
Frontier Forts Under Fire
Fort William Henry and Fort Phil Kearny were both military outposts of the North American frontier. Both lasted but briefly--about two years from construction until their walls went up in flames. And both saw what were termed "massacres" by Indians outside their walls.
This book reexamines the traumatic events at both forts. The Fort William Henry Massacre was condemned by both the British an...
Fort William Henry and Fort Phil Kearny were both military outposts of the North American frontier. Both lasted but briefly--about two years from construction until their walls went up in flames. And both saw what were termed "massacres" by Indians outside their walls.
This book reexamines the traumatic events at both forts. The Fort William Henry Massacre was condemned by both the British an...