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Youngstown, NY: Old Fort Niagara Association, 1994. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good +. First thus, 1994. Large 8vo, leather hardcover, 568 pp. Book is Very Good+, with markings to page 446. Otherwise, contents are clean and unmarked. Mild discoloration to edges of text block. Mild schmutz to rear board. Slight spine lean. Overall solid copy.

Youngstown, NY: Old Fort Niagara Association, Inc., 1994. Book. New. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A translation of the original French edition of 1781. 568pp, 7 Maps and Plans. As new. (Due to the size/weight of this book, an extra shipping charge may apply.).

Youngstown, New York: Old Fort Niagara Association, Inc, 2004. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 10x7x1. Revised edition. No jacket. Minor general wear. 2004 Hard Cover. 640 pp. This is the only account of the Seven Years/Colonial/French & Indian War (in which France lost Canada) published in France in the 18C. The author, a thirty-seven year old fusilier captain (born in the Dauphiné) of the Régiment de Béarn (and a Chevalier de St-Louis) arrived in Canada 1755. He is remembered mainly as the last French commandant of Fort Niagara (surrendered after a three-week siege 25 Jul 1759), but he also returned after exchange the following year and distinguished himself in the siege of Fort Lévis (surrendering 25 Aug 1760). He fought in Montcalm's successful campaign against Chouaguen (Oswego) in 1756, directed late efforts to fortify Fort Frontenac and Fort Niagara, and fought in the Battle of Carillon (8 Jul 1758). Pouchot… Read More

Youngstown, NY: Old Fort Niagara Association, Inc, 1994. Hardcover. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 568 p. Footnotes. Maps and Plans. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. The purposed of this new translation of Pierre Pouchot's Memoires sur la derniere guerre is to make an important work on the Seven Years War in American more readily available to both scholars and enthusiasts, especially those who do not read French. The rarity of both the original edition of 1781 and the 1866 Franklin Hough translation has limited the use of the information provided by Pouchot's rich narrative.