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The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest (Norton Library)

5 reviews
Francis Jennings

W. W. Norton & Company, 1976

Jennings lays it out- you have to make yourself think.
Book offers analyses based on thorough interpretation of primary sources. It is a seed book portraying the event of European conquest on the North American continent. The magnitude of the underlying falsehoods that American history is based upon are what the reader walks away with after digesting this work. The list of sources contained in the work are worth the price of the book

Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America

6 reviews
Francis Jennings

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1990

Opinionated - but Excellent History
This is an excellent climax to his 'Covenant Chain' trilogy. This work and the books that preceded them are instrumental in attempting to revise two hundred years of historical tradition. This is not a narrative work of military history. This is investigative reporting of the past. It is challenging, in your face, and above all passionate. This is a great book for someone familiar with ...

The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes With English Colonies from ...

2 reviews
Francis Jennings

W. W. Norton & Company, 1990

Jennings slays a bunch of comfortable historical assumptions
Francis Jennings, long associated with the Newbury Library American Indian collections has brought his vast knowledge to bear on the subject of the Iriquois as the fearsome 5 or 6 nations who independently cowed both their fellow tribes and the English and French colonists. He proves it wasn't so with so many documents of which we have never heard in our schoolbook history texts that I wonder ...

The Creation of America: Through Revolution to Empire

7 reviews
Francis Jennings

Cambridge University Press, 2000

Very important book, should be required in history class
Both of us loved this book and we bought a copy for a friend who also thought it was great. I couldn't believe the 3-star rating it got, but saw one reviewer found it "turgid." We found it an easy read, but we are both college graduates. More important the information and analysis was exciting and outstanding, full of connections and insights that we were never taught in school. Jennings made so ...

The History and Culture of Iroquois Diplomacy: An Interdisciplinary Guide to the Treaties of the Six Nations ...
Francis Jennings

Syracuse University Press, 1995

This volume is an interdisciplinary guide to the Treaties of the Six Nations and their league. It provides a description of the earliest recorded treaties and an alphabetical list of persons involved in Iroquois treaty making.

Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies & Tribes in the Seven Years War in America

1 review
Francis Jennings

Replica Books, 1998

Empire of Fortune by Francis Jennings
This book is the third in a series by the author. The first one, entitled "The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest," deals with the Puritan conquest of New England. The second one, entitled "The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies," deals with colonial/Indian relations up to the the Treaty of ...

The Founders of America: How Indians Discovered the Land, Pioneered in It, and Created Great Classical ...
Francis Jennings

W. W. Norton & Company, 1994

This book traces the history of the American Indians from their early mastery of the wilderness, through the classical era of their great civilizations, and the dark ages that followed European invasion and conquest. Jennings investigates how the Indians struggled to retain their cultural identity against efforts of government and society to force assimilation onto them. He documents the gradual population and cultural revival among Indians in ...

Les Fondateurs de l'amérique
Francis Jennings, Philippe Sabathé

Editions Du Rocher, 2002

Benjamin Franklin, Politician: The Mask and the Man

2 reviews
Francis Jennings

W. W. Norton & Company, 1996

Don't Miss Jennings' Acerbic But Well Documented Insights
My comments are in response to the "A Book for the Scholars" review. The other reviewer seems to not have understood the late Fritz Jennings' clearly stated purpose for re-examining Franklin's political life. Recall that Franklin retired from his lucrative printing business as a wealthy man. He then entered public life. This latter part of Franklin's amazing life (1744-1775) is the focus of ...