Mohawk Valley [Hardcover]

Ronald Welch (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (1962)
• ASIN: B000XY6IU4
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Old style in the New world, August 5, 2009

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M. J. Bourne "vandering" (Cumbria UK) - See all my reviews
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One of the Ronald Welch "Carey" family novels. This time the scion of the family disgraces himself in England and has to flee to the American colonies, where he becomes a frontiersman, fights the French and their native allies, and redeems himself to his former associates (who now have commissions in the regular army).
Good tub-thumping old-fashioned adventure for boys. Lots of fighting, lots of underdogs making good, not too many social or moral comments on the consequences of all this violence! The historical detail is crammed in, as in all of Ronald Welch's novels, although he seemed more comfortable when describing his native Britain than he does here. Still, you do learn an awful lot about the times, as well as being very entertained.