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

John F. Ross

War on the Run Hailed as the father of today’s elite special forces, Robert Rogers was not only a wilderness warrior but North America’s first noteworthy playwright and authentic celebrity. In a riveting biography, John F. Ross reconstructs the extraordinary achievements of this fearless and inspir...

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Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

Shane mentioned the title in three episodes, noting that it was a very dry, detailed, and factual account that focused on logistics and pre‑revolutionary life, which made it less engaging than the more enjoyable book they discussed as a contrast. He highlighted its thoroughness on Robert Rogers and some balanced observations about Native Americans, but overall presented it as more of a reference than a compelling read.

Episode: Ep-308 Love in Australia

It was mentioned as being a different book than The Comanches. One that was described as being dry, detailed, and factual, and as a contrast to The Comanches, which was a more enjoyable read.

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It's way better than war on the run

We're on the runs like The most the one I'm reading about Robert Rogers.

No, very different very different information go through the ether and into your brain

So I was reading fucking Yeah, I was listening to fucking War on the run and it's very dry.

Hey, it's it's a lot It's a lot to listen to but then this one's just purely like

Episode: Ep-308 Love in Australia

It was described as very dry and detailed, with a focus on the specifics of logistics, which contrasted with the more engaging and engaging style of 'The Comanches'.

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It's way better than War on the Run.

It's very dry. It's very like they left camp with three satchels of blueberries, six gunpowder sacks.

Episode: Ep 300-Emergency Teenis

The book is about Robert Rogers and life pre-revolution in America. The author was critical of Native Americans in previous podcast episodes, but found some good things about them in this book.

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I was listening to that book again. First off, the book book is Oh yeah. A lot of people were asking. It's called War on the Run. It's about Robert Rogers. And but it's also about like just life pre revolution in America, and like Native Americans and shit.

And I have been harsh on the natives. Last couple episodes. That's what happens when you report on something before you finish a book trail. Like I read one chapter that was just like this is what the Indians used to do. And then the next chapter was like, they did have some good things, but I only got the bad part.

And I was like, they were called savages for a reason. But no, they had some dude hilarious. This was making me laugh.

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