03436nam 2200661 a 450 991082408800332120200520144314.01-283-22683-997866132268390-7748-5792-710.59962/9780774857925(CKB)2430000000000278(OCoLC)243614104(CaPaEBR)ebrary10215284(SSID)ssj0000534768(PQKBManifestationID)11339494(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534768(PQKBWorkID)10518374(PQKB)11661879(CaPaEBR)406816(CaBNvSL)thg00602814(Au-PeEL)EBL3412430(CaPaEBR)ebr10218452(CaONFJC)MIL322683(OCoLC)923444531(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/j7c16b(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/406816(MiAaPQ)EBC3412430(MiAaPQ)EBC3254197(DE-B1597)661376(DE-B1597)9780774857925(EXLCZ)99243000000000027820781121d1978 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCanadians on the Nile, 1882-1898 being the adventures of the voyageurs on the Khartoum Relief Expedition and other exploits /Roy MacLarenVancouver University of British Columbia Pressc19781 online resource (xix, 184 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) illustrations, facsimile, map, portraitsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7748-0094-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-179) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Photographic Credits -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Egyptian Prologue -- England in Egypt -- Enter Wolseley -- Gordon and the Sudan -- Red River Interlude -- The Voyageurs to Egypt! -- Up the Nile -- The Journey's End -- Advance and Retreat -- Canada and the Nile Expedition -- Reculer pour Mieux Sauter -- On the Road to Dongolay -- The Desert Railway -- Canada on the Nile -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexCanadians on the Nile, 1882-1898 is a lively description of Canada's romantic and little known involvement in the greatest imperial drama of Queen Victoria's later years. Chosen for their unique skills, 400 English- and French-speaking Canadian voyageurs transported imperial forces up the Nile in a daring attempt to rescue "Chinese" Gordon, besieged in Khartoum. A generation later, their imperial work was completed by another Canadian, Sir Percy Girouard, who built the desert railway which enabled Kitchener to capture Khartoum in 1898. Offering fresh insights to the general reader as well as to historians and students, this authoritative work is also a perceptive, exciting, and humorous account of a curious way station along the meandering road to Canadian nationhood.CanadiansSudanHistorySudanHistory1821-1881CanadiansHistory.962.4/03MacLaren Roy1674708MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824088003321Canadians on the Nile, 1882-18984099865UNINA