New York, Quebec, and The Water Route to the Center of the World - Bonus Episode 6 "In the Shadow of Wobomagonda: Robert Rogers Ranger's and the "Snowshoe Campaigns"

Bonus Episode 6 "In the Shadow of Wobomagonda: Robert Rogers Ranger's and the "Snowshoe Campaigns"

11/27/23 • 31 min

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New York, Quebec, and The Water Route to the Center of the World

Robert Rodgers Rangers were the first true “Special forces” developed institutionally in North America. Created to counter the French “Coureur de Bois”and their “Le Guerre Sauvage,” The Rangers fought in all the major campaigns on the borders of New York and Québec during the French and Indian War. Book Recommendations: “White Devil” by Stephen Brumwell & “War on the Run” by John F. Ross.

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Bonus Episode 3 Colonial New York: Land of the Patroon and the Longhouse, Part een”

Part 1: Geographical overview of NYS and background of Dutch Colonial Settlement until 1673. We'll cover the transistion from Patroonships to the Manorial system in the Hudson valley after the English takeover. Book Recommendations: “Island at the Center of the World” by Russell Shorto, “The Colony of New Netherland” by Jaap Jacobs, “New Netherland Connections” by Susanah Shaw Romney, “Food, Drink, and Celebrations of the Hudson Valley Dutch” by Peter Rose and “The Worlds of the seventeenth century Hudson Valley” by Jaap Jacobs & L. H. Roper.

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Bonus episode 1: "Le Grand Derangement: The Acadian Expulsion and the fall of Louisbourg, 1755-1758"

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Discover the history of French settlement of Acadia and British attempts to cleanse Acadia of it’s French inhabitants during the French and Indian War. We’ll also discuss the fall of the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1758 and examine the historiography of Le Grand Derangement. Book Recommendations: “A Great and Noble Scheme” by John Mack Faragher & “The Capture of Louisbourg” by Hugh Boscawen.