ROBERTS, Kenneth - Northwest Passage - (Hardcover)

Book still in a good condition - A classy looking item.    >>>   Told through the eyes of primary character Langdon Towne, much of this novel centers around the exploits and character of Robert Rogers, the leader of Rogers' Rangers, who were a colonial force fighting with the British during the French and Indian War.   -   Structurally, Northwest Passage is divided into halves. The first half is a carefully researched, day-by-day recreation of the raid by Rogers' Rangers on the Indian village at Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec (or Saint Francis, to the Americans troops), a settlement of the Abenakis, an American Indian tribe. The second half of the novel covers Rogers' later life in London, England and Fort Michilimackinac, Michigan. Roberts' decision to cover the novel's material in two distinct halves followed the actual trajectory of Rogers' life.  (Goodreads)   >>>  I read Northwest Passage for the first time when I was ten and my mom picked it up at a garage sale.  I then proceeded to read everything else by Roberts I could find.    -   Why do I still believe the books still stack up so well over time? First, Roberts was a historian and a rigorous one. His command of history and detail is immense and complex. Also, he does not present early American history as peopled only by noble settlers and bloodthirsty Indians and selfless leaders. He portrays the good and bad in all those he writes of and captures and venality and corruption in war that are inseparable companions to bravery and decency. These books were my real education in history and beat the pants off of the textbooks of the day. Still do. They made me love the United States because it IS such a product of good and bad.   (Ray De on Goodreads)