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Canadians in the Civil War
by Hoy, Claire
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1552784509
- ISBN 13
- 9781552784501
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McArthur & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 1552784509 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear. Gift inscription on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. ; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.6 inches; 413 pages; With the lure of a bounty of $200.00 thousands of Canadians were drawn in to fight for the North during the US Civil War, some others were dragooned into service. 5,000 of these men lost their lives in action. "During the American Civil War, Toronto, Montreal, St. Catharines and Halifax welcomed a well-financed network of Confederate spies and adventurers, bringing the war close to home with organized raids on Lake Erie and the border town of St. Albans, Vermont, where Confederate raiders were successfully defended by prominent Quebec politician J.C. Abbott, a future prime minister. Montreals St. Lawrence Hall Hotel had so many Confederates living there it offered mint juleps on its menu. It also afforded visits by John Wilkes Booth, who made several trips to Toronto as part of an organized plot leading up to the Good Friday 1865 assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Perhaps the most lasting impact on Canada was Sir John A. Macdonalds conviction that strong states rights were the great source of weakness, which led to the war. Thats why Canada emerged in 1867 with a strong federal governmentincluding an unelected Senatewhich to this day fosters endless debate between the believers of federal rights and provincial rights." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19384
- Title
- Canadians in the Civil War
- Author
- Hoy, Claire
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1552784509
- ISBN 13
- 9781552784501
- Publisher
- McArthur & Company
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- 1552784509, Civil War, States rights, american Civil war
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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