Canada under Attack (Amazing Stories Collection) - Irish-American veterans of the Civil War and their Fenian campaign to conquer Canada

Cheryl MacDonald

Lorimer

2015

128 páginas

4h 16m

ISBN-10: 1459409523

Starting in the 1860s, the Irish Republican Army (known as the Fenians) mounted attacks on British targets on British targets in what are now Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick. Composed of Irish-Americans who fought in the US Civil War, the Fenians were fervent supporters of the Irish independence movement. They hoped that by attacking Britain's North American colonies they would be able to bargain for Irish independence. Most history books make a joke of the attacks, but Canada faced a serious military threat. These events were a significant but often neglected element which coloured the negotiations that led to the Confederation deal in 1866-67.

CHERYL MacDONALD has been writing on historical topics since 1976. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines, such as The Beaver/ Canada's History Magazine and Maclean's. She has written 40 books, among them a dozen in the Amazing Stories Collection, including Isaac Brock, Laura Secord, and Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes. Cheryl holds history degrees from the University of Waterloo and McMaster University. She lives near Nanticoke, Ontario.