Frontier Soldiers of New France Bundle: Volumes 1-2 (PDF)

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Frontier Soldiers of New France Volumes 1–2 brings together the first two volumes of this landmark study as a complete PDF eBook bundle, examining the organisation, dress, weapons, equipment, and material culture of the regular French colonial troops who served in North America from 1683 to 1760.

Drawing on decades of archival research, surviving artefacts, archaeology, and previously unpublished material, the two volumes provide a detailed picture of the soldiers who defended New France from frontier outposts to major strongholds such as Québec and Louisbourg.

Volume 1 examines the official and regulation dress, weapons, and equipment of the regular colonial troops maintained by the French government in North America. It explores their organisation and material culture in unprecedented detail, supported by period paintings, prints, line drawings, rare portraits, surviving artefacts, and specially commissioned artwork. Particular attention is given to the ways in which European military equipment and practices began to adapt to the distinctive conditions of North America.

Volume 2 focuses on the campaign clothing, arms, and equipment of the Compagnies franches de la Marine, showing how French colonial troops adapted to wilderness warfare and North America’s demanding climate and terrain. It examines the adoption of practical items and methods influenced by Native American allies, including breechcloths, leggings, moccasins, snowshoes, toboggans, scalping knives, and tomahawks, as well as the development of effective raiding tactics for both summer and winter campaigning.

Lavishly illustrated and based on extensive primary-source research, this two-volume PDF eBook bundle offers an exceptional reference for anyone interested in New France, colonial warfare, military material culture, uniform history, and the development of distinctive frontier fighting methods in eighteenth-century North America.