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Author : Reginald Henry Mahon
Publisher : London : John Murray
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Life of General the Hon. James Murray written by Reginald Henry Mahon and published by London : John Murray. This book was released on 1921 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Stewart Wallace
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Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book The Dictionary of Canadian Biography written by William Stewart Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Canadian Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Reginald George Trotter
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Canadian History written by Reginald George Trotter and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Stewart Wallace
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Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Dictionary of Canadian Biography written by William Stewart Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul David Nelson
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838638385
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (383 download)
Download or read book General Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester written by Paul David Nelson and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "General Sir Guy Carleton, First Baron Dorchester, was one of Great Britain's most important imperial servants in the latter half of the eighteenth century, playing a decisive part in the early history of British Canada. From 1759 to 1796, he served both as a soldier and a Royal governor in Canada, helping to mold that province's future in government and on the battlefield. He was with General James Wolfe at Quebec in 1759, and seven years later was appointed governor of the newly acquired British territory. He helped to shape the Quebec Act of 1774, and was on duty in Quebec when the American Revolutionary War commenced in 1775." "In 1782, he was appointed commander in chief of the British Army in America. He effected the British withdrawal from the United States in 1783. Three years later, after being elevated to the peerage as Baron Dorchester, Carleton reassumed the governorship of Canada. He implemented policies of defense against encroachments by American General Anthony Wayne in 1793-94, and in the latter year set in motion British withdrawals from America's Northwest Territory. In the process, he lost the confidence of his superiors in London; thus he resigned the governorship in 1796 and returned home for the final time. He lived for more than a decade in comfort on his extensive English estates, but his last years were marred by the deaths of many of his children." "Nelson attempts in this biography to settle controversial issues about Carleton's life."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Among Our Books written by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
Download or read book History written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronological coverage with articles on social, political, cultural, economic and ecclesiastical history. Book Review Section provides up-to-date critical analyses of up to 600 titles in each volume.
Author : Hugh Boscawen
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806150254
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book The Capture of Louisbourg, 1758 written by Hugh Boscawen and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louisbourg, France's impressive fortress on Cape Breton Island's foggy Atlantic coast, dominated access to the St. Lawrence and colonial New France for forty years in the mid-eighteenth century. In 1755, Great Britain and France stumbled into the French and Indian War, part of what (to Europe) became the Seven Years' War—only for British forces to suffer successive defeats. In 1758, Britain and France, as well as Indian nations caught in the rivalry, fought for high stakes: the future of colonial America. Hugh Boscawen describes how Britain's war minister William Pitt launched four fleets in a coordinated campaign to prevent France from reinforcing Louisbourg. As the author shows, the Royal Navy outfought its opponents before General Jeffery Amherst and Brigadier James Wolfe successfully led 14,000 British regulars, including American-born redcoats, rangers, and carpenters, in a hard-fought assault landing. Together they besieged the fortress, which surrendered after forty-nine days. The victory marked a turning point in British fortunes and precipitated the end of French rule in North America. Boscawen, an experienced soldier and sailor, and a direct descendant of Admiral the Hon. Edward Boscawen, who commanded the Royal Navy fleet at Louisbourg, examines the pivotal 1758 Louisbourg campaign from both the British and French perspectives. Drawing on myriad primary sources, including previously unpublished correspondence, Boscawen also answers the question "What did the soldiers and sailors who fought there do all day?" The result is the most comprehensive history of this strategically important campaign ever written.
Author : John Ralston Saul
Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143175335
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book A Fair Country written by John Ralston Saul and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance between individual and group, and a penchant for negotiation over violence are all Aboriginal values that Canada absorbed. An obstacle to our progress, Saul argues, is that Canada has an increasingly ineffective elite, a colonial non-intellectual business elite that doesn't believe in Canada. It is critical that we recognize these aspects of the country in order to rethink its future.
Author : Stuart McCulloch
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784621374
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (846 download)
Download or read book A Scion of Heroes written by Stuart McCulloch and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-03-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fast-moving narrative, taking place in the Regency era, brings to life contemporary issues of empire and international conflict and explores some of the major social issues of the time, such as colonialism and slavery. It vividly recreates the intimate life of a man on the edge of upper-class society, who became embroiled in the tumult of duels and adulterous liaisons. Drawing heavily on meticulously researched, fully notated and fully referenced primary material, the book ranges from the American Revolutionary War to the life of a naval officer in the fight against the tyranny of Napoleon, sharing the triumphs and hardships of life ashore and on board a man o’ war. James Murray’s mother, the extraordinary Eliza Smith, flies in the face of the conventional well-bred Regency lady as she claims mother status for six children from at least four different fathers and becomes a wealthy woman through her involvement in slave-based plantation agriculture. James’ father, the illegitimate offspring of the illustrious Elibank Murrays, was a British Army Officer who left a unique diary of his involvement in the American Revolutionary War. The story moves from early colonial settlement in Florida, Quebec and the Bahamas and ends in the Highlands, where James’ new wife becomes involved in a adulterous liaison. James, who was then challenged to two duels, succumbed to ill health and moved back to his childhood home in New Abbey in southwest Scotland. A Scion of Heroes is an easy-to-read but fully referenced and researched adult biography that will be of interest not only to biography aficionados but also to local history enthusiasts and students of social and military history of the Georgian period of British history.
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Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book OLR Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 370 pages
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Download or read book Ontario Library Review and Book-selection Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter H. Russell
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487502044
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Canada's Odyssey written by Peter H. Russell and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Canada's Odyssey, renowned scholar Peter H. Russell provides an expansive, accessible account of Canadian history from the pre-Confederation period to the present day.
Author : Alexander V. Campbell
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806185333
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book The Royal American Regiment written by Alexander V. Campbell and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of Braddock’s defeat at Fort Duquesne in 1755, the British army raised the 60th, or Royal American, Regiment of Foot to fight the French and Indian War. Each of the regiment’s four battalions saw action in pivotal battles throughout the conflict. And as Alexander Campbell shows, the inclusion of foreign mercenaries and immigrant colonists alongside British volunteers made the RAR a microcosm of the Atlantic world. Not just a potent, combat-ready force, it played a key role in trade, migration, Indian diplomacy, and settlement. This book moves beyond the campaign orientation of most regimental histories to explore how the Royal Americans helped forge new Atlantic connections. Campbell draws on the regiment’s rich archival legacy—including the private papers of its first three colonels-in-chief and of mercenary field officers—to describe more fully than previous accounts the lives these soldiers led in the context of their times. Campbell takes a closer look at the motivations of regimental founder James Prevost, a Swiss mercenary in the courts of Kings George II and George III, and explores how migration to America attracted rank-and-file soldiers. He examines the unit’s training, deployment, and operational conduct to reveal the use of new tactics, and also chronicles a year in the soldiers’ lives as they attended to hard labor in preparation for the summer’s campaigns. He also traces the postwar activities of these veterans, showing how many of them, by taking up land grants they had been promised upon enlistment, helped settle the frontier and expand commerce. Rather than focus on previously documented animosity between British regulars and provincials, Campbell reveals how soldiers from different backgrounds formed a multiracial, multilingual society that reflected a truly cosmopolitan transatlantic identity
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Total Pages : 902 pages
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Download or read book The Saturday Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 608 pages
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Download or read book The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
