The Story Of Isaac Brock

About this eBook

Author

Nursey, Walter R., 1847-1927

Title

The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812

Credits

Produced by Steven Gibbs, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Canada -- History -- 1763-1867

Category

Text

eBook-No.

18025

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18025

Release Date

March 20, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE STORY OF — ISAAC BROCK — HERO, DEFENDER AND SAVIOUR OF UPPER CANADA 1812 — BY
3. 3.WALTER R. NURSEY — TORONTO: WILLIAM BRIGGS 1908 — Copyright, Canada, 1908, by Walter R. Nursey .
4. 4.A WORD TO THE READER
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — THE STORY OF ISAAC BROCK
7. 7.CHAPTER I. — OUR HERO'S HOME—GUERNSEY.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — SCHOOL AND PASTIMES.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — FROM ENSIGN TO COLONEL.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — EGMONT-OP-ZEE AND COPENHAGEN.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — BROCK IN CANADA. — FOOTNOTE:
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — BRIDLE-ROAD, BATTEAU AND CANOE.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — MUTINY AND DESERTION.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — FRANCE, THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — FUR-TRADERS AND HABITANTS.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — THE MASSACRE AT MACKINAW.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — LITTLE YORK, NIAGARA, AMHERSTBURG. — FOOTNOTE:
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — MAJOR-GENERAL BROCK, GOVERNOR OF UPPER CANADA.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — THE WAR CLOUD.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. — THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DECLARES WAR.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. — BROCK ACCEPTS HULL'S CHALLENGE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. — "EN AVANT, DETROIT!"
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. — OUR HERO MEETS TECUMSEH.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. — AN INDIAN POW-WOW.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. — THE ATTACK ON DETROIT.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. — BROCK'S VICTORY.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. — CHAGRIN IN THE UNITED STATES.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. — PREVOST'S ARMISTICE.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. — "HERO, DEFENDER, SAVIOUR."
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. — BROCK'S LAST COUNCIL.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. — THE MIDNIGHT GALLOP. — FOOTNOTE:
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE ATTACK ON THE REDAN.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII. — VAN RENSSELAER'S CAMP.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. — A FOREIGN FLAG FLIES ON THE REDAN.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. — THE BATTLE OF QUEENSTON HEIGHTS.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX. — THE DEATH OF ISAAC BROCK.
37. 37.SUPPLEMENT — AFTER BROCK'S DEATH. — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1812. — THE CAMPAIGN OF 1813. — THE CAMPAIGN OF 1814. — WHAT OF CANADA?
38. 38.APPENDIX. — EXPLANATORY NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS. — No. 1. Frontispiece. — Major-General Sir Isaac Brock. — No. 2. Facing Page 11. — " St. Peter's Port, Guernsey, in 18×6. " — No. 3. Facing Page 27. — Navy Hall, Remnant of the old "Red Barracks," Niagara, 1797. — No. 4. Facing Page 32. — Colonel James FitzGibbon. — No. 5. Facing Page 40. — Queenston Road, about 1824. — No. 6. Facing Page 52. — Ruins of old Powder Magazine, Fort George. — No. 7. Facing Page 64. — Brock's Cocked Hat. — No. 8. Facing Page 75. — Butler's Barracks (Officers' Quarters), Niagara Common. — No. 9. Facing Page 96. — Our Hero meets Tecumseh. " This is a man !" — No. 10. Facing Page 109. — Lieut.-Colonel John Macdonell. — No. 11. Facing Page 117. — Queenston Heights and Brock's Monument. — No. 12. Facing Page 121. — " Major-General Brock, 18x6. " — No. 13. Facing Page 128. — Powder Magazine, Fort George, Niagara. — No. 14. Facing Page 135. — Brock's Midnight Gallop. — No. 15. Facing Page 140. — Battle of Queenston Heