RickSp
Joined: 11 Aug 2008
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Location: Jersey City, NJ
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 Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject: Defying Empire - Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York |
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I just reviewed Defying Empire - Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York by Thomas Truxes, on the Old Salt Blog. The book describes the widespread trading with the French by New York merchants during the French and Indian Wars, as the conflict was known in the colonies. The trade, as far as the merchants were concerned, was business as usual. To the Crown and particularly to the military is was "little short of treason."
Defying Empire is a meticulously researched and gripping account of a largely overlooked period of history. Definitely worth checking out.
Defying Empire - Review
Rick Spilman
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