a another large army at Fort Louisbourg, now under the Union Jack, planned an assault on the French city of Quebec. Assisted by the royal navy, Wolfe’s...
