The siege of Fort Cumberland, 1776 : an episode in the American Revolution / / Ernest Clarke

• Autore: Clarke Ernest <1939->
• Pubblicazione: Kingston, Ont., : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xv, 302 p. : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 971.02/4
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)
• Soggetto geografico: Fort Cumberland (N.B.) Siege, 1776
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-294) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface: Tantramar Revisited -- Introduction -- Revolution Indigenous -- Revolution Imported -- The Shepody Outpost -- Cumberland Creek Raid -- The Fort Attack -- The Vulture Reinforcement -- Battle of Blazing Barns -- The Camphill Rout -- Epilogue -- The Patriots -- The Royal Fencible Americans -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Clarke describes events in Nova Scotia leading up to the siege of Fort Cumberland by the Continental army in 1776 and argues that from the beginning of hostilities Nova Scotians' primary loyalty was to Britain. He examines the attitudes of the various players in the region - New England planters, Acadians, Native peoples, Yorkshiremen, and Scots-Irish - and their responses to the call to arms issued by the revolutionary forces in the thirteen colonies. Clarke is the first to take the Nova Scotia patriots seriously and explain their motives instead of damning them as rebels. An in-depth study of a British colony's reaction to and ultimate rejection of independence, The Siege of Fort Cumberland will be of great interest to colonial historians in Canada and the United States.
• Titolo autorizzato: The siege of Fort Cumberland, 1776
• ISBN: 1-282-85349-X; 9786612853494; 0-7735-6551-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996247892203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno