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BERTON, PIERRE The Invasion of Canada 1812-1813
Toronto, McClelland & Stewart. 1980, Limited First Edition (stated). (ISBN: 0 7710 1235 7) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Tom McNeely (endpapers); Geoffrey Matthews (maps). Slipcase, Cream boards, quarterbound blue "leather-look" binding; blue stamped decorative design, lettering and author's facsimile signature on front cover. Matching slipcase in near fine condition. Very clean, sound copy. 363 pages including: Index; Select Bibliography; page Notes; Sources. Illustrated with 21 black and white area maps. Based on personal memoirs and diaries as well as official despatches, a history of the American invasion of Canada in 1812 which culminated in the surrender of the American armies and the British in control of Michigan Territory and much of Indiana and Ohio: a key episode in Canadian history depicted in the actions of the cast of "cowards and heroes, flawed generals and bumbling bureaucrats, traitors, loyalists, war profiteers, military incompetents and geniuses". "We are Canadians and not Americans because of a foolish war that scarcely anybody wanted or needed but which, once launched, none knew how to stop". Immensely readable. [Shipping at cost]. Near Fine/No Jacket (as published).
Offered for US$ 55.00 by: Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo) - Book number: 002344
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