War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier

By: John F. Ross

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

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.

©2009 John F. Ross (P)2018 Tantor Audio

A good listen on a often forgotten man of history

Well written & narration on the man, myth & legend Robert Rodgers. An American raised on the frontier in Colonial America. No military training in the literal sense that we think of. Growing up comes to be the father of the Rangers with his principles that he authored still taught today. A complex man was he a thief? Perhaps the devil as he Native American opponents characterized him? No doubt about his bravery but a victim of times of peace for a man of war? Listen & decide for yourself. You will not be sorry that you did!

Very interesting.

A good work about a misunderstood, flawed, and overlooked character from the American Colonial experience. Book does a very good job of examining Rogers legacy, and impact on today's military doctrine. The lessons he learned, taught, and were subsequently forgotten. If you are interested in Colonial history this is one to have.

Awsome

This book is amazing if you like the nitty gritty details of battles, along with some blanket information for context.

history

this was a really good book with no lack of attention to details i extreme recommed

Truly an epic story

Of Rogers the colonies and England. And he’s the one who captured Nathan Hale A special ops pioneer