The Story Of The Upper Canadian Rebellion

Author : Marianne Brandis
Publisher : Erin, Ont. : Porcupine's Quill
ISBN 13 : 9780889841758
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Rebellion written by Marianne Brandis and published by Erin, Ont. : Porcupine's Quill. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adam Wheeler is a fourteen year-old who arrives in Toronto in the autumn of 1837 after crossing from England on a filthy and crowded immigrant ship. He has emigrated in company with his uncle's family, but, once in Upper Canada, he quarrels with his uncle and sets out on his own. Adam finds work in a paper mill at the village of Todmorden on the banks of the Don River. Adam soon learns that William Lyon Mackenzie is mounting a rebellion. When the uprising begins, he is drawn into the conflict both because his employer sends him to deliver paper to the rebel camp at Montgomery's Tavern, and also because his uncle joins Mackenzie's force. Among those Adam befriends are two teenage girls, Cornelia and Charlotte de Grassi. These historical figures, aged thirteen and fourteen at the time, served as spies and messengers for the government side during Mackenzie's Rebellion. Although this book is a work of fiction, it is solidly based on real history. The events of the 1837 Rebellion have been carefully researched and are presented as accurately as possible. Captain and Mrs de Grassi and their daughters, and several other characters, were real people and, improbable as it may seem, the girls' work as spies and messengers during the rebellion days is fully authenticated. When it comes to presenting human beings however, historical documents are usually uninformative. To bring the characters to life, the author has invented certain scenes and details, all of which she based carefully on what she learned about the de Grassi family, and on the life and circumstances of the time.

Author : John Charles Dent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion written by John Charles Dent and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dent John Charles 1841-1888
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781314455502
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion written by Dent John Charles 1841-1888 and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : John Charles Dent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781601051660
Total Pages : 758 pages
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Download or read book The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion written by John Charles Dent and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Champlain Society
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0886290260
Total Pages : 588 pages
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Download or read book Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada written by Champlain Society and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1985 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a broad documentary coverage of the rebellions and material on areas of Upper Canada not directly threatened by them. A judicious reading should provide a sound knowledge of the uprisings.

Author : John Charles Dent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330500491
Total Pages : 398 pages
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Download or read book The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion written by John Charles Dent and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion: Largely Derived From Original Sources and Documents It furnished one more example of Mackenzie's utter unfitness for any position in which discretion and judgment were needed. Rolph and Morrison took counsel together. They felt that they were unsafe in the hands of so leaky a vessel as Mackenzie, who had evidently been so impressed by a sense of his own importance that he had been utterly incapable of keeping the secret, although he must have been conscious that upon the keeping of it the success of the movement, as well as the personal safety of those participating in it, might probably depend. They moreover learned that in the course of his peregrinations about the country he had made the most unwarrantable use of their names, and had most culpably misrepresented their views and sentiments. He had held them up to the Radicals as the real projectors of the movement, and as most anxious to place themselves at its head. There could be no doubt that their names had been a tower of strength to him in his machinations, and that he had used them without scruple, thereby inducing persons to acquiesce in the rising who would otherwise have held aloof from it. There could be equally little doubt that the mainspring of his action at this time was not patriotism, but a burning desire to revenge himself upon the Government. To this desire every other feeling had become subordinate, and he was prepared to risk the sacrifice of everything and everybody on the chance of attaining his end. Such were the deliberate conclusions at which Rolph and Morrison arrived, and they determined that they would work no longer with such an ally, unless, after becoming acquainted with all the facts, they should be of opinion that the rising was inevitable, and that it was likely to be conducted by cooler and wiser heads than Mackenzie's. During the third week in November Mackenzie reached Toronto from the north. Soon after nightfall he presented himself at Dr. Rolph's house, to whom he briefly communicated what had been done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : John Charles Dent
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781378150412
Total Pages : 402 pages
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Download or read book The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion: Largely Derived from Original Sources and Documents; written by John Charles Dent and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Maxime Dagenais
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773557741
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revolutions across Borders written by Maxime Dagenais and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting in 1837, rebels in Upper and Lower Canada revolted against British rule in an attempt to reform a colonial government that they believed was unjust. While this uprising is often perceived as a small-scale, localized event, Revolutions across Borders demonstrates that the Canadian Rebellion of 1837–38 was a major continental crisis with dramatic transnational consequences. In this groundbreaking study, contributors analyze the extent of the Canadian Rebellion beyond British North America and the turbulent Jacksonian period's influence on rebel leaders and the course of the rebellion. Exploring the rebellion's social and economic dimensions, its impact on American politics, policy-making, and the philosophy of manifest destiny, and the significant changes south of the border that influenced this Canadian uprising, the essays in this volume show just how malleable borderland relations were. Chapters investigate how Americans frustrated with the young republic considered an “alternative republic” in Canada, the new monetary system that the rebels planned to establish, how the rebellion played a major role in Martin Van Buren's defeat in the 1840 presidential election, and how America's changing economic alliances doomed the Canadian Rebellion before it even started. Reevaluating the implications of this transnational conflict, Revolutions across Borders brings new life and understanding to this turning point in the history of North America.

Author : John Charles Dent
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion written by John Charles Dent and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second of a two-volume series which offers a through history of the Upper Canadian Rebellion of the 1830s, lead by William Lyon Mackenzie.

Author : John Charles 1841-1888 Dent
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781372313066
Total Pages : 402 pages
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Download or read book STORY OF THE UPPER CANADIAN RE written by John Charles 1841-1888 Dent and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.