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Staking claims to a continent : John A. Macdonald, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and the making of North America  Cover Image Book Book

Staking claims to a continent : John A. Macdonald, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and the making of North America / James Laxer.

Summary:

A look at the actions of three political leaders who presided over the reshaping of North America during the 1860s: Jefferson Davis and his quest to create a country in the South of the United States by establishing the Confederate States of America; Abraham Lincoln and his crusade to save the Union; and John A. Macdonald and his drive to make the British North American provinces into a federal state that would keep the territory out of American hands.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1770894306
  • ISBN: 9781770894303
  • Physical Description: ix, 361 pages : maps
  • Publisher: [Toronto] : Anansi, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 32.95
Subject: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Macdonald, John A. (John Alexander), 1815-1891.
United States > History > 1849-1877.
Canada > History > 1841-1867.
Canada > History > 1867-1914.

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