Crucible Along the Mohawk
- ISBN-10
- 1532393237
- ISBN-13
- 9781532393235
- Category
- Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.)
- Pages
- 532
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-09-20
- Author
- Johnny T. Rockenstire
Description
The New World - 1689. War has begun! Following a revolution across the ocean, an alliance of nations led by England, found itself pitted against the most powerful empire on earth - France. Back in America, in the New York colony, the Dutch inhabitants of the small village of Schenectady continue with their lives as normal. They carry on with their farming and fur trapping, engaging in trade and barter with their closest ally - the Iroquois Confederacy.However, events in New York City soon send the entire colony spiraling into domestic conflict. In that city, a powerful autocrat takes command, and stakes a claim on the entire province, and in Albany, aristocrats and merchants bound together as a convention, determined to resist him. While the colonists fight among themselves, their powerful friends of the Mohawk nation deal New France a devastating blow - one the French vow to avenge.In Crucible Along the Mohawk, author Johnny Rockenstire tells the tale of one of colonial America's darkest times - the perilous first years of King William's War. It's a time of upheaval and conflict, of politics and war. Told from the views of those who lived and died in this period of hardship and unbelievable sacrifice, from noble to commoner, Rockenstire offers a unique and unprecedented insight into a turning point of history, a time when civil war threatened the colony, a time when a faithful ally saved it from certain collapse, and a time when it was nearly brought to its knees in one night of fire and fury - a night forever enshrined in the annals of Schenectady's history.With remarkable historical authenticity and gripping visual details, Rockenstire brings to life the untold story of the men, women, and children who lived during this unforgiving period, and whose stories of cowardice and courage, treachery and honor, hatred and love, come together to form a masterpiece of historical fiction for the ages. --Amazon.com.
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