PFEIFFER, SUSAN & RONALD E. WILLIAMSON

Snake Hill an Investigation of a Military Cemetery from the War of 1812

Toronto: Dundurn Press Limited, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1550020900. DJ and boards show light shelf wear. Remainder mark on top page edges. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. This hardcover is in excellent condition. ; B&W Illustrations, Drawings; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 443 pages; "In 1987, skeletal remains were encountered during excavation just west of Old Fort Erie, in Ontario’s Niagara Peninsula. While possession of the land had been bitterly contested in 1814, it remained virtually undeveloped and only in the 1980s, with the construction of permanent homes, did excavations yield evidence of the distant past. An international team of scholars and scientists investigated the remains and identified the individuals’ nationalities for repatriation, where appropriate. The resulting archaeological dig has proven crucial to our understanding of the siege of Fort Erie, and provided new information about military clothing, personal gear, medical science, and other details of the day-to-day life of a soldier living under battlefield conditions during the War of 1812. Snake Hill provides a detailed account of this investigation, documenting an important story of suffering and carnage, and providing the reader with a rare glimpse at life and death during the War of 1812. This book contributes significantly to our understanding of events before, during and after Fort Erie’s 1814 siege.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19339

Catalogue: Militaria::War of 1812

Keywords: 1550020900 snake hill War Of 1812

ZUEHLKE, MARK

For Honour's Sake the War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0676977057. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.1 X 5.8 X 1.4 inches; 443 pages; "In the Canadian imagination, the War of 1812 looms large. It was a war in which British and Indian troops prevailed in almost all of the battles, in which the Americans were unable to hold any of the land they fought for, in which a young woman named Laura Secord raced over the Niagara peninsula to warn of American plans for attack (though how she knew has never been discovered), and in which Canadian troops burned down the White House. Competing American claims insist to this day that, in fact, it was they who were triumphant. But where does the truth lie? Somewhere in the middle, as is revealed in this major new reconsideration from one of Canada’s master historians.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20446

Catalogue: Militaria::War of 1812

Keywords: 0676977057 War Of 1812 Treaty of Ghent Militaria