Fort Harrison
Daniel Harrison House, circa 1749
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Stories for children based on real events
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
Edward Van Alstyne is only ten years old when he must defend his mother and little sister from raiding Indians. His father is away with the militia. The only weapon in the house is an old Spanish matchlock gun. This is a true story of a Dutch family living in the colony of New York
near Albany in the early years of the French and Indian War.
Indian Captive - The Story of Mary Jemison
By Lois Lenski
Based on the true story of twelve year old Mary Jemison who was taken captive by Indians in the spring of 1758. After losing contact with the other members of her family, Mary began a journey from her home in eastern Pennsylvania to southern Ohio and on to western New York. Her life among the Senecas was not easy, but she endured and gradually learned to make a life for herself among the Indians.
Books about the Harrison family:
Settlers By the Long Grey Trail - Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County,Virginia,and Their Descendants, of the Family of Harrison and Allied Lines
by J. Houston Harrison
The House of Cravens
by Ruth Mc Conathy
Supplement to The House of Cravens
by Ruth McConathy
Local History of the French and Indian War
Fort Loudoun - Washington's Fort in Virginia
by Norman L. Baker
The French and Indian War in Shenandoah County - Life on the Inner Frontier
by R. Patrick Murphy
Athawominee - The Great Warrior's Path
by Lawrence J. Fleenor, Jr.
A Short History of Page County
by Harry M. Strickler
French and Indian War - General History
The War That Made America
by Fred Anderson
The Scratch of a Pen - 1763 and the Transformation of North America
by Colin G. Calloway
Primary Sources:
Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania from 1763 to 1783, Inclusive
by Joseph Doddridge
Books for Young People:
Struggle for a Continent - The French and Indian Wars 1689-1763
by Betsy and Guilo Maestro
From Colonies to Country by Joy Hakim
The Wilderness Road, 1775
by Laura Purdie Salas
The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac
When Did George Washington Fight His First
Military Battle?
by Francesca Davis DiPiazza
The French and Indian War
by Benton and Louise Minks
Related Sources:
The Frontier Rifleman - His Arms,Clothing and Equipment During the Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1800
by Richard B. Lacrosse, Jr.
Daniel Boone and the Opening of the Ohio Country
by Seamus Cavan
