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  • Native Memoirs from the War of 1812

    Black Hawk and William Apess

    by Carl Benn ...
    Series series Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812
    "A fascinating look at the diverse experiences of two native combatants…an important contribution to our understanding of the War of 1812." — The Journal of America's Military PastNative peoples played major roles in the War of 1812 as allies of both the United States and Great Britain, but few wrote about their conflict experiences. Two famously wrote down their stories: Black Hawk, the British ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Carl Benn's Stories of Canada's Past 2-Book Bundle

    Mohawks on the Nile / Historic Fort York

    by Carl Benn ...
    Military historian Carl Benn explores the rich history of our nation with two absorbing stories of bravery in this special two-book bundle.Mohawks on the Nile: Natives Among the Canadian Voyageurs in Egypt, 1884-1885Mohawks on the Nile explores the absorbing history of sixty Aboriginal men who left their occupations in the Ottawa River timber industry to participate in a military expedition on the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mohawks on the Nile

    Natives Among the Canadian Voyageurs in Egypt, 1884-1885

    by Carl Benn ...
    Mohawks on the Nile explores the absorbing history of sixty Aboriginal men who left their occupations in the Ottawa River timber industry to participate in a military expedition on the Nile River in 1884-1885. Chosen becuase of their outstanding skills as boatmen and river pilots, they formed part of the Canadian Voyageur Contingent, which transported British troops on a fleet of whaleboats ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Historic Fort York, 1793-1993

    by Carl Benn ...
    Fearing an American invasion of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe had Fort York built in 1793 as an emergency defensive measure. That act became the first step in the founding of modern Toronto.Twenty years later, the Fort was the scene of the bloody Battle of York in which the famous American explorer, Zebulon Pike, died leading U.S. forces against the Fort’s outnumbered Canadian, British and ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812

    John Norton - Teyoninhokarawen

    Edited by Carl Benn ...
    A Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812 presents the story of John Norton, or Teyoninhokarawen, an important war chief and political figure among the Grand River Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) in Upper Canada. Norton saw more action during the conflict than almost anyone else, being present at the fall of Detroit; the capture of Fort Niagara; the battles of Queenston Heights, Fort George, Stoney Creek, ... Read more

    $33.09 USD

  • The War of 1812

    by Carl Benn ...
    Series series Essential Histories
    In this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Carl Benn examines the War of 1812 and its significance in US history.The war of 1812–1815 was a bloody confrontation that tore through the American frontier, the British colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, and parts of the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico. The conflict saw British, American, and First Nations forces clash, and in ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The War of 1812

    by Carl Benn ...
    Series series Guide to...
    The War of 1812-1815 was a bloody confrontation that tore through the American frontier, the British colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, and parts of the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico.The conflict saw British, American, and First Nations' forces clash, and in the process, shape the future of North American history. This exciting volume - now in e-guide format - explains what led to America ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    The War of 1812

    by Carl Benn ...
    Narrated by Adam Sims ...
    Series series Essential Histories

    Unabridged

    2 hours 50 min

    Bloomsbury presents The War of 1812 by Carl Benn, read by Adam Sims.In this introduction, acclaimed historian Carl Benn examines the War of 1812 and its significance in US history.The war of 1812–1815 was a bloody confrontation that tore through the American frontier, the British colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, and parts of the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico. The conflict saw British, ... Read more

    $12.00 USD

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

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  • Trapping the Boundary Waters

    A Tenderfoot in the Border Country, 1919-1920

    by Charles Ira Cook, Jr. ...
    Series series Midwest Reflections
    On May 4, 1919, Charlie Cook set off for a year of adventure in the Minnesota-Ontario Boundary Waters. Soon abandoned by his comfort-loving companion, the restless World War I veteran spent an enlightening year learning—often the hard way—how to paddle and sail on windy lakes, hunt and fish for food, bake "rough delicacies" in a reflector oven, and build winter-proof shelters. His how-to ... Read more

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  • Denny's Trek: A Mountie's Memoir of the March West

    A Mountie's Memoir of the March West

    by Cecil E. Denny ...
    Like many other pioneering North West Mounted Police officers, Cecil Denny was a colourful, independent man with a career full of conquests and controversy. He and his comrades played key roles in the taming of Canada's wild and woolly west, and in this compilation of selected writings from his books The Law Marches West and The Riders of the Plains, we get that story straight from the horse's ... Read more

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  • Four Degrees Celsius

    A Story of Arctic Peril

    by Kerry Karram ...
    This true story began in August 1929. A group of eight prospectors, led by C.D.H. MacAlpine of the Dominion Explorers, flew into the Arctic in search of mineral wealth. Grossly underequipped, the expedition ran out of fuel and was stranded above the Arctic Circle. Within days, Western Canada Airways sent a rescue team headed by Captain Andy Cruickshank, in what was to become the most extensive ... Read more

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  • Bear Child: The Life and Times of Jerry Potts

    The Life and Times of Jerry Potts

    by Rodger D. Touchie ...
    The West was a lawless domain when Jerry Potts was born into the Upper Missouri fur trade in 1838. The son of a Scottish father and a Blood mother, he was given the name Bear Child by his Blood tribe for his bravery and tenacity while he was still a teen. In 1874, when the North West Mounted Police first marched west and sat lost and starving near the Canada-U.S. border, it was Potts who led them ... Read more

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