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Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst

Everyday Life in Upper Canada, 1812–1814

By: Dorothy Duncan

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Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst

Everyday Life in Upper Canada, 1812–1814

By: Dorothy Duncan

An examination of Upper Canadian life at the dawn of a modern nation. Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst explores the web of human relationships that developed in Upper Canada following the American Revolution, in the years leading up to the War of 1812, and during the conflict that raged for two years between the young United States and Britain, its former master. The book focuses on the families, homes, gardens, farms, roads, villages, towns, shops, and fabric of everyday life in this frontier society. Upper Canada was a land in transition as First Nations, fur traders, Loyalists, entrepreneurs, merchants, farmers, and newcomers from every walk of life formed alliances and partnerships based on friendship, marriage, respect, religion, proximity, and the desire to survive and prosper. With the declaration of war in June 1812, Upper Canadians realized that not only their lives but their future peace and prosperity were threatened. They responded with perseverance, loyalty, and unexpected acts of bravery.

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Dundurn

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ISBN 10

1459705939

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9781459705937

The New Republic Reader

Eighty Years Of Opinion And Debate

By: Dorothy Wickenden

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The New Republic Reader

Eighty Years Of Opinion And Debate

By: Dorothy Wickenden

Former New Republic managing editor Dorothy Wickenden presents a collection of the best pieces from one of America's most influential liberal periodicals. With contributions from many of the 20th century's most distinguished politicians and statemen, this anthology offers an entertaining, coherent history of how modern liberalism evolved.

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532

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Basic Books

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0465098266

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9780465098262

Letters from Dollie

By: Joaquin Bowman

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Letters from Dollie

By: Joaquin Bowman

Letters from Dollie is a very personal story about a talented writer and a free-thinking feminist who immigrated with her family from Ireland when she was 11 and matured into an adult in rural Oklahoma in the first half of the twentieth century.Dollie describes her life as young woman, office worker, wife and mother, much of it through her correspondence with her girlhood friend, Hazel Hippler, later McClary, of Pennsylvania.Dollie's eyewitness accounts bring a unique and personal perspective to American history of the 1920s, ´30s and ´40s and chronicle phenomena such as the influence of the Ku Klux Klan, the Oklahoma oil boom, and the poverty of farmers in the Dust Bowl.The wit and wisdom contained in Letters from Dollie provide insights into her relationship with Hazel and an opportunity to share the emotions and experiences of this bright and fascinating woman.

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1505886546

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9781505886542

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Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst

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