{"product_id":"down-the-warpath-to-the-mark-r-anderson-9780806168593","title":"Down the Warpath to the Cedars: Indians' First Battles in the Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn May 1776 more than two hundred Indian warriors descended the St. Lawrence River to attack Continental forces at the Cedars, west of Montreal. In just three days' fighting, the Native Americans and their British and Canadian allies forced the American fort to surrender and ambushed a fatally delayed relief column. In \u003cem\u003eDown the Warpath to the Cedars\u003c\/em\u003e, author Mark R. Anderson flips the usual perspective on this early engagement and focuses on its Native participants-their motivations, battlefield conduct, and the event's impact in their world. In this way, Anderson's work establishes and explains Native Americans' centrality in the Revolutionary War's northern theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnderson's dramatic, deftly written narrative encompasses decisive diplomatic encounters, political intrigue, and scenes of brutal violence but is rooted in deep archival research and ethnohistorical scholarship. It sheds new light on the alleged massacre and atrocities that other accounts typically focus on. At the same time, Anderson traces the aftermath for Indian captives and military hostages, as well as the political impact of the Cedars reaching all the way to the Declaration of Independence. The action at the Cedars emerges here as a watershed moment, when Indian neutrality frayed to the point that hundreds of northern warriors entered the fight between crown and colonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdroitly interweaving the stories of diverse characters-chiefs, officials, agents, soldiers, and warriors-\u003cem\u003eDown the Warpath to the Cedars \u003c\/em\u003eproduces a complex picture, and a definitive account, of the Revolutionary War's first Indian battles, an account that significantly expands our historical understanding of the northern theater of the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark R. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806168595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806168593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Mark R. Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045426983167,"sku":"9780806168593","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_641cfa2b-892a-4942-b540-b34ff39b1474.jpg?v=1684978682","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/down-the-warpath-to-the-mark-r-anderson-9780806168593","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}