8 rows · · Tecumseh and Brock: The War of Tecumseh and Brock.: At the dawn of the nineteenth A New Power: Tecumseh Brock: The War of by James Laxer This summer is the th anniversary of the start of the War of , and publishers are marking the occasion with a wave of commemorative titles. · Although Brock dies early in the war, the relationship between Sir Issac Brock and Tecumseh is the most important part of the story for me. Brock wanted to keep Canada a colony, in British possession. Tecumseh wanted to keep his people’s lands theirs, and saw that the .
Tecumseh Brock, by James Laxer Open this photo in gallery: Detail of an illustration of the meeting of General Brock and Grand Chief Tecumseh at Fort Malden on 13 Aug, Tecumseh Brock: The War Of James Laxer. House of Anansi Press, The Harper Conservatives are going to great lengths to highlight the th anniversary of the War of , when the British and Americans fought for control over the north. It is in this context that James Laxer has published his history of the war. Get this from a library! Tecumseh Brock: the War of [James Laxer] -- At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the British Empire is engaged in a titanic war with Napoleonic France for global supremacy. The American Republic is quickly expanding its territory along the.
Bestselling author and scholar James Laxer offers a fresh and compelling view of this decisive. Tecumseh and Brock: The War of by. James Laxer. · Rating details · 89 ratings · 12 reviews. At the turn of the nineteenth century, the British Empire is at the height of its ascendancy; Napoleonic France is struggling to maintain its position as a world power; and the incumbent American empire is quickly expanding its territory, while the Native peoples struggle to establish their own confederacy, their own independent nation. Bestselling author, historian, political scientist, and scholar James Laxer offers a fresh and compelling view of this decisive war -- which historians have long treated as a second American revolution -- by bringing to life the Native struggle for nationhood and sovereignty; the battle between the British Empire and the United States over Upper and Lower Canada; and finally, at the heart of it, the unlikely friendship and political alliance of two towering figures of history: Tecumseh, the.
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