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The Invasion of Canada: 1812-1813
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by Pierre Berton
Sales Rank: 517726
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List Price: $15.95
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Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
Published by: Anchor Canada August 14, 2001
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0385658397
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0385658393
Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 13.6 ounces
Product Review
"If history could be taught in the schools the way Berton writes about it, there wouldn't be a more popular subject on the curriculum."
—The Globe and Mail
"A wonderful historical work…a book of love, ambition, guile, heroism, tragedy and cowardice."
—The Detroit News
"…a popular history as it should be written."
—The New York Times
Product Review
"If history could be taught in the schools the way Berton writes about it, there wouldn't be a more popular subject on the curriculum." ?The Globe and Mail
"A wonderful historical work?a book of love, ambition, guile, heroism, tragedy and cowardice." ?The Detroit News
"?a popular history as it should be written." ?The New York Times
Reader Reviews
A wonderful book by Canada's foremost historian commemorates the War of 1812 as Canada's War of Independence. The War of 1812 was initiated by President Madison as a war of conquest against Ontario (or Lower Canada, as it was then known). The British forces were arrayed against various un-coordinated American attacks, and the Americans fared particularly badly in 1812-13, notably losing Detroit. This instalment does not reach the later events of the war, in which more of a stalemate developed (and the Americans scored some big naval victories). But the Canadians never doubted that the campaigns covered in this book - of 1812-13 - had marked a long-term strategic victory, guaranteeing Canada's separate identity, and the inner leadership clique of English-speaking, ethnically Scottish Presbyterians who ran the war effort became the ruling elite of Canada for over a century (if not to this day). Many key characters of American history come here: General (later President) Harrison; Indian chief Tecumseh; President Madison and President Jefferson. This volume, however, gives equal time (if not precedence) to the Canadian heroes of the campaigns, including in particular celebrates loyalist heroes such as Brock and Strachan. Superb account of the war's critical, indeed decisive, early years.
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