Dec 28, 2009
Empire of Fortune | Empire of Fortune
At a glance:
- Author: Francis Jennings
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1745-1776
- Setting: Primarily Pennsylvania
- Principal Characters: Benjamin Franklin, Sir William Johnson, Lord Loudoun, Thomas Penn, Francis Parkman, Lawrence H. Gipson
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Colonies or colonization, France or French people, Native Americans or American Indians, England or English people, American Revolution, Eighteenth century, Society of Friends or Quakers, Seven Years’ War
- Locales: Pennsylvania
This is the third volume of a trilogy that traces the gradual
expansion of English influence in America. The first two
books—The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and
the Cant of Conquest (1975) and The Ambiguous Iroquois
Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with
English Colonies from Its Beginnings to the Lancaster Treaty of
1744 (1984)—brought Francis Jennings’ analysis to
roughly 1744. The significance of his work is not debatable. His
major contribution, especially in this final volume, is to
demonstrate that various Indian groups...
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