Guns at the Forks

Guns at the Forks is a special reissue commemorating the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War. In a spirited, intelligent, and informative history, O'Meara tells the story of five successive forts, particularly Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt, and the dramatic part they played in the war between 1750 and 1760. He describes Washington's capitulation at Fort Necessity, Braddock's defeat at the Monongahela, and Forbes's successful campaign to retake Fort Duquesne. Although most of the action in the book takes place at the strategically important forks of the Ohio, where present-day Pittsburgh stands, O'Meara's narrative relates the two forts to the larger story of the French and Indian War and elucidates their roles in sparking a global conflict that altered the course of world events and decided the fate of empires.

Author: Walter O'Meara
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 01/01/1979
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.07w x 0.62d
ISBN13: 9780822953098
ISBN10: 0822953099
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | General
- History | United States | Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- History | Europe | France

About the Author
Walter O'Meara was a New York advertising executive who retired in 1952 to write historical nonfiction and novels. By the time of his death in 1989, he had published sixteen books, including The Grand Portage, which received an award from the American Association for State and Local History.