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  • A Neighbourly War: New Brunswick and the War of 1812

    New Brunswick and the War of 1812

    Series Book 19 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    When most people think of the War of 1812, they think of the Niagara frontier, the British burning of the White House, the harrowing tale of Laura Secord, and the much-ballyhooed Battle of New Orleans. But there was more of British North America involved in the war than Upper and Lower Canada. With Great Britain locked in battle with Napoleon’s France, the United States pounced on the chance to ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Steel Cavalry: The 8th (New Brunswick) Hussars and the Italian Campaign

    The 8th (New Brunswick) Hussars and the Italian Campaign

    by Lee Windsor ...
    Series Book 18 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    The story of the transformation from of a horse cavalry unit to one of Canada's most famous armoured regiments. Twentieth century warfare is epitomized by the image of Allied tanks growling across the countryside, engaging their Nazi counterparts. One of the most storied of such regiments is the 8th (New Brunswick) Hussars. Founded in 1848 as the first volunteer cavalry regiment in British North ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • New Brunswick and the Navy

    Four Hundred Years

    Series Book 16 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    From the seafaring battles between the British and the French of the 1640s to the privateers of the War of 1812, from the merchant ships of the Second World War to the construction of the corvettes and frigates in the 20th century, New Brunswick has played an important role in Canada's naval history. In 1881, the new Dominion of Canada chose New Brunswick as the base for its naval operations. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Bitter Harvest of War

    New Brunswick and the Conscription Crisis of 1917

    Series Book 11 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    In 1917, the Canadian Corps captured Vimy Ridge in northern France, and a myth grew that Canada -- as a nation -- was born on its slopes. But the cost was tremendous: 10,000 Canadians were killed, wounded, or went missing in the three-day battle. Shortly thereafter, Prime Minister Robert Borden assembled a "Union Government" to support conscription and called an election on the issue. Canada split ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Turning Back the Fenians

    New Brunswick's Last Colonial Campaign

    Series Book 8 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    In the early 1860s, Irish immigrants in the United States were eager to help the Fenian brotherhood overthrow the British in Ireland. The American Fenians' mission: to invade British North America and hold it hostage. New Brunswick, with its large Irish population and undefended frontier, was a perfect target. The book tells how, in the spring of 1866, a thousand Fenians massed along the St. Croix ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Captured Hearts

    New Brunswick's War Brides

    Series Book 12 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    Imagine you’re a young woman caught up in the ugly reality of war. You meet and fall in love with a young soldier from a foreign country. You marry and your world is upended: when the war ends, you leave all you’ve ever known behind — your family, friends, and way of life — to begin a new life in Canada. This is the story of hundreds of women who made their way to New Brunswick at the end of the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Hope Restored

    The American Revolution and the Founding of New Brunswick

    Series Book 2 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    Few Canadians realize how close the colony of Nova Scotia came to joining the American Revolutionary War in 1775. Many Nova Scotians were immigrants from New England, including the Planters who, some twenty years earlier, had taken over the farms of the expelled Acadians. Between family ties and unrestrained privateering, there was much sympathy in Nova Scotia for the American Patriots.In Hope ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot in the War of 1812

    Series Book 21 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    A long-awaited history of this important Canadian regiment, The 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot in the War of 1812 looks at this military unit from its beginnings in the early days of the 19th century to its disbanding in 1817. Best known for its perilous Winter March through the wilderness of New Brunswick to the battlefields of Upper Canada, the 104th was a British unit whose early role ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Trimming Yankee Sails

    Pirates and Privateers of New Brunswick

    by Faye Kert ...
    Series Book 6 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    The word "pirate" conjures up many Hollywood images, but Trimming Yankee Sails by Faye Kert paints a very different picture. Covering the Atlantic coast from Cape Breton Island, Halifax, and Saint John to the east coast of the United States down to the Virginias, this insightful book offers a glimpse of northeastern North America's naval history and the pirates and privateers who scourged the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Road to Canada

    The Grand Communications Route from Saint John to Quebec

    Series Book 5 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    Since the last Ice Age, the only safe route into Canada's interior during the winter started at the Bay of Fundy and followed the main rivers north to the St. Lawrence River through what is now New Brunswick. Aboriginal people used this route as a major highway in all seasons and the great imperial powers followed their lead.The Grand Communications Route, as it was then called, was the only ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • D-Day to Carpiquet

    The North Shore Regiment and the Liberation of Europe

    by Marc Milner ...
    Series Book 12 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    The brutal battlefields of Europe during World War II were the testing ground for the young men of the 1st Battalion of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. On June 6, 1944, the soldiers landed on the coast of France as part of the first wave of the D-Day invasion. After securing the eastern flank of the Canadian landing along Juno Beach, the Regiment was in constant contact with the enemy ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Letters from Beauly

    Pat Hennessy and the Canadian Forestry Corps in Scotland, 1940-1945

    Series Book 23 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-FictionDuring the Second World War, hundreds of New Brunswick woodsmen joined the Canadian Forestry Corps to log the Scottish Highlands as part of the Canadian war effort. Patrick "Pat" Hennessy of Bathurst was one of them. For five years, Pat served as camp cook with 15 Company of the Canadian Forestry Corps near the ancient town of Beauly, Scotland. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD