Laura Secord : heroine of the War of 1812

Leavey, Peggy Dymond.

2012, eBook , 1 online resource.

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Summary/Review: More than many figures in Canadian history, Laura Secord has come to represent courage and perseverance at their finest. During the War of 1812, she h more...

Summary/Review: More than many figures in Canadian history, Laura Secord has come to represent courage and perseverance at their finest. During the War of 1812, she helped to avert disaster by warning the British of an imminent American attack, and thus played a prominent role in the survival of a nascent Canada amid U.S. expansion.

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- Secord, Laura, 1775-1868

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Publication information:	Toronto : Dundurn, 2012.
ISBN:	1459703685 (electronic bk.)
ISBN:	9781459703681 (electronic bk.)
Language:	English
Record ID:	2894482
Format:	eBook
Physical description:	1 online resource.
Date acquired:	July 26, 2012
More creator details:	Peggy Dymond Leavey.
Series statement:	A Quest biography
Series title:	Quest biography (Online)
Contents note:	Child of the Revolution -- Departure for Upper Canada -- James Secord, United Empire Loyalist -- Isaac Brock and the Battle of Queenston Heights -- A Seasonal War -- The Green Tiger: Lieutenant James FitzGibbon -- The Walk to Beaver Dams -- Ambush in the Beech Woods: The Battle of Beaver Dams -- Aftermath -- The Death of Tecumseh -- The Frontier Burns -- The Final Battles -- Family Fortunes -- The Move to Chippawa -- The Widow Carries On -- The Prince's Gift -- The Heroine and the Controversy -- Epilogue -- Chronology of Laura Secord.
Electronic access:	Access Online
Access URL:	http://toronto.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=CC785F36-1186-468F-9E8F-8A68B10B1370

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