FRONTIER SOLDIERS OF NEW FRANCE VOLUME 1
◗ Rene Chartrand & Kevin Gelinas; illustrated by Michel Petard◗ Helion & Company (2024)◗ £39.95◗ 272 pages (large format softback)◗ ISBN:9781804515464◗ helion.co.uk
Number 138 in Helion’s From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 series covers the Regulation Clothing, Armament, and Equipment of the Colonial Troops in New France (1683-1760). The first six chapters were written by the late Rene Chartrand, chapter seven by the late Francis Back and the remaining four chapters by Kevin Gelinas, who is the author of Volume 2, which will cover the changes in dress, arms and equipment made by the soldiers of New France in wilderness areas.
An Introduction describes the origins and development of New France, the territory on the North American continent first claimed by the King of…
