The Wilderness War: A Narrative by Allan W. Eckert
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book has been on our home library shelves for a long time, and this was the last of the Eckert narratives I read.
I enjoyed the readable style of Eckert, and there are more than 400 amplification notes for more detail. Eight pages of principal sources and ten pages of index make this suitable reading for a student of history who may need to clarify information for papers. This is the story of a forty-year time period 1740-1780, set mainly in upstate New York and Pennsylvania; a story that begins with the birth of Thayendanegea, known also as Chief Joseph Brant and ends with the report to Congress by Major General John Sullivan about "the greatest expedition ever to be mounted against the Indians of North America to this time."
I recommend this book to mature students of history for Eckert includes depictions of violence and torture.

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