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Melville Prison and Deadman's Island

Author : Brian Cuthbertson
Publisher : Formac Publishing Company Limited
ISBN 13 : 0887808379
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book Melville Prison and Deadman's Island written by Brian Cuthbertson and published by Formac Publishing Company Limited. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small island in Halifax's beautiful Northwest Arm was the site for a British military prison from 1794 to 1816. More than 10,000 French, Spanish and American seamen, privateers and soldiers passed through the prison during its 22-year existence. Of these, 270 died on Melville Island from 1803 to 1815 and were buried in unmarked graves on the adjoining Deadman's Island, now designated a national historic site. This book tells this little known story for the first time. Author Brian Cuthbertson focuses on the experiences of the American prisoners. Their treatment will be of particular interest to readers familiar with the recent experiences of prisoners in US military prisons.

The Society of Prisoners

Author : Renaud Morieux
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191035467
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Society of Prisoners written by Renaud Morieux and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the eighteenth century, as wars between Britain, France, and their allies raged across the world, hundreds of thousands of people were captured, detained, or exchanged. They were shipped across oceans, marched across continents, or held in an indeterminate limbo. The Society of Prisoners challenges us to rethink the paradoxes of the prisoner of war, defined at once as an enemy and as a fellow human being whose life must be spared. Amidst the emergence of new codifications of international law, the practical distinctions between a prisoner of war, a hostage, a criminal, and a slave were not always clear-cut. Renaud Morieux's vivid and lucid account uses war captivity as a point of departure, investigating how the state transformed itself at war, and how whole societies experienced international conflicts. The detention of foreigners on home soil created the conditions for multifaceted exchanges with the host populations, involving prison guards, priests, pedlars, and philanthropists. Thus, while the imprisonment of enemies signals the extension of Anglo-French rivalry throughout the world, the mass incarceration of foreign soldiers and sailors also illustrates the persistence of non-conflictual relations amidst war. Taking the reader beyond Britain and France, as far as the West Indies and St Helena, this story resonates in our own time, questioning the dividing line between war and peace, and forcing us to confront the untenable situations in which the status of the enemy is left to the whim of the captor.

The Foreign Burial of American War Dead

Author : Chris Dickon
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786485019
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Foreign Burial of American War Dead written by Chris Dickon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Normandy, Flanders Field and other overseas cemeteries of the American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) are well known. However, lesser-known burial sites of American war dead exist all over the world—in Australia and across the Pacific Rim, in Canada and Mexico, Libya and Spain, most of Europe and as far north as the Russian Arctic. This is the history of American soldiers buried abroad since the American Revolution. It traces the evolution of American attitudes and practices about war dead and provides the names and locations of those still buried abroad in non–ABMC locations.

Nova Scotia's Historic Harbours

Author : Joan Dawson
Publisher : Nimbus+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1771088591
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Nova Scotia's Historic Harbours written by Joan Dawson and published by Nimbus+ORM. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A local historian explores the rich history of this rugged Canadian coastline with fascinating research and twenty-five historical photos. The beautiful harbours of Nova Scotia take many forms. Some are broad and studded with islands, while others are long inlets carved out by glaciers. Prized by the indigenous Mi’kmaq people as well as European settlers, they contain fascinating tales from the Age of Sail the American Revolution, the Golden Age of Piracy, and much more. Featuring profiles of more than fifty harbours—from the Bedford Basin to Shelburne Harbour to Cobequid Bay, Louisbourg, and Canso—Nova Scotia’s Historic Harbours explores each harbour’s historical significance. Local historian Joan Dawson shows how these communities have been shaped by the sea, and how Nova Scotia’s growth has been driven by its wealth of harbours.

The Hated Cage

Author : Nicholas Guyatt
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541645642
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book The Hated Cage written by Nicholas Guyatt and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading historian reveals the never-before-told story of a doomed British prison and the massacre of its American prisoners of war After the War of 1812, more than five thousand American sailors were marooned in Dartmoor Prison on a barren English plain; the conflict was over but they had been left to rot by their government. Although they shared a common nationality, the men were divided by race: nearly a thousand were Black, and at the behest of the white prisoners, Dartmoor became the first racially segregated prison in US history. The Hated Cage documents the extraordinary but separate communities these men built within the prison—and the terrible massacre of nine Americans by prison guards that destroyed these worlds. As white people in the United States debated whether they could live alongside African Americans in freedom, could Dartmoor’s Black and white Americans band together in captivity? Drawing on extensive new material, The Hated Cage is a gripping account of this forgotten history.

At the Ocean's Edge

Author : Margaret Conrad
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487523955
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book At the Ocean's Edge written by Margaret Conrad and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a rich cultural history of Nova Scotia, this book is rooted in a lifetime of research and a broad reading of secondary sources relating to issues of class, race, gender, and politics.

Half-Hearted Enemies

Author : John Boileau
Publisher : Formac Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0887806570
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book Half-Hearted Enemies written by John Boileau and published by Formac Publishing Company. This book was released on 2005-05-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author John Boileau explores the involvement of Nova Scotia in the War of 1812 and the provinces' spoils, and casualties, of the war.

