Bøger af Paul R. Misencik

Despite Christopher Gist's impressive achievements, historians have largely overlooked him. This book aims to compensate for Gist's insufficient recognition by showcasing his remarkable accomplishments to reader, from his early life to his frontier exploration and military service.

In the mid-seventeenth century, the Iroquois Confederacy launched a war for control of the burgeoning fur trade industry. These conflicts, known as the Beaver Wars, were among the bloodiest in North American history. This book details the story of the Beaver Wars and the subsequent Indian migrations into present-day Ohio.

By all accounts, Sally Townsend of Oyster Bay was a very attractive young lady - petite, vivacious, intelligent and remarkably beautiful. She was the sister of Robert Townsend, a principle member of the "Culper Ring," General Washington's most effective spy network. This book tells the story of Sally Townsend and her secret service during the Revolutionary War.

George Washington and the Half-King Chief Tanacharison is a detailed account of the singular events in western Pennsylvania that precipitated the French and Indian War. It describes the interpersonal relationship between 22-year-old, inexperienced, but self-assured George Washington and the 54-year-old wily Iroquois Chief Tanacharison, and how their interaction resulted in, as Horace Walpole quipped, Washington firing "a volley in the backwoods of America that set the world on fire.

This book consists of seven stand-alone accounts of individuals who operated as spies during the American Revolutionary War. They were not trained as covert agents, which meant they had to develop their skills and techniques on their own, often while in the midst of the enemy where discovery meant almost certain death for them, and suffering and hardship for their family and friends. Five of them spied for the American cause and two spied for the British. Not all were motivated by patriotism, and not all escaped capture, yet their often painfully gained experience benefited future operatives and operations. They all were daring, intelligent and resourceful, and each had an unusual personality. Their labors resulted in battlefield victories, thwarted enemy plots, and significantly changed the conduct of the war, yet in spite of their efforts and their riveting stories, they and their deeds have remained relatively unknown.