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by Walter O'Meara

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Guns at the Forks is a special reissue commemorating the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War. In a spirited, intelligent, and informative history, O'Meara tells the story of five successive forts, particularly Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt, and the dramatic part they played in the war between 1750 and 1760. He describes Washington's capitulation at Fort Necessity, Braddock's defeat at the Monongahela, and Forbes's successful campaign to retake Fort Duquesne. Although most of the action in the book takes place at the strategically important forks of the Ohio, where present-day Pittsburgh stands, O'Meara's narrative relates the two forts to the larger story of the French and Indian War and elucidates their roles in sparking a global conflict that altered the course of world events and decided the fate of empires.

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  • Title Guns at the Forks
  • Author Walter O'Meara
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd
  • Pages 280
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Publication date 2005-07-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780822953098 / 0822953099
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 6.07 x 0.62 in (22.91 x 15.42 x 1.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: French
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History - French and Indian, Pittsburgh (Pa.) - History - French and
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 79004000
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.26

About the author

Walter O'Meara was a New York advertising executive who retired in 1952 to write historical nonfiction and novels. By the time of his death in 1989, he had published sixteen books, including The Grand Portage, which received an award from the American Association for State and Local History.

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