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Education: Augustana College (BA)
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At the Edge of Empire: The Backcountry in British North America by Eric Hinderaker

This is not an earth-shaking little book, but if you're looking for a quick and dirty survey of relations between the Indians and the settlers in colonial America you could certainly do a lot worse. From there Hinderaker & Mancall move on to explain the Backcounty contribution to destabilizing the British North American empire, thus helping to bring on 1776 and all that.

Sep 6, 2006