Endgame 1758 : The Promise, the Glory, and the Despair of Louisbourg's Last Decade.
Title:
Endgame 1758 : The Promise, the Glory, and the Despair of Louisbourg's Last Decade.
Author:
Johnston, A. J. B.
ISBN:
9780803209862
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (383 pages)
Series:
France Overseas
Contents:
CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Terminology and Dates -- PROLOGUE: The Book Ahead -- CHAPTER 1. Opening Moves, 1749 -- CHAPTER 2. Middle Game, 1750-1755 -- CHAPTER 3. The Match Heightens, 1756-1757 -- CHAPTER 4. Beginning of the End, Early 1758 -- CHAPTER 5. This Time for Real, June 1-7, 1758 -- CHAPTER 6. Attack and Defend, June 8-July 27, 1758 -- CHAPTER 7. Winner Take All -- APPENDIX 1: French Ships to Louisbourg, 1758 -- APPENDIX 2: British Ships at Louisbourg, 1758 -- APPENDIX 3: French Land Forces at Louisbourg, 1758 -- APPENDIX 4: British Land Forces at Louisbourg, 1758 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
The story of what happened at the colonial fortified town of Louisbourg between 1749 and 1758 is one of the great dramas of the history of Canada, indeed North America. This book presents the dramatic military and social history of this short-lived and significant fortress, seaport, and community, and the citizens who made it their home.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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