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The most famous ranger-and the father of covert warfare
As the 'age of sail' progressed the great nations of Europe understood that the lands and wealth of the globe were within the grasp of their imperial ambitions. Which nation would win most became a race that, inevitably, would culminate in a struggle to establish who could gain-and hold-most. The principal contestants were France and Britain and their bitter, age-old rivalry would lead to a final conflict in the middle years of the 18th century-the Seven Years War, which would be fought on bloody fields in Europe, Asia and significantly in the New World of the Americas. There colonists of each nation struggled to build lives among the indigenous Indian tribes of the eastern woodlands. Here was a war, subject to the severest weather conditions, fought among deep forests, on lakes and in huge tracts of unmapped wilderness. Regular troops of both nations were engaged, together with militias raised among local populations combined with the savage element of Iroquois and Huron Indian allies. 'Cometh the moment, cometh the man' and the man for that moment was Robert Rogers. This was not the place for the formal battle lines of uniformed regulars. Here the principal advantage lay in stealthily gained intelligence, surprise and the hit and run tactics of the ambuscade. So the 'special forces' fighter was born and the men who shared his skills were bonded together as units in the form of independent companies of rangers who could melt into the forest, subsist on it, do their silent work and reappear as silently. This is a biography of their most famous and successful commander. Rogers was no two dimensional hero, he was a man suited to his time and his war; tough, resourceful, ruthless and allegedly dishonest and unscrupulous. His successes were often marred by reverses of the most disastrous kinds. His career spanned two wars and in the second of them whilst he remained true to his allegiances the fact that he was on the losing side contributed much to his downfall. This book, a record of the life of a man whose influence on the nature of warfare to the present day is immense, makes riveting reading for all those interested in the French and Indian War and American War of Independence.
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The brilliant historian of the mid-twentieth century, Allan Nevins, introduces this volume of correspondence by and to James Truslow Adams with a summary of his life and importance. This presents his appreciation of Adams in a manner that properly serves as a bridge to a full range of his correspondence, including a long series of letters by Adams himself. The correspondence is divided into a wide network of letters covering two world wars, and highlighting Adams' efforts to speak as a public historian of the age. The range covered extends from World War I, where he participated in the Paris Conference, to the New England histories, the year of the Economic Crash, the making of his great book, The Epic of America, and the final summing up, making history accessible to the larger publics. Both the biographical sketch and the correspondence reflect Adams as possessing a nimble, precise mind and a stubborn set of opinions that are sometimes liberal, while at other times conservative. Despite a lifetime of public service, Nevins and the letters remind us, Adams was and remained essentially a scholar. The same can be said of Nevins himself and that made him the perfect spokesman and student of Adams' writings. For those to whom the meshing of solid American history and public service are of interest this will be an unusual, but entirely worthwhile experience.

The brilliant historian of the mid-twentieth century, Allan Nevins, introduces this volume of correspondence by and to James Truslow Adams with a summary of his life and importance. This presents his appreciation of Adams in a manner that properly serves as a bridge to a full range of his correspondence, including a long series of letters by Adams himself. The correspondence is divided into a wide network of letters covering two world wars, and highlighting Adams' efforts to speak as a public historian of the age. The range covered extends from World War I, where he participated in the Paris Conference, to the New England histories, the year of the Economic Crash, the making of his great book, "The Epic of America," and the final summing up, making history accessible to the larger publics. Both the biographical sketch and the correspondence reflect Adams as possessing a nimble, precise mind and a stubborn set of opinions that are sometimes liberal, while at other times conservative. Despite a lifetime of public service, Nevins and the letters remind us, Adams was and remained essentially a scholar. The same can be said of Nevins himself--and that made him the perfect spokesman and student of Adams' writings. For those to whom the meshing of solid American history and public service are of interest this will be an unusual, but entirely worthwhile experience.

Oral History: An Interdisciplinary Anthology is a collection of classic articles by some of the best known proponents of oral history, demonstrating the basics of oral history, while also acting as a guidebook for how to use it in research. Added to this new edition is insight into how oral history is practiced on an international scale, making this book an indispensable resource for scholars of history and social sciences, as well as those interested in oral history on the avocational level. This volume is a reprint of the 1984 edition, with the added bonus of a new introduction by David Dunaway and a new section on how oral history is practiced on an international scale. Selections from the original volume trace the origins of oral history in the United States, provide insights on methodology and interpretation, and review the various approaches to oral history used by folklorists, historians, anthropologists, and librarians, among others. Family and ethnic historians will find chapters addressing the applications of oral history in those fields.

