War the Turtle's Back examines all the campaigns fought by Woodland Indians of North America during the period of the Seven Years War (French and Indian War) and beyond from 1752 to 1766. Using contemporary documents and accounts, and recorded oral evidence, research papers and published works by native scholars and others, the book covers the wars from the various viewpoints of Indigenous Peoples putting their motives and military involvement centre stage from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi valley. Indeed, consensual choices made by people of sovereign tribal nations unacceptable to officials of France or Britain were to eventually lead to war between these European powers. To further understand War the Turtle's Back gives context background information on daily life, governance, beliefs, dress and the way war was carried out, from the initiation of a war party to it return home. Details of training, organisation, the role of women, campaigning and the actual tactics employed (as opposed to those portrayed in novels, movies and the media) are given. As well as description of dress fashion at the time contemporary illustrations and photographs help give a guide to the visual appearance of Indigenous Peoples. The book will particularly appeal to those interested in history generally, military history, the history of colonial America and American Indian history and culture. The book would also be useful to wargamers wanting to simulate indigenous warfare of the period on the tabletop, and to modellers with regard to the clothing and accoutrements. AUTHOR: Laurence Burrows is a retired wildlife ecologist and lives in Somerset. He has had a lifelong interest in the history and culture of the Indigenous Peoples of North America and has travelled in the USA within nations of the northeastern woodlands and the northern plains. He has previously self published The Dress of the Haudenosaunee and Other Iroquoian Peoples of the North-eastern Woodlands 1600-1800. 6 b/w illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, 25 colour photos, 13 b/w maps, 2 tables
