I Read Books: Savage Wilderness
Harold Coyle, a former US Army officer, wrote a bunch of modern war novels, where he more-or-less successfully balanced the ethical and professional difficulties of US Army officers with lots of tanks blowing things up. This is a historical novel set in what Americans call the French and Indian War, and Brits tend to refer to as the 7 Years War (taking in not just the American theatre but also the Third Carnatic War and the Third Silesian War as well as other conflicts as far scattered as the Philippines and South America).
The novel follows a British officer, a Scottish sergeant, a French officer and a pair of Native American brothers as they fight various battles and other skirmishes in the Ohio valley and in upstate New York. None of the sides can easily gain an advantage due to the vast distances in the savage wilderness, as well as divided commands with colonials having different priorities to the home powers and the Native Americans having their own plans. (Coyle uses the phrase “savage wilderness” quite frequently).
Anyway, entertaining, a part of history we don’t look at so much in Britain, some good action scenes.
Read This: For a story about fighting in the savage wilderness of the American frontier
Don’t Read This: If muskets and tomahawks are of no interest to you.
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