Frontier Rangers of Colonial New England: From King Philip's War to the American Revolution (Military)

Warfare in the Wilderness

Few images reflect the character of hardy New Englanders like that of the eighteenth-century colonial ranger. Rugged characters such as Robert Rogers, Israel Putnam and John Stark spent much of their lives carving a living out of the harsh wilderness of the region, while later proving themselves in battle against seasoned Abenaki warriors. The Wright and Porter families fought throughout western New England, from skirmishes in Charlestown, New Hampshire, to climactic battles on Lake Champlain and Lake George. From the bloody King Philip’s War battlefields of Massachusetts to the fight for the wilderness of New Hampshire and Vermont, author Anthony Blasi explores the journey from frightened homesteader to toughened wilderness warrior.

Anthony Blasi has explored his fair share of wilderness, from the woods of New England to the rainforests of the Amazon. He is a municipal clerk and a member of several genealogical societies throughout the Northeast. He is a graduate of the University of Maine at Farmington, where he received the Roger Grindle Award from the history department and presented a thesis on the history of genealogy in America. When he is not playing the family historian or perusing headstones, he is a keen miniature wargamer. He lives with his wife and daughter in central Maine.