John Stark.John Stark
Ben Z. Rose Treeline Press PO Box 79118, Waverly, MA 02479 9780978912307, $19.95 www.amazon.com "John Stark: Maverick General" by Ben Rose is the story of one of the American Revolution's most colorful and brilliant battlefield commanders who led the New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. militia in unconventional combat in the battles of Bunker Hill and Bennington. John Stark was born to Scotch-Irish immigrants in colonial new Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , survived devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. epidemics and capture by hostile Native Americas as a young man, joined the colonial militia group known as Rogers Rangers, fought a guerrilla style campaign during the French and Indian War French and Indian War North American phase of a war between France and Britain to control colonial territory (1754–63). The war's more complex European phase was the Seven Years' War. , and enlisted in the Continental Army at the age of 15. A superbly written, impressively research biography, "John Stark: Maverick General" also reveals the people that influenced this remarkable man who at one time rivaled George Washington for the leadership of the Continental Army. A very strongly recommended addition to community and academic library American Biography collections, "John Stark: Maverick General" is as entertaining as it is informative and ideal for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in Colonial American History in general, and the American Revolution in particular. |
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