Inside the US Navy of 1812–1815

Author : William S. Dudley
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421440512
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Inside the US Navy of 1812–1815 written by William S. Dudley and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author presents an administrative and logistical history of the US Navy during the War of 1812. He explains how the naval department of the young republic managed to build, maintain, man, fit-out, provision, and send fighting ships out to sea for long periods of time, in addition to considering the problems faced by high command"--

The Halifax Citadel

Author : Brian Cuthbertson
Publisher : Formac Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0887805175
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book The Halifax Citadel written by Brian Cuthbertson and published by Formac Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001-06-05 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Halifax Citadel was a great bastion of the British Empire, the impregnable shield of the "Warden of the North". Today it is one of Canada's most famous landmarks: every year thousands visit the star-shaped fortress, watch the traditional firing of the noon-day gun and roam the ramparts and the fortified buildings where British soldiers were once garrisoned. They watch the re-enactment of military exercises by men and women in authentic 19th-century military uniforms, and enjoy the music of the pipe band in the Parade. This richly-illustrated history conveys the lively martial pageantry of this unparalleled attraction. This book offers background on the Halifax Citadel and its history, exploring the lives of soldiers and their families stationed in Hailfax in the 19th century.

1812

Author : George Daughan
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 046502808X
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book 1812 written by George Daughan and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of how America's war fleet, only twenty ships strong, was able to defeat the world's greatest imperial power through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado to win the War of 1812.

Landmarks of Canada

Author : Toronto Public Libraries
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Landmarks of Canada written by Toronto Public Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Searching for the Forgotten War - 1812 Canada

Author : Timothy L. Sanford
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453588922
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Searching for the Forgotten War - 1812 Canada written by Timothy L. Sanford and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quest to write a geographical book leading up to the two-hundredth anniversary of this conflict, known as the War of 1812, that created two North American countries we enjoy today, began in 2006, with the goal to visit as many historical sites as possible. We started searching for roadside markers, plaques, monuments, cemeteries, the tombstones to the fallen, fortifications, battlefields and those who fought in this war, and to tell the readers the stories behind them. Searching for the Forgotten War 1812, was an experience that was more than we expected in terms of the wonderful people we met along the way.

Assembly

Author : United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Assembly written by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

100 Things You Don't Know About Nova Scotia

Author : Sarah Sawler
Publisher : Nimbus+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1771083786
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book 100 Things You Don't Know About Nova Scotia written by Sarah Sawler and published by Nimbus+ORM. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of 100 Things You Don’t Know About Atlantic Canada for Kids shares 100 intriguing facts about the Bluenoser Province. Did you know that the Halifax–Dartmouth ferry was once operated by a team of nine horses? Or that Babe Ruth used to visit Yarmouth regularly for hunting and fishing vacations? Enter journalist Sarah Sawler: your guide to discovering 100 fascinating things you don’t know about Nova Scotia—from robberies and murders to famous landmarks, events, and people. Inspired by the success of her popular Halifax Magazine column “50 Things You Don’t Know about Halifax,” Sawler has expanded her focus to include interesting anecdotes and facts about the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the entire province. Arranged in chronological order, each “thing” is accompanied by a contextual write-up explaining its historical significance. Includes twenty-five black and white photos.

Exploring Nova Scotia

Author : Dale Dunlop
Publisher : Formac Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0887809030
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Nova Scotia written by Dale Dunlop and published by Formac Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nova Scotia is an attractive destination for travellers from all over the world. This book is the authoritative independent guide to the province's best attractions many of them well-known, but many little-known even to Nova Scotia residents. Along with the activity guide are reliable, independent recommendations for accommodations and dining throughout the province. Written with local knowledge, and entirely independent in its descriptions and recommendations, this book offers reliable and consistent advice and comment which is unavailable from any other source on the web or in book form. It is the key to enjoyable and exciting travel in Nova Scotia. This new edition includes a very wide range of activities, from sea kayaking to golf, from shopping trips to genealogy searches. Dale Dunlop and Alison Scott take the readers down every interesting back road in the province.

This Is Running for Your Life

Author : Michelle Orange
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374533326
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book This Is Running for Your Life written by Michelle Orange and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays focuses on the author's quest to understand how people behave in a world increasingly mediated, for better and for worse, by images and interactivity.

The Mapmakers' Legacy

Author : Joan Dawson
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing (CN)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mapmakers' Legacy written by Joan Dawson and published by Nimbus Publishing (CN). This book was released on 2007 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a follow-up to Joan Dawson's earlier book The Mapmaker's Eye, which shows how early maps of Nova Scotia reflect the province's establishment under first French, then English colonial rule. The present book looks at Nova Scotia's continuing development in the nineteenth century, first as a British colony then as a member of Confederation, as reflected in the many different types of maps made for various purposes during the century. Any map or history enthusiast will be fascinated by Nova Scotia's evolution from a colony of military outposts and subsistence farmers to an increasingly industrial society. Early in the nineteenth century, maps reflected the settlement that was still taking place, the roads being built to link the settlements, the increasingly sophisticated defenses that were being constructed, and the attempts to identify the resources on which development would depend. In the second half of the century maps began to change, depicting the development of industries, the establishment of railways and shipping lines, and the growth of towns where enterprising manufacturers and merchants were setting up businesses. Throughout The Mapmakers' Legacy, Dawson examines and explains the many maps that illustrate this evolution. This is a unique and captivating account of Nova Scotian cartographic history.