When The Irish Invaded Canada
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When The Irish Invaded Canada
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Author : Christopher Klein
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2019-03-12
When The Irish Invaded Canada written by Christopher Klein and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-12 with History categories.
"Christopher Klein's fresh telling of this story is an important landmark in both Irish and American history." —James M. McPherson Just over a year after Robert E. Lee relinquished his sword, a band of Union and Confederate veterans dusted off their guns. But these former foes had no intention of reigniting the Civil War. Instead, they fought side by side to undertake one of the most fantastical missions in military history: to seize the British province of Canada and to hold it hostage until the independence of Ireland was secured. By the time that these invasions--known collectively as the Fenian raids--began in 1866, Ireland had been Britain's unwilling colony for seven hundred years. Thousands of Civil War veterans who had fled to the United States rather than perish in the wake of the Great Hunger still considered themselves Irishmen first, Americans second. With the tacit support of the U.S. government and inspired by a previous generation of successful American revolutionaries, the group that carried out a series of five attacks on Canada--the Fenian Brotherhood--established a state in exile, planned prison breaks, weathered infighting, stockpiled weapons, and assassinated enemies. Defiantly, this motley group, including a one-armed war hero, an English spy infiltrating rebel forces, and a radical who staged his own funeral, managed to seize a piece of Canada--if only for three days. When the Irish Invaded Canada is the untold tale of a band of fiercely patriotic Irish Americans and their chapter in Ireland's centuries-long fight for independence. Inspiring, lively, and often undeniably comic, this is a story of fighting for what's right in the face of impossible odds.
Rebels On The Niagara
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Author : Lawrence E. Cline
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2017-11-21
Rebels On The Niagara written by Lawrence E. Cline and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-21 with History categories.
Offers a detailed account of the political and military history of the Irish American Fenian Brotherhood in the nineteenth century. In what is now largely considered a footnote in history, Americans invaded Canada along the Niagara Frontier in 1866. The group behind the invasion—the Fenian Brotherhood—was formed in 1858 by Irish nationalists in New York City in order to fight for Irish independence from Britain. At the end of the American Civil War, Fenian leaders attempted to use Irish Americans, many of them combat veterans, to seize Canada and make it the “New Ireland” as a means to force the British from “old” Ireland. New York State was both the epicenter of Fenian leadership and a key support base and staging area for the military operations. Although relatively short-lived and with some of its military operations being somewhere between farce and tragedy, the Fenian Brotherhood had a very important impact on nineteenth-century New York and America, but remains largely forgotten. In Rebels on the Niagara Lawrence E. Cline examines not only the Fenian operations and their impact on Canada, but also the role the United States and New York played in both the initial support for the Fenian movement and its subsequent collapse in America. Lawrence E. Cline is Lecturer in Intelligence Analysis at Buffalo State College, State University of New York. He is the author of The Lord’s Resistance Army.
Transnational Revolutionaries
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Author : David Doolin
language : en
Publisher: Reimagining Ireland
Release Date : 2016
Transnational Revolutionaries written by David Doolin and has been published by Reimagining Ireland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Canada categories.
The organization of several thousand Irish American men into a military outfit that attempted to invade Canada in 1866 is a significant event still largely unexplored from an Irish and Irish American perspective. This book explores the details of the invasion, examining the ways in which the Fenians defined identity as a transnational phenomenon.
Under The Starry Flag
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Author : Lucy E. Salyer
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-15
Under The Starry Flag written by Lucy E. Salyer and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-15 with History categories.
In 1867 forty Irish-Americans sailed for Ireland to fight against British rule. Claiming that emigrants to America remained British citizens, authorities arrested the men for treason, sparking a crisis and trial that dragged the U.S. and Britain to the brink of war. Lucy Salyer recounts this gripping tale, a prelude to today’s immigration battles.
Ridgeway
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Author : Peter Vronsky
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Release Date : 2011-11-01
Ridgeway written by Peter Vronsky and has been published by Penguin Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with History categories.
In this groundbreaking narrative, historian, investigative journalist and filmmaker Peter Vronsky uncovers the hidden history of the Battle of Ridgeway and explores its significance to Canada’s nation-building myths and traditions. On June 1, 1866, more than 1,000 Fenian insurgents invaded Canada across the Niagara River from Buffalo, N.Y. The Fenians were mostly battle-hardened Civil War veterans; the Canadian troops sent to fight them came from a generation that had not seen combat at home for more than 30 years. Led by inexperienced upper-class officers, the volunteer soldiers were mostly young, some as young as 15 years old. They were farm boys, shopkeepers, apprentices, schoolteachers, store clerks and two rifle companies of University of Toronto students hastily called out from their final exams. Many had not fired live rounds from their rifles even once. When they fought the Fenians near the village of Ridgeway the next day, a single rifle company of 28 students took the brunt of a counter-attack by 800 insurgents and suffered the most killed and wounded. The events of June 2, 1866, were covered up by the Macdonald government. The story was falsified so thoroughly that most Canadians today have not heard of the first modern battle in which Canadians died.
