Author: CHARTRAND, RENé
Title: Colonial American Troops 1610–1774 (Men-at-Arms) --3 Volume Set
Description: Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2002. Paperback. Illustrated by David Rickman. 1-3 Series; B&W and Color Illustrations & Maps; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; The complete 3 volume set of Colonial American Troops 1610–1774 (Men-at-Arms). Covers have a white spine with black lettering. Coves have slight rubbing, scuffing. Each volume is 48 pages. Illustrated with maps and color and b/w illustrations. Published 2002-2003. Pages are clean and tight. Terrific reference sources for historians, of any field, for this time period of American history. 'From the earliest English settlements the survival of the infant colonies in North America depended upon local militias. Throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries the burden of successive wars with the American Indians, and with the regular troops and militias of Britain's colonial rivals France and Spain, fell mainly upon locally raised volunteers. This first of a fascinating three-part study includes a general introduction and chronology, and chapters on Crown troops in North America; and begins a colony-by-colony review of militias and provincial units. The text is illustrated with rare early images and with specially commissioned full colour plates. ' Each book has an index.. Fine .

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