Episode 42 — King Philip’s War Part V — The Turning of the Tide

As the spring 1676 campaign season gets underway, the Puritan settlements of New England are reeling — but the fundamental weaknesses of the native insurgency are starting to show.

Source material: Flintlock & Tomahawk: New England in King Philip’s War, by Douglas Edward Leach. Despite a clear bias toward the Puritan settlers’ POV, and the use of archaic and pejorative language that jars modern sensibilities, Leach’s work remains a foundational narrative history of the war.

Nathaniel Philbrick’s Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War is highly readable and worthy, and Osprey’s King Philip’s War, 1675-76: America’s Deadliest Colonial Conflict is useful. The Red King’s Rebellion: Racial Politics in New England, 1675-78 by Russell Bourne offers worthwhile interpretations of events. James D. Drake’s King Philip’s War: Civil War in New England 1675-1676 offers a strong and nuanced counterpoint to Leach’s view that the war was an inevitable clash of cultures.

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Music: Blue Frontier by Jim Cornelius

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