The Battle for the Fourteenth Colony: America’s War of Liberation in Canada, 1774–1776
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2013. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Good. Item #2334639
ISBN: 1611684978
2nd printing. Rear jacket faintly rubbed.
460 pp. In this dramatic retelling of one of history’s great “what-ifs,” Mark R. Anderson examines the American colonies’ campaign to bring Quebec into the Continental confederation and free the Canadians from British “tyranny.” This significant reassessment of a little-studied campaign examines developments on both sides of the border that rapidly proceeded from peaceful diplomatic overtures to a sizable armed intervention. The military narrative encompasses Richard Montgomery’s plodding initial operations, Canadian partisan cooperation with officers like Ethan Allen, and the harrowing experiences of Benedict Arnold’s Kennebec expedition, as well as the sudden collapse of British defenses that secured the bulk of the province for the rebel cause.
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