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The waterway that runs between Albany and Canada contains the richest cluster of 18th-century military sites in the US. Fort William Henry and Fort Ticonderoga experienced fierce conflict during the French and Indian War, and the Saratoga Battlefield is forever linked to the American Revolution. While military historians have told and retold stories of the area's battles and generals, archeologist David Starbuck turns to the daily lives of soldiers, officers, and camp followers by examining the many objects and artifacts they left behind. Enhanced by 150 photographs and drawings, Starbuck's interpretation of the journals, huts, pottery, ammunition, and other artifacts found at encampments and forts in the Lake Champlain, Lake George, and Hudson River area vividly re-creates the difficulties of soldiering. Because Starbuck and his crews unearthed many of these discoveries, his excitement drives the narrative and enhances an understanding of how colonial American battles were fought.

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[Starbuck's] most ambitious and best work to date . . . a joy to read . . . This material is of great interest to living historians, and the book presents it extremely well in both text and illustrations. Muzzleloader

ÝStarbuck's most ambitious and best work to date . . . a joy to read . . . This material is of great interest to living historians, and the book presents it extremely well in both text and illustrations. --Muzzleloader

[Starbuck's] most ambitious and best work to date . . . a joy to read . . . This material is of great interest to living historians, and the book presents it extremely well in both text and illustrations.-- Muzzleloader

�Starbuck's� most ambitious and best work to date . . . a joy to read . . . This material is of great interest to living historians, and the book presents it extremely well in both text and illustrations. --Muzzleloader Muzzleloader [Starbuck's] most ambitious and best work to date . . . a joy to read . . . This material is of great interest to living historians, and the book presents it extremely well in both text and illustrations.-- Muzzleloader [Starbuck's] most ambitious and best work to date . . . a joy to read . . . This material is of great interest to living historians, and the book presents it extremely well in both text and illustrations. --Muzzleloader

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DAVID R. STARBUCK is professor of anthropology at Plymouth State University and the author of 16 books, most recently The Archaeology of Forts and Battlefields (U Press of Fla, 2012) and Excavating the Sutlers’ House: Artifacts of the British Armies in Fort Edward and Lake George (UPNE, 2010). Other books by Starbuck; Rangers and Redcoats on the Hudson (UPNE, 2004); Massacre at Fort William Henry (UPNE, 2002); The Great Warpath: (UPNE, 1999). He divides his time between Plymouth, NH and Lake George, NY.

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