John F. Ross

the epic story of Robert Rogers and the conquest of America's first frontier

War on the run

Documents the story of the early twentieth-century racecar driver and flying ace, covering such topics as his father's violent death, his physical challenges, his Medal of Honor decoration, and his dramatic postwar experiences.

Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of Speed

Fred Corry Bishopp

Samuel Mills Tracy

Carleton Roy Ball

Jacob Allen Clark

H. P. Gould

George McMillan Darrow

Perley Spaulding

E. A. McGregor

Roland McKee

Furman Lloyd Mulford

C. L. Marlatt

Samuel Henry Ayers

John June Davis

Curtis Hernon Kyle

Helmer Rabild

George McMonies Hunt

Emanuel Alexandrovich Goldenweiser

William Randolph Walton

James Stuart Ball

Edmund H. Gibson

N. C. Donaldson

George Barkley Taylor

Herbert Perry Davis

Oliver Joseph Grace

Walton Kirk Brainerd

"The control of the injurious clover leafhopper ... is a comparatively simple task to one acquainted with the habits of the insect. The injuries caused by this insect, as is the case with many other leafhoppers, are often overlooked because of the minute size of the pest, and the apparent injury is too frequently attributed to such causes as soil and climatic conditions" -- Introduction (p.1)

A Southern Perennial Hay Crop

Natal Grass

Hailed as the father of today's elite special forces, Robert Rogers was North America's first authentic celebrity. Biographer John F. Ross reconstructs the extraordinary achievements of this fearless and inspiring leader whose exploits in the New England wilderness read like those of an action hero and whose innovative principles of unconventional warfare are still used today. As a child, Rogers learned to survive in New England's dark and deadly forests, grasping that a new world required new forms of warfare. Rogers' Rangers earned a deadly fame among their most formidable French and Indian enemies for their ability to appear anywhere at any time, burst out of the forest with overwhelming force, and vanish just as quickly. The Rangers laid the groundwork for the colonial strategy later used in the War of Independence. Rogers later wrote two seminal books whose vision of a unified continent would influence Thomas Jefferson and inspire Lewis and Clark.--From publisher description.

The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier

War on the Run

Often hailed as the godfather of today’s elite special forces, Robert Rogers trained and led an unorthodox unit of green provincials, raw woodsmen, farmers, and Indian scouts on “impossible” missions in colonial America that are still the stuff of soldiers’ legend. The child of marginalized Scots-Irish immigrants, Rogers learned to survive in New England’s dark and deadly forests, grasping, as did few others, that a new world required new forms of warfare. John F. Ross not only re-creates Rogers’s life and his spectacular battles with breathtaking immediacy and meticulous accuracy, but brings a new and provocative perspective on Rogers’s unique vision of a unified continent, one that would influence Thomas Jefferson and inspire the Lewis and Clark expedition. Rogers’s principles of unconventional war-making would lay the groundwork for the colonial strategy later used in the War of Independence—and prove so compelling that army rangers still study them today. Robert Rogers, a backwoods founding father, was heroic, admirable, brutal, canny, ambitious, duplicitous, visionary, and much more—like America itself.

John F. Ross

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