Entrée principale:

Hannon, Leslie F.

Titre et auteur:

Forts of Canada; the conflicts, sieges and battles that forged a great nation [by] Leslie F. Hannon.

Publication:

[Toronto] McClelland and Stewart, [©1969]

Description:

288 pages illustrations (portrait color) 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-286).
Prologue: The forts came first -- Part One. Forts of the old regime. Outposts in Acadie -- Louisbourg: an album -- "Louisbourg will stand forever" -- Quebec: From habitation to capital -- Ramparts on the rock -- An answer by cannon -- The fields of Abraham Martin -- The bright military life -- The forgotten empire -- Part Two. The terror of the tomahawk. The Indian: Brave ally, cruel foe -- The secret weapons of fear -- Ordeal in captivity -- The anatomy of a fort -- "A great misfortune has happened" -- Part Three. The British bastions. Citadel at Chebucto -- The flag goes west -- The soldier artists -- The glamour of the garrison -- The stone walls of Kingston -- A fleet of forts -- Part Four. Forts of fur and fury. At the forks of the red -- The fur forts -- The scarlet horsemen -- Rendezvous at Thunder Bay -- The tale of two cities -- War of 1812 -- Part Five. Attack from the south -- Guns in the pass -- Raid & rebellion! -- Fortress on the Strait -- The day Toronto burned -- The battles of the border -- Epilogue. The facts of Canada today -- Forts today.

Ressources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

Sujet:

Fortification Canada.
Fortification.
Canada History, Military.
Canada.
Canada Fortifications, installations militaire, etc.
Canada Histoire militaire.
Canada History, Military 19th century.

Classification/genre:

Military history.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main canada 9839
Cote: ID CAN FC226.H3; ID:85-B5773
Statut: Disponible