Just The Facts: Nonfiction Book Discussion

Thursday, May 27th
at 7 PM

Join facilitator Brad Silverman to discuss The French & Indian War by Walter R. Borneman. Please call the Reference Desk to register and reserve your copy of the book. Save the date! Next month’s nonfiction discussion will be on June 24th.

In the summer of 1754, deep in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania, a very young George Washington suffered his first military defeat, and a centuries-old feud between Great Britain and France was rekindled. The war that followed, which one historian called truly the first world war, would decide the fate of the entire North American continent--not just between Great Britain and France, but for the Spanish and the Native Americans as well. Fought across virgin wilderness, from Nova Scotia to the forks of the Ohio River, the French and Indian War is best remembered for dogged frontier campaigns and the momentous battle of Quebec on the Plains of Abraham--and the seeds of discord sown in its aftermath would give root to the American Revolution.