Strong Boy
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Author : Christopher Klein
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Strong Boy written by Christopher Klein and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Sports & Recreation categories.
“I can lick any son-of-a-bitch in the world.” So boasted John L. Sullivan, the first modern heavyweight boxing champion of the world, a man who was the gold standard of American sport for more than a decade, and the first athlete to earn more than a million dollars. He had a big ego, big mouth, and bigger appetites. His womanizing, drunken escapades, and chronic police-blotter presence were godsends to a burgeoning newspaper industry. The larger-than-life boxer embodied the American Dream for late nineteenth-century immigrants as he rose from Boston’s Irish working class to become the most recognizable man in the nation. In the process, the “Boston Strong Boy” transformed boxing from outlawed bare-knuckle fighting into the gloved spectacle we know today. Strong Boy tells the story of America’s first sports superstar, a self-made man who personified the power and excesses of the Gilded Age. Everywhere John L. Sullivan went, his fists backed up his bravado. Sullivan’s epic brawls, such as his 75-round bout against Jake Kilrain, and his cross-country barnstorming tour in which he literally challenged all of America to a fight are recounted in vivid detail, as are his battles outside the ring with a troubled marriage, wild weight and fitness fluctuations, and raging alcoholism. Strong Boy gives readers ringside seats to the colorful tale of one of the country’s first Irish-American heroes and the birth of the American sports media and the country’s celebrity obsession with athletes.
Why Ireland Never Invaded America
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Author : Conor Cunneen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-03
Why Ireland Never Invaded America written by Conor Cunneen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
At last, a book on corporate strategy which is both educational and entertaining. American Jake Boyd vacations in Ireland for seven days and meets his Irish cousin, Finbarr Kozlowski. Jake's six-year-old business is struggling. To Jake's surprise, his Irish cousin Finbarr happens to be a business guru and know-it-all who takes Jake through lessons on Vision, Branding and Brand Experience, Understanding your Market, Attitude, Innovation, and Business Execution. Entities referenced in a well-researched manner include Harley-Davidson, JetBlue, Starbucks, McDonald?s, Kmart, Lexus, Ryanair. The heavy-metal-loving Finbarr even references Motorhead, Metallica, U2 and Evel Knievel to get his messages across. Innovative or unique business concepts Finbarr discusses include VIP products (Innovation), Genchi Genbutsu (Consumer Insight), and The ER Factor ? Drivers of Corporate Health. (Business Execution).
War Plan Red
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Author : Kevin Lippert
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 2015-06-02
War Plan Red written by Kevin Lippert and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-02 with Humor categories.
A humorous history of simmering tensions between the US and Canada from the War of 1812 to actual invasion plans drawn up by both sides. It’s known as the world’s friendliest border. Five thousand miles of unfenced, unwalled international coexistence and a symbol of neighborly goodwill between two great nations: the United States and Canada. But just how friendly is it really? In War Plan Red, the secret “cold war” between the United States and Canada is revealed in full and humorous detail. With colorful maps and historical imagery, the breezy text walks the reader through every aspect of the long-running rivalry—from the “Pork and Beans War” between Maine and Newfoundland lumberjacks, to the “Pig War” of the San Juan Islands, culminating with excerpts from actual declassified invasion plans the Canadian and US militaries drew up in the 1920s and 1930s.
If The Irish Ran The World
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Author : Donald H. Akenson
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1997
If The Irish Ran The World written by Donald H. Akenson and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
What would have happened if the Irish had conquered and controlled a vast empire? Would they have been more humane rulers than the English? Using the Caribbean island of Montserrat as a case study of "Irish" imperialism, Donald Akenson addresses these questions and provides a detailed history of the island during its first century as a European colony.
Discovering The Boston Harbor Islands
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Author : Christopher Klein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-05
Discovering The Boston Harbor Islands written by Christopher Klein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05 with History categories.
Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands is an indispensable guide to help you plan your island adventures.Explore military installations that protected Boston during wartimeincluding Civil War era Fort Warren. Visit Boston Light on Little Brewster, site of the nations oldest lighthouse. Kayak into the coves where pirates and bootleggers hid. Wander the woodlands and meadows that were the seasonal camps of Native Americans and the sites of Revolutionary skirmishes. Sail to the outer islands, find the best year-round fishing spots, and discover why the islands are a birders paradise. Take in a jazz concert, an antique baseball game, or simply hop from one island to the next to experience the stunning natural beauty of this most storied national park area.