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The Invasion of Canada: Volume One: 1812-1813
by Pierre Berton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316092169
- ISBN 13
- 9780316092166
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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A$13.96A$9.77
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Atlantic Monthly/Little, Brown and Company, 1980 Atlantic Monthly/Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1980. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on both endpapers. Book Condition: Very Good; slight shelfwear; light bumping to lower tips; slight dust soiling to textblock top. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($17.50); light bumping to top edge; rubbing from a blue book on the panels and spine. Tan boards with orange cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Pictorial endpapers. 363 pp 8vo. In this vivid account of the war's first year and of the events leading up to it, the author rescues a half-forgotten chapter from the story of Canadian-American relations and turns it into an engrossing, historically accurate narrative that reads like a fast-paced novel. The was a disaster for the Americans as they lost three entire armies and a gave the British control of most of the Western Reserve. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
Synopsis
Pierre Berton was one of Canada’s most popular and prolific authors. From narrative histories and popular culture, to picture and coffee table books to anthologies, to stories for children to readable, historical works for youth, many of his fifty books are now Canadian classics. Born in 1920 and raised in the Yukon, Pierre Berton worked in Klondike mining camps during his university years. He spent four years in the army, rising from private to captain/instructor at the Royal Military College in Kingston. He spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver, where at 21 he was the youngest city editor on any Canadian daily. He wrote columns for and was editor of Maclean’s magazine, appeared on CBC’s public affairs program “Close-Up” and was a permanent fixture on “Front Page Challenge” for 39 years. He was a columnist and editor for the Toronto Star and was a writer and host of a series of CBC programs. Pierre Berton received over 30 literary awards including the Governor-General’s Award for Creative Non-Fiction (three times), the Stephen Leacock Medal of Humour, and the Gabrielle Leger National Heritage Award. He received two Nellies for his work in broadcasting, two National Newspaper awards, and the National History Society’s first award for “distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history.” For his immense contribution to Canadian literature and history, he was awarded more than a dozen honourary degrees, is a member of the Newsman’s Hall of Fame, and is a Companion of the Order of Canada. Pierre Berton passed away in Toronto on November 30, 2004. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013164
- Title
- The Invasion of Canada: Volume One: 1812-1813
- Author
- Pierre Berton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316092169
- ISBN 13
- 9780316092166
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly/Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Invasion of Canada, Indian Wars, Tecumseh, Canadian soldiers, British Soldiers, American Soldiers, Indians fighting with the British, General William Hull, Isaac Brock,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Items;
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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