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  • Warriors and Warships

    Conflict on the Great Lakes and the Legacy of Point Frederick

    de Robert D. Banks ...
    Winner, Keith Matthews Best Book Award presented by Canadian Nautical Research SocietyThe untold story of Point Frederick, where early nineteenth-century Canadians built warships that stopped invasion and brought peace.Warriors and Warships brings to life a much neglected part of Canada’s military history, covering the warships and the people who built them at Point Frederick from the late ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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    Warriors and Warships

    Conflict on the Great Lakes and the Legacy of Point Frederick

    de Robert D. Banks ...
    Narrado por Tom Perkins ...

    Completo

    9 hora 22 minutos

    The untold story of Point Frederick, where early nineteenth-century Canadians built warships that stopped invasion, brought peace, and the world's longest undefended border.Opposite Kingston, Point Frederick became the 1789 dockyard home of the navy on Lake Ontario. Armed vessels were built to transport settlers and the military.War in 1812 prompted the need for larger warships. Shipwrights were ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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  • The Challenge

    Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812

    de Andrew Lambert ...
    In the summer of 1812 Britain stood alone, fighting for her very survival against a vast European Empire. Only the Royal Navy stood between Napoleon's legions and ultimate victory. In that dark hour America saw its chance to challenge British dominance: her troops invaded Canada and American frigates attacked British merchant shipping, the lifeblood of British defence.War polarised America. The ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • St. John's and the Battle of the Atlantic

    de Bill Rompkey ...
    During World War II St. John’s, Newfoundland played a critical role in the fight against Nazi Germany. Seamen from all over the world sailed to and from the old seaport, chosen for duty because it was closest to Europe and because its people knew both the peril and glory of the North Atlantic. In his introduction to this absorbing collection of stories, Bill Rompkey examines the city’s service to ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • In Nelson's Wake

    The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars

    de James Davey ...
    Battles, blockades, convoys, raids: An "impressive" account of how the indefatigable British Royal Navy ensured Napoleon's ultimate defeat ( International Journal of Military History).Horatio Nelson's celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Britain with an unprecedented command of the seas. Yet the Royal Navy's role in the struggle against Napoleonic France ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Glorious First of June

    Fleet Battle in the Reign of Terror

    de Sam Willis ...
    Series series Hearts of Oak Trilogy
    France, early summer 1794. The French Revolution has been hijacked by the extreme Jacobins and is in the grip of The Terror. While the guillotine relentlessly takes the heads of innocents, two vast French and British fleets meet in mid-Atlantic after a week of skirmishing.The French, in ships painted blood-red and bearing banners proclaiming 'la République ou la mort!' are escorting an American ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Plunder & Pillage

    Atlantic Canada's Brutal and Bloodthirsty Pirates and Privateers

    de Harold Horwood ...
    For over three hundred years, lawlessness in Canada flourished off Canada's east coast. Pirates roamed the North Atlantic, and master storyteller Harold Horwood recounts their action-filled careers, crimes and violent deaths. Privateerslicenced by governments to harass the enemyaimed to capture enemy ships and plunder their cargo.Among the characters readers meet in these pages are the folk hero, ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • The Call to Arms

    The 1812 Invasions of Upper Canada

    de Richard Feltoe ...
    Series Libro 1 - Upper Canada Preserved - War of 1812
    LIMITED TIME OFFERThe Call to Arms is the first of six books in the series Upper Canada Preserved - War of 1812. Each book in this battlefield-based chronicle combines the best of modern historical research with extensive quotations from original official documents and personal letters to bring to life this crucial period of Canada's early history. Numerous historical images of locations are ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Special Operations in the American Revolution

    de Robert L. Tonsetic ...
    This Revolutionary War history analyzes the Continental Army's extensive use of guerilla tactics—the beginning of modern Special Ops.When the American Revolution began, the colonial troops had little hope of matching His Majesty's British and German legions. Indeed, Washington's army suffered defeat after defeat in the first few years. But the Americans had a trump card: a reservoir of tough, self ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Four Years on the Great Lakes, 1813-1816

    The Journal of Lieutenant David Wingfield, Royal Navy

    de Don Bamford, Paul Carroll ...
    David Wingfield joined the Royal Navy in 1806, at the age of fourteen. His service took him to the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. Captured, he was a POW in the United States for nine months. Following his release, Wingfield had some intriguing adventures on the Upper Great Lakes before returning to England. Once home, he used his handwritten notes, kept during his time in North America, as ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Pendulum of War

    The Fight for Upper Canada, January-August 1813

    de Richard Feltoe ...
    Series Libro 2 - Upper Canada Preserved - War of 1812
    LIMITED TIME OFFERIn his second of six books in the series Upper Canada Preserved -- War of 1812, author Richard Feltoe continues a battlefield chronicle that combines the best of modern historical research with extensive quotes from original official documents and personal letters, bringing to life the crucial first six months of the 1813 American campaign to invade and conquer Upper Canada. The ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Show No Fear

    Daring Actions in Canadian Military History

    de Colonel Bernd Horn ...
    Show No Fear is a collection of essays that captures the richness of Canadian military history. Although Canadians see their nation as a peaceable kingdom and themselves as an unmilitary people, the truth is that Canada has a proud military heritage. Moreover, the nations citizens and their descendants share a legacy of courage, tenacity, and warfighting prowess. This volume of daring actions ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus