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Chronicles of Canada Volume 12 - The Father of British Canada; A Chronicle of Carleton

by William Charles Henry Wood

Carleton’s first eight years as governor of Canada were almost entirely occupied with civil administration. The next four were equally occupied with war. This is the account of how Carleton and his multiracial army fought off the American invasion of Quebec. It is the first time French and British troops worked together to defend Canada
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Chronicles of Canada Volume 12 - The Father of British Canada; A Chronicle of Carleton by William Charles Henry Wood

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English

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English

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1920

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William Charles Henry Wood was a Canadian historian, Scout leader and naturalist. He was born in Quebec City and served in the Royal Rifles of Canada from 1887 to the end of the World War I achieving...

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