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The Prerevolutionary War: Book Review
NY Times ^
| Jan. 8, 2006
| JAY WINIK
Posted on 01/07/2006 12:27:03 PM PST by Pharmboy
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Someone on the Crown's side fired first, whether a militiaman or Indian. Jumonville's men were surprised.
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posted on
01/07/2006 12:27:05 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
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'The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War,' by Fred Anderson
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posted on
01/07/2006 12:29:57 PM PST
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Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: Pharmboy
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01/07/2006 12:49:46 PM PST
by
satchmodog9
(Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
01/07/2006 12:50:50 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(I am just not sure how to get from here to where we want to be.)
To: Pharmboy
Americans are no more familiar with it than they are with the Peloponnesian War. Was Washington responsible for the Peloponnesian War, too? No doubt he crossed the Delaware in triremes.
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01/07/2006 1:09:29 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: Pharmboy
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01/07/2006 4:34:07 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Pharmboy
Pharmboy, I don't post much but, I do want you to know I read and appreciate each item you post.
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posted on
01/07/2006 5:10:49 PM PST
by
WHATNEXT?
(That's PRESIDENT BUSH (not Mr.)!!)
To: Pharmboy
I agree with the paragraphs posted! It was that Allengenhy skirmish that Captain Washington spent the whole of his life, stalwart and resolute, to fix. At the time Washington confessed in writing to being THE Assassin who fired the shot which killed the French nobleman and legate. Sort of like the situation of Moses, both Washington and Moses were killers as young men by Necessities' Circumstance, and yet by the dedication, resolve and humility of the remainder of their lifes each came to found a great Nation.
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01/07/2006 5:20:25 PM PST
by
bvw
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posted on
01/07/2006 5:23:54 PM PST
by
Fintan
(Why do we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?)
To: SunkenCiv
Don't forget -- Washington had no kids... On the contrary, he sired 4 children. Sadly, he and Martha outlived all of them.
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01/07/2006 6:08:51 PM PST
by
pgyanke
(The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.)
To: Pharmboy
The book is probably very good ,but the reviewer is full of BS, he immediately starts drawing the cloak of concealment over the American Indian,his role in the massacre, and his role as a bloodthirsty nightmare in the conflicts of the time, ands times soon to follow. No white commander whether British, French, Spanish, or American could control them even when under their command, although
Rogers Rangers did finally break the back of the powerful Iroquois.
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01/07/2006 6:59:08 PM PST
by
ansel12
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I own and have read The Crucible of War. It's OK but is rather politically correct, especially in the author's descriptions of native american leaders.
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01/07/2006 7:06:19 PM PST
by
Heatseeker
(Never underestimate the left's tendency to underestimate us.)
To: Heatseeker
I'm glad you posted, since my post seemed negative to wards Indians, I was afraid I would get flamed badly. I would recommend to everyone to study this era, but they better be ready for some very ugly realities to be revealed that will shatter much of what has been taught for the last 40 or so years in both schools and Hollywood.
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01/07/2006 7:42:17 PM PST
by
ansel12
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01/07/2006 9:39:02 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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My information is a bit different...he was a lt. colonel in the Virginia militia at the time and not a captain. Also, he never said he fired the first shot at Jumonville Glen...since he did not.
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01/07/2006 9:55:52 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: WHATNEXT?
Thank you for your kind words of acknowledgement. Much appreciated.
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01/07/2006 9:56:42 PM PST
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Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: pgyanke; SunkenCiv
Washington sired no children, SC was correct. He was stepfather to two of Martha's by her marriage to Daniel Parke Custis. Unfortunately, he and Martha outlived them both and mourned their loss greatly.
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01/07/2006 10:01:59 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: Pharmboy
:') thanks Pharmboy. Plus, I was just makin' an ironic joke. ;')
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01/07/2006 11:05:20 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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Oh...I know--you're fine. It just frosts my behind when people post wrong info about The General as that other guy did.
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01/08/2006 3:03:23 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: Pharmboy; SunkenCiv
My apologies, Gentlemen. I didn't mean to spread disinformation. I had just finished reading "The Glorious Cause" by Jeff Shaara yesterday and it had this tidbit in the afterward about President Washington:
He lives out the brief remainder of his life in the soft comforts of his wife, who has endured long years of sacrifice both by the absence of her husband and the death of all four of her children.
I misunderstood at first reading that the children referred to weren't also his. It was such a sad statement that it stuck with me. SunkenCiv's post called it back out. No offense meant... just trying to be helpful... poorly.
Thank you for correcting the record.
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01/08/2006 7:13:51 AM PST
by
pgyanke
(The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.)
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