Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One The Bookseller and the General -- Fort Ticonderoga Lake George -- Boston on Edge -- His Excellency -- The Rebel Bookseller -- The Frustrated General -- The Bookseller meets the General -- The Heights of Dorchester -- Part II The Expedition -- Starting Out -- Onto New York and Albany -- Washington on Ice -- Fort George -- Fort Ticonderoga -- The Hell of Lake George -- The Man Who Started the French and Indian War -- A Noble Train -- The Bad General -- Heading Back Down -- Crossing the Ice -- The Life and Times of a Teamster -- Cannon Down Half Moon -- The Third Column -- The Albany -- Winter in Boston -- All The Kingdoms of the Earth -- Common Sense -- A Sinister Violence of Intention -- The Devils Staircase -- Cannon in the Mud -- Deliverance -- The Final Leg -- Part Three The Heights -- Colonel of the Artillery -- The Cannons of Ticonderoga -- At Dawns Light -- The Prodigal Son Returns -- The Unborn Millions.