Cobble Hill resident Richard Berleth’s new book Bloody Mohawk: The French and Indian War & American Revolution on New York’s Frontier is the subject of a profile today in the Brooklyn Eagle:

Brooklyn Eagle: The powerful Iroquois Native Americans called the Mohawk River Tenonanatche. This river’s significance to the history of New York State, indeed, to the painful emergence of America itself, is often overlooked, according to a new book by Cobble Hill author Richard Berleth. Bloody Mohawk, The French and Indian War & American Revolution on New York’s Frontier chronicles the story of the Mohawk River Valley in what is now central New York State. Berleth explains that through 1763, culminating with the French and Indian War, colonial battles between the French and British were continual and savage. Among their imperatives, both empires desperately wanted to control the Mohawk River Valley — the gateway to the west.