Never Come to Peace Again: Pontiac's Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America (Volume 7) (Campaigns and Commanders Series) - Softcover

Dixon, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806144629 ISBN 13: 9780806144627

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 2014

Synopsis

Prior to the American Revolution, the Ohio River Valley was a cauldron of competing interests: Indian, colonial, and imperial. The conflict known as Pontiac’s Uprising, which lasted from 1763 until 1766, erupted out of this volatile atmosphere. Never Come to Peace Again, the first complete account of Pontiac’s Uprising to appear in nearly fifty years, is a richly detailed account of the causes, conduct, and consequences of events that proved pivotal in American colonial history.

When the Seven Years’ War ended in 1760, French forts across the wilderness passed into British possession. Recognizing that they were just exchanging one master for another, Native tribes of the Ohio valley were angered by this development. Led by an Ottawa chief named Pontiac, a confederation of tribes, including the Delaware, Seneca, Chippewa, Miami, Potawatomie, and Huron, rose up against the British. Ultimately unsuccessful, the prolonged and widespread rebellion nevertheless took a heavy toll on British forces.

Even more devastating to the British was the rise in revolutionary sentiment among colonists in response to the rebellion. For Dixon, Pontiac’s Uprising was far more than a bloody interlude between Great Britain’s two wars of the eighteenth century. It was the bridge that linked the Seven Years’ War with the American Revolution.

About this title

About the Author

David Dixon (1954-2008) was Professor of History at Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania. He is the author of the award-winning book Hero of Beecher Island: The Life and Military Career of George A. Forsyth.

Review

“A thoroughly researched and detailed narrative of one of the great military conflicts of early America.”―Colin G. Calloway, author of New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America

“Dixon vividly recreates the conflict’s dramatic events such as the siege of Detroit, the surprise and capture of a half-dozen smaller British posts, and the battle at Bushy Run.”―American Historical Review

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0806144629
• ISBN 13: 9780806144627
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 376