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03081aam a2200433 i 4500 001 170A308605F411E6897B2DA8DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160419010056 008 151106s2016 nyuabc b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015015893 020 $a 0307269892 020 $a 9780307269898 035 $a (OCoLC)912705497 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d NYP $d JAI $d ABG $d OQX $d IK2 $d DAD $d FM0 $d CDX $d JUH $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-cn-qu $a n-cn-qu 100 1 $a MacLeod, D. Peter, $d 1955- $e author. 245 10 $a Northern Armageddon : $b the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and the making of the American Revolution / $c Peter MacLeod. 250 $a First United States edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c 2016. 300 $a xxxiii, 400 pages : $b illustrations, maps, portraits ; $c 25 cm. 500 $a Originally published: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 2008. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-382) and index. 505 0 $a The people of 1759 Attackers. 500,000 years of history ; Sailing to Armageddon ; James Wolfe in love and war ; River control, fireships, landing craft, bombardment ; Defeat at Montmorency ; The triumph of geography -- Defenders. The man who saved Canada ; Soldiers and shoe brushes ; City at war ; Bombardment and fire ; The Governor, the General, and just a hint of scandal ; Wheat and war ; Alarms in the night ; The last convoy to Quebec -- Battle. The Anse au Foulon ; Standing on guard ; Ashore in the dark ; Night battle ; The Plains of Abraham ; Preparing for battle ; Montcalm's decision ; The French charge ; Firefight ; Dying generals ; The British charge ; The Canadians strike back ; After the battle -- Siege. Besieging Quebec ; Townshend's Siege ; Ramezay's surrender -- Aftermath. Occupied Canada ; Canadian Winter ; The Second Battle of the Plains of Abraham -- Consequences. The road to Quebec ; The Battle of the Plains of Abraham and the history of the world. 520 $a Examines "the eighteenth-century Battle of the Plains of Abraham, the pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War (1754-1763) to win control of the trans-Appalachian region of North America, a battle consisting of the British and American colonists on one side and the French and the Iroquois Confederacy on the other, and leading directly to the colonial War of Independence and the creation of Canada"--Dust jacket flap. 650 0 $a QueÌbec Campaign, QueÌbec, 1759. 650 0 $a Plains of Abraham, Battle of the, QueÌbec, 1759. 651 0 $a Canada $x History $y To 1763 (New France) 655 7 $a History & Culture. $2 local 655 7 $a Nonfiction. $2 local 941 $a 7 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611023033.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528061623.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110064919.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006094140.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20170302014543.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20160602010855.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20160524010906.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=170A308605F411E6897B2DA8DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search