Ontario History, Spring 2012: Special Issue on the War of 1812

The Ontario Historical Society is proud to present a special double issue of Ontario History on the War of 1812!

Get the latest issue (Spring 2012 | Volume CIV No. I) today.

The issue contains the following new scholarship:

• The Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Lundy’s Lane by Elaine Young;
   
• Organizing for War in Canada, 1812-1814: The U.S. Army Experience by Mark A. Olinger;
   
• Strachan's Views on the Indigenous People and the American Invasion of Canada by James Tyler Robertson;
   
• Commemorations of the War of 1812 Today in Niagara Region by Timothy S. Forest;
   
• History, Tourism, and the Raising of HMS Nancy by Todd Stubbs;
   
• Canada's Fur Trade and the War of 1812 by Jean Morrison;

The following reprinted articles:

• The Ancaster “Bloody Assize” of 1814 by William Renwick Riddell (Reprinted from Ontario History (Volume 20:1 (1923));
   
• The Economic Effect of the War of 1812 on Upper Canada by Adam Shortt (Reprinted from 1911);
   
• The Navies on Lake Ontario in the War of 1812 by Barlow Cumberland (Reprinted from Ontario History (Volume 8:1 (1907));
   
• The Capture of York by Charles W. Humphries (Reprinted from Ontario History (Volume 51:1 (1959));
   
• Book reviews on The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies (Alan Taylor), Canada Cycle & Motor: The CCM Story (John A. McKenty), and many others.

Copies can be ordered by contacting ohs@ontariohistoricalsociety.ca or call 416.226.9011 or toll free 1.866.955.2755.  $20 per issue plus shipping and handling.

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