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c2013., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: 973.7 B789b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: This book explores Canada's engagement in the American Civil War and helps to understand better both the war and how the British colonies saved themselves by becoming a nation.
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c2011., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF 778.9 L278c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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-- Canada and the Civil War plots against Lincoln.2023., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: NEW 973.7 S551n Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A riveting, dramatic account of the years, months and days leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, revolving around the unexpected ways Canadians were deeply involved in every aspect of the American Civil War. Canadians take pride in being on the “good side†of the American Civil War, serving as a haven for 30,000 escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad. But dwelling in history's shadow is the much darker role Canada played in supporting the slave South and in fomenting the many plots against Lincoln. The North Star weaves together the different strands of several extraordinary Canadians and a handful of Confederate agents in Canada as they all make their separate, fateful journeys to the night of the assassination on April 14, 1865. They ended up crossing paths with Lincoln or his assassin John Wilkes Booth, as they were caught up in the maelstrom of history. The book shines a spotlight on the stories of such intrepid figures as Anderson Abbot, Canada’s first Black doctor, who joined the Union Army; Emma Edmonds, the New Brunswick woman who disguised herself as a man to enlist as a Union nurse; and Edward P. Doherty, the Quebec man who led the hunt to track down John Wilkes Booth. We also meet the wealthy men who aided and supported the Confederate side, such as Toronto aristocrat George Taylor Denison III and banker and Montreal mayor Henry Starnes. Sher creates vivid portraits of places we thought we knew. Montreal was a sort of 19th-century Casablanca of the North: a hub for assassins, money-men, mercenaries and soldiers on the run. Toronto was a headquarters for Confederate plotters and gun-runners. The two largest hotels in the country became nests of Confederate spies. Meticulously researched and richly illustrated, The North Star is a sweeping tale that makes long-ago events leap off the page with a relevance to today.
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2015., Adult, Oxford University Press Call No: 970 B749y Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Canada: land of hockey, wintery weather, unfailing politeness--at least, as far as many Americans are aware. For Canadians, the United States is often seen as a land of extremes, both in terms of its policies and its values. Could two countries so seemingly different really have anything in common? Yes indeed, according to historian Robert Bothwell. In this witty and accessible book, Bothwell argues that the history of the United States and Canada reveals more about each country than most would suspect. Your Country, My Country takes readers back to the seventeenth century, when a shared British colonial heritage set the two lands on paths that would remain intertwined to the present day. Tracing Canadian-American relations, common values, and differences through the centuries, Bothwell suggests that Canadians and Americans are not quite as different as we have been led to believe. He brings this contention down to the present day by examining Canadian and American differences over such questions as universal health care and the war in Iraq. Bothwell finds that what happens in one country is often reflected in the other. This innovative volume contends that, Canada's story illuminates America's--and vice-versa."--From publisher.
