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Struggle For A Continent By Albert Marrin Chapter Summaries

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Over several years, French and British colonists and the Native American Indians continuously bumped heads. Each for their own reason of course. Eventually, the French and Indian Wars began. In the book, the author, Albert Marrin, tells the reader about the terrifying events leading up to the wars, along with during the wars. From the raids of Schenectady, leading all the way up to the "British winning an empire which the sun will never set," he takes the reader along. "Struggle for a Continent" is truly a breathtaking and terrifying, yet eventful and excited retake on the history of the struggle for North America. In the book, Albert Marrin did achieve his purpose. He tells about the events leading up to the wars, during the wars, and even after the wars. He uses specific details to describe what each of the colonists were like, along with the reasons they were fighting. Just as he did with the Native American Indians. For example, in the very first chapter …show more content…

For example, in chapter two titled "Three Wars," the author put in a beautifully illustration of Count Frontenac and describes him as "fierce" and the Indians as "friendly." Some of the weaknesses of the book are, some of the information, especially in the first chapter when talking about the Native American Indian tribes, is already very widely known. Therefore, I feel some of it could have been left out. Albert Marrin went to college at the City University of New York where there he received his undergraduate education. He then went on to receive his doctorate at Columbia University. He was a trained specialist in modern British history and has published multiple books on military history, and anti-war movements. Overall, I thought that the book was very interesting and full of moving and shocking detail. I would recommend this book to others because of the way that the author portrays each event that happened as well as the interesting techniques that he uses to inform the readers of the

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