Recommended Reading
Nessmuk, George W. Sears, Woodcraft and Camping, Dover Publications, 1963; ISBN
#0486211452
This little book costs less than $7.00 US and contains an abundance of useful camping and woodcraft
information. No excuse not to have a copy!
Nosworthy, Brent, The Anatomy of Victory: Battle Tactics 1689-1763, Hippocrene Books (Reprint edition), 1991; ISBN #0870520148
Wallace, Anthony F. C., The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca, Vintage Books (A Division of
Random House), New York, New York, 1972; ISBN #039471699X
Part II provides a good overview of the
Iroquois participation in the American Revolution.
Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812, Vintage Books (A Division of Random House), New York, New York, 1991; ISBN #0679733760
MacKesy, Piers, The War for America 1775-1783, University of Nebraska Press (Reprint
edition), 1993; ISBN #0803281927
The best general overview of the history of the American
Revolution.
Houlding, J.A., Fit for Service: The Training of the British Army, 1715-1795, Clarendon Press, 1981; ISBN #0198226470
Peebles, John and Gruber, Ira D. (ed.), John Peebles' American War: The Diary of a Scottish Grenadier, 1776-1782 (Publications of the Army Records Society, Vol. 13), Stackpole Books; 1st edition, 1998; ISBN #0811708810
Guy, Alan James, Œconomy and Discipline: Officership and Administration in the British Army, 1714-63, Manchester University Press, 1985; ISBN #0719010993
Calloway, Colin G., The American Revolution in Indian Country, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, England, 1995; ISBN #0521471494
A discussion of how the American Revolution affected several different groups of Native Americans,
including a section about the refugees living at Fort Niagara after Sullivan's raid.
de Poncins, Gontran, Kabloona, Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc., New York, 1941; reprint Graywolf
Press, 1996; ISBN #1555972497
Although this book deals with a Frenchman's contact with the Inuit in the early 20th century, the problems
he faces are remarkably similar to those faced by Europeans in the Northeast during the 18th century. His
descriptions of situations and cultural interactions are just about identical to journal entries from the
18th century, although much more detailed and written in contemporary language.
Kelsay, Isabel, Joseph Brant, 1743-1807, Man of Two Worlds (An Iroquois Book), Syracuse University Press (Reprint edition), 1986; ISBN #0815602081
Stevenson, Roger, Military Instructions for Officers Detached in the Field, published by John Millan, London, 1767, 76, 79
Long, John, Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, Coles Publishing Company (Reprint edition), 1971
Stevens, Paul, His Majesty’s Savage Allies: British Policy and the Northern Indians During the
Revolutionary War, 1984
This is not a book; it’s a 3000-page doctoral thesis and is the ONLY worthwhile source on the Indian
Department.
Dissertation available through UMI Dissertation Services;
dissertation number 8410594