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Major Washington's Pittsburgh and the mission to Fort Le Boeuf /
- Title
- Major Washington's Pittsburgh and the mission to Fort Le Boeuf / Brady J. Crytzer.
- Author
- Crytzer, Brady.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- 125 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- "During the winter of 1753 George Washington accepted the first, and potentially most dangerous, mission of his life ... The resulting tale ... set the stage for the French and Indian War and forever changed Washington's destiny ... Using firsthand accounts, including the journals of George Washington himself, historian Brady Crytzer reconstructs the complex world of eighteenth-century Pittsburgh"--Page 4 of cover.
- Subject
- 1753-1763
- Command of troops
- French and Indian War (United States : 1754-1763)
- United States > Causes. > French and Indian War, 1754-1763
- United States
- War > Causes
- Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 1st (1753-1754)
- Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 1st, 1753-1754
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 > Military leadership
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 121) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: Historical Identities -- Ambition: The Commission of an Officer -- Confidence: Diplomacy in Logstown -- Versatility: Setting Out -- Restraint: First Encounters with the French -- Resolve: Showdown at Fort Le Boeuf -- Frailty: Accepting Consequences -- Epilogue: Late March 1754 -- Bibliography -- Index.
- ISBN
- 9781609490461
- 1609490460
- LCCN
- 2011004526
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library