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An intriguing narrative account of the war. . . . La Vere . . . is a talented writer with a good instinct for dramatic development.--South Carolina Historical Magazine A fascinating window into the complex world of colonial America.--Journal of American Culture A timely study of some of the central issues, conflicts, and personalities that helped reshape southeastern North America in the early eighteenth century.--Journal of Southern History Engaging and entertaining as well as scholarly, there are more than a few surprises in this account of diplomacy, politics, and war in colonial North Carolina.--Army History La Vere does a remarkable job of re-creating a vanished 300-year-old world. . . . [and] gives his narrative a human face and the force of tragedy.--Wilmington Star-News La Vere has filled a vacuum by providing a monograph focused solely on the Tuscarora War....His in-depth account of the struggle between the Carolinas, Virginia, and the native tribes during the conflict will be a valuable resource for early Americanists, Native American historians, and students of military history.--Michigan War Studies Review La Vere's strongest feature is his ability to bring to the surface the Indian voice, to where the reader is able to have a sense of the Indian perspective and the dilemmas they faced.--Southern Historian La Vere's volume will become the place to go for those interested in learning about this little-studied but important war.--Journal of American History This beautifully written and accessible work represents the best current study of the Tuscarora War. . . . Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.--Choice This book will be valuable to students of the colonial, military, and Native American history of the South.--The North Carolina Historical Review Writing engagingly and accessibly, La Vere conveys a great amount of ethnohistorical detail to adult readers. This important work fills a significant niche in the literature on Colonial America.--Library Journal Starred Review

La Vere's strongest feature is his ability to bring to the surface the Indian voice, to where the reader is able to have a sense of the Indian perspective and the dilemmas they faced.-- Southern Historian

Engaging and entertaining as well as scholarly, there are more than a few surprises in this account of diplomacy, politics, and war in colonial North Carolina.-- Army History

La Vere does a remarkable job of re-creating a vanished 300-year-old world. . . . [and] gives his narrative a human face and the force of tragedy.--Wilmington Star-News Engaging and entertaining as well as scholarly, there are more than a few surprises in this account of diplomacy, politics, and war in colonial North Carolina.--Army History La Vere's volume will become the place to go for those interested in learning about this little-studied but important war.--Journal of American History A timely study of some of the central issues, conflicts, and personalities that helped reshape southeastern North America in the early eighteenth century.--Journal of Southern History Writing engagingly and accessibly, La Vere conveys a great amount of ethnohistorical detail to adult readers. This important work fills a significant niche in the literature on Colonial America.--Library Journal Starred Review La Vere's strongest feature is his ability to bring to the surface the Indian voice, to where the reader is able to have a sense of the Indian perspective and the dilemmas they faced.--Southern Historian A fascinating window into the complex world of colonial America.--Journal of American Culture This beautifully written and accessible work represents the best current study of the Tuscarora War. . . . Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.--Choice This book will be valuable to students of the colonial, military, and Native American history of the South.--The North Carolina Historical Review La Vere has filled a vacuum by providing a monograph focused solely on the Tuscarora War....His in-depth account of the struggle between the Carolinas, Virginia, and the native tribes during the conflict will be a valuable resource for early Americanists, Native American historians, and students of military history.--Michigan War Studies Review

La Vere does a remarkable job of re-creating a vanished 300-year-old world. . . . [and] gives his narrative a human face and the force of tragedy.--Wilmington Star-News Engaging and entertaining as well as scholarly, there are more than a few surprises in this account of diplomacy, politics, and war in colonial North Carolina.--Army History La Vere's volume will become the place to go for those interested in learning about this little-studied but important war.--Journal of American History A timely study of some of the central issues, conflicts, and personalities that helped reshape southeastern North America in the early eighteenth century.--Journal of Southern History La Vere has filled a vacuum by providing a monograph focused solely on the Tuscarora War....His in-depth account of the struggle between the Carolinas, Virginia, and the native tribes during the conflict will be a valuable resource for early Americanists, Native American historians, and students of military history.--Michigan War Studies Review Writing engagingly and accessibly, La Vere conveys a great amount of ethnohistorical detail to adult readers. This important work fills a significant niche in the literature on Colonial America.--Library Journal Starred Review La Vere's strongest feature is his ability to bring to the surface the Indian voice, to where the reader is able to have a sense of the Indian perspective and the dilemmas they faced.--Southern Historian A fascinating window into the complex world of colonial America.--Journal of American Culture This beautifully written and accessible work represents the best current study of the Tuscarora War. . . . Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.--Choice This book will be valuable to students of the colonial, military, and Native American history of the South.--The North Carolina Historical Review

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David La Vere is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, USA and author of Looting Spiro Mounds: An American King Tut's Tomb, among other books.

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