Description:This novel is based on the true story of a young Scot, William Buchanan, who immigrated to Nova Scotia in 1784, but after ten years of homesteading moved further inland to Upper Canada. There, in the wild forests that covered Essex County before the turn of the nineteenth century, fortune smiled on William. He met and married a United Empire Loyalist's daughter and settled into a happy family life. Sadly, that happiness was shattered when war with the United States threatened everything he had accomplished. So William took up arms against the invaders and was commissioned an officer in the militia and made commander of the Marine Company of the First Essex Regiment. In that capacity, he fought shoulder to shoulder with both Sir Isaac Brock and Chief Tecumseh. And tragically, he shared the same fate as both those great Canadians when he perished in the defence of his home and family.Within these pages is a story of adventure, romance, scandal, humour, war-time struggle and death. It is a great tale of an unsung hero of the War of 1812.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Diary of Captain William Buchanan. To get started finding The Diary of Captain William Buchanan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: This novel is based on the true story of a young Scot, William Buchanan, who immigrated to Nova Scotia in 1784, but after ten years of homesteading moved further inland to Upper Canada. There, in the wild forests that covered Essex County before the turn of the nineteenth century, fortune smiled on William. He met and married a United Empire Loyalist's daughter and settled into a happy family life. Sadly, that happiness was shattered when war with the United States threatened everything he had accomplished. So William took up arms against the invaders and was commissioned an officer in the militia and made commander of the Marine Company of the First Essex Regiment. In that capacity, he fought shoulder to shoulder with both Sir Isaac Brock and Chief Tecumseh. And tragically, he shared the same fate as both those great Canadians when he perished in the defence of his home and family.Within these pages is a story of adventure, romance, scandal, humour, war-time struggle and death. It is a great tale of an unsung hero of the War of 1812.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Diary of Captain William Buchanan. To get started finding The Diary of Captain William Buchanan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.