The Bushfighters: The Unsung Rangers, from Georgia to Nova Scotia, 1754-1764

Gary S. Zaboly

The epic sweep of this book offers, for the first time, the largely unwritten narratives of the unsung, colonial Rangers. They were both white and Native American—from Britain’s 14 colonies (including Nova Scotia). Their contributions to the conquest of the eastern seaboard during the brutal forest wars of 1754 to 1764 were as important as those of Rogers’s Rangers, their more famous counterparts. Many of these irregulars began as untested amateurs, but with time and trial they became so proficient in unconventional warfare that they began inflicting consequential defeats on their French and Indian foes. Many later served as commanders on both sides during the American Revolution, their skills honed ten to twenty years previously by the scouts, expeditions, and battles waged in the desperate crucible of no-holds-barred forest warfare.

Softcover, 560 pages, with a trim size of 8.5 x 11 inches. The book includes a 20-page color insert, 26 maps and fort plans, plus 47 other illustrations (paintings, photos, drawings, and 9 full-color paintings by the author). Published by Black Dome Press in 2026. ISBN 979-8999514400.

About the author

Author/illustrator Gary Zaboly was born in New York City in 1950 and educated at the High School of Art and Design and the Art Students League. His membership résumé includes the Alamo Society, the New-York Historical Society, the Friends of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, and Fellowship in the Company of Military Historians. In 1997, he received the Gold Award of Merit in Texas History. In 2012, he won two awards—the Summerfield G. Roberts and the Reuben Potter—for his book, An Altar for Their Sons: The Alamo and the Texas Revolution in Contemporary Newspaper Accounts. His other works of history include the comprehensive, definitive biography, A True Ranger: The Life and Many Wars of Major Robert Rogers, and American Colonial Ranger: The Northern Colonies, 1724–1764.