The Gladwin Manuscripts; With an Introduction and a Sketch of the Conspiracy of Pontiac

Very few people can be said to have stood at the crux of history and made a difference, and Henry Gladwin was one of those few.  Trying to imagine what the modern world would look like if Pontiac’s Rebellion in 1763 had succeeded—which it came very near doing—is “The Man in the High Castle” on steroids.  It cannot be overstated what the successful defense of Detroit meant for the world as we know it.  If Pontiac had succeeded, the American War for Independence would have been at least delayed; and who knows if that perfect storm of events would have ever properly coalesced at a later time?  Major Gladwin was the commandant of Fort Detroit and therefore the man responsible for its successful defense against overwhelming odds, but remarkably little was known about him until this pamphlet by Charles Moore was published in 1897.

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