Revenge of the TribesMcClelland & Stewart, 1991 - Canada History War of 1812 Participation, Indian Juvenile literature - 89 pages A series of accessible, fast-paced non-fiction narratives aimed at pre-teen and young teenage readersPierre Berton, Canada's leading popular historian, vividly recreates the conflicts and events that helped forge Canada into a nation separate from the United States. |
Contents
The peculiar war | 9 |
The Shawnee brothers 220 | 20 |
Scorching the earth | 30 |
Copyright | |
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