Recent years have yielded a bumper crop of great books from skilled authors on the 8 year War for Independence. Gamers may know of the two-prong American invasion of Canada in 1775, a first offensive before the might of Britain was unleashed. There are several books, one of which is Through A Howling Wilderness by Thomas Desjardin which traces the heroic heartbreaking trek of American volunteers to surprise Quebec overland from Maine while another force took the lakes and rivers route.