In this book, originally published in 1962, one of America's most distinguished historians defines the scope and variety fo his field and out lines his views on history's objectives both as a science and as an art. The book provides insight into historians' methods of interpreting and presenting the past from Thucydides to twentieth century scholarship on Europe and America. It sets apart the different approaches to history - biographical, cultural, intellectual, geographical and political - illuminating the peculiar goals, problems and development of each discipline. It discusses the question of pre-history and its companion science, archaeology and spans the history of the collection and use of records.

In this book, originally published in 1962, one of America's most distinguished historians defines the scope and variety fo his field and out lines his views on history's objectives both as a science and as an art. The book provides insight into historians' methods of interpreting and presenting the past from Thucydides to twentieth century scholarship on Europe and America. It sets apart the different approaches to history - biographical, cultural, intellectual, geographical and political - illuminating the peculiar goals, problems and development of each discipline. It discusses the question of pre-history and its companion science, archaeology and spans the history of the collection and use of records.

The Life Of The Inventor, Artist, Businessman And Politician.

ILLW BY ALLAN NEVINS 1917 PREFACE THE fact that this volume constitutes the first history of the University of Illinois ever written has largely determined its character and scope. It seemed neces sary to the writer to throw a much greater emphasis upon the record of the past than upon the tendencies or characteristics of the present. Even in the four final chapters, nominally not historical at all, will be found much historical matter. The detailed steps in the de velopment of the institution are known to so few of the graduates or faculty, not to speak of outsiders, that a comprehensive account of them is the first requisite of any introduction to the inner spirit of the rapidly growing University. Moreover, these are years in which the institution is rapidly losing the men who as teachers and students have personal recollection of its first years, and it seemed a duty to attempt, while it was still possi ble, to interweave with facts from written sources those which come authentically from unwritten. Of the short comings of the book the writer is aware. It is an unfor tunate fact that till a short time ago the University, with the carelessness of youth, made no attempt to preserve historical materials relating to itself. There are many phases of its record upon which it has been hard to accumulate information. Upon some of the most important questions the oral testimony has been found to be conflicting, while upon others some de tailed oral testimony available has been shown so unreliable that it has had to be thrown aside in favor vi PREFACE of shorter but more accurate Information. The writer has had to work nearly a thousand miles from the Uni versity, and to depend upon thecourtesy of correspond ents for much that one on the spot would easily have obtained. But it is to be hoped that the volume will inspire further labor in the same field. To a number of friends who have offered assistance, and especially to President James, Deans Clark, Greene, Kinley, and Davenport, Mr. George Huff, Mr. P. L. Windsor, Drs. Powell and Phelps, Professors Forbes, Talbot, Rolfe, Bicker, Alvord, Zeitlin, White, and Scott, to three former Trustees, Judge Cunningham, Mr. S. A. Bullard, and Mr. F. M. McKay, to a number of graduates, as Mr. H. M. Dunlap, Mr. C. A. Kiler, and Mr. W. A. Heath, and to the editor of this series, the author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness. Professors Baker and Stoek have, with many of those named above, read parts of the proofs Dr. Phelps has furnished much material for the appendices, and Assistant Dean Warnock, Mr. H. H. Horner, Miss L. 0. White, and Mr. Lewis Omer have transmitted other material. The author has not, partly in deference to practice in other volumes in the series, partly from his sense of the needlessness of it, bur dened his pages with many footnote references to sources. In many instances the text itself indicates that the source lies in the reports of the Board of Trustees, the University catalogues, or the reports to the State Super intendent of Public Instruction. The files of the Alumni Quarterly, of the Illini and other student publications, those of Twin City and Chicago news papers, and the Journals of the Legislature, have also been drawn upon. It would usually be undesirable to Indicate oral sources of material. CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE t v I. TURNER AND THE FOUNDING OF THE UNI VERSITY . 1 II. BEGINNINGS OF THEUNIVERSITY ... 42 III. YEARS OF DEPRESSION THE ADMINISTRA TION OF PEABODY 99 IV. AT THE TURNING POINT .... 141 V. THE UNIVERSITY FINDS ITSELF . . . 153 VI. THE UNIVERSITY AFTER IT FOUND ITSELF . 210 VII. ADMINISTRATION AND HOUSING OF THE UNIVERSITY 262 VIII. STUDENTS AND STUDENT LIFE . . . 295 IX. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND STATE 323 X. CONCLUSION 347 APPENDIX A...

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