The author reconstructs the picture of the ragged men, the battles and sieges during this long series of wars which began in the 1690's. He show how the French colonies spanned the continent while the English lay on the seacoast, and points out that the basic conflict occurred as the English desperately tried to penetrate the barrier of the Appalachians. He also discusses the controversial role of the Indian in these wars. (Publisher).

An account of the savage conflict which raged on and off for seventy years as the French and the British struggled to control the continent of North America.