Lot #50: 1960 History Book - "Raiders of the Mohawk: The Story of Butler's Rangers"

Green Cloth. "Raiders of the Mohawk: The Story of Butler's Rangers" is a historical adventure novel by the Canadian author Orlo Miller, first published in 1960 by Macmillan of Canada as part of their acclaimed "Great Stories of Canada" series. The narrative is set during the American Revolutionary War and follows the exploits of a young protagonist named Daniel Cass, who joins the Loyalist military unit known as Butler's Rangers, led by the controversial and formidable Colonel John Butler. Miller provides a detailed and often gritty account of the unit’s guerrilla warfare tactics, their deep alliance with the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy under leaders like Joseph Brant, and their harrowing raids throughout the Mohawk Valley and the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania. The book is noted for presenting a specifically Canadian Loyalist perspective on the conflict, illustrating the intense personal loyalties and brutal hardships faced by those who remained faithful to the British Crown. Pickup category timeslot {A}