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Ranger dawn : the American ranger from the colonial era to the Mexican War / Robert W. Black.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Black, Robert W.
- Series:
- Stackpole military history series
- The Stackpole military history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army--Commando troops--History--18th century.
- United States.
- United States. Army--Commando troops--History--19th century.
- United States. Army.
- Special forces (Military science).
- History.
- Commando troops.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Commando operations.
- Mexican War, 1846-1848--Commando operations.
- Mexican War, 1846-1848.
- Special forces (Military science)--United States--History--18th century.
- Special forces (Military science)--United States--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2009.
- Contents:
- Genesis of the ranger
- Early Indian wars
- Old fights, new world
- The French and Indian war, 1754-63
- The river and the lakes
- Pontiac's War, 1763
- Rangers in the Revolution
- Citizen-soldiers
- War in the North
- To Boston and beyond
- George Rogers Clark captures the West
- Blood on the border
- War in the South
- Turning the tide
- Post-Revolution fights and the War of 1812
- The birth of Texas
- The triangle of war
- Texas independence
- Ranger Jack Hayes and the Colts
- Manifest destiny
- Peace and war.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780811736008
- 0811736008
- OCLC:
- 263409208
- Publisher Number:
- 99935400955
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