The French & Indian War, or the Seven Years' War
I have always been drawn to the first world war, the one that began in a remote glen in southwestern Pennsylvania in 1754 and by its end changed the look of the world in 1763. It sets up the American War of Independence, the decades of war between Britain and France -- in many ways, the modern age itself. For twenty years I attended as a vendor the annual seminar of the Braddock Road Preservation Association, and it educated and entertained me with some of the best scholars in the field. On this page I will offer new books and classics, dvds and audiobooks, and any other worthy items of the 18th century that relate to the "wilderness war."
Wordly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758
Wordly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758
The more than 500 objects featured here bear witness to the styles and aesthetics of early PA and illustrate the rapid advances that took place in the colony during the late 17th and early 18th cent., not only in the arts but also in commerce, technology, scientific inquiry, and philosophy. Essays: Worldly Goods, by Jack Lindsey; Religion, Politics, and Economics: PA in the Atlantic World, 1680-1755, by Richard Dunn; A Passionate Avocation: The Foreshadowing of a Phila. Scientific Community, 1682-1769, by Edward Carter II; The Development of Painting in Early PA, by Richard Saunders; and Pondering Balance: The Decorative Arts of the Del. Valley, by Jack Lindsey. 594 illus.; 214 in full-color. Oversize. Heavy coated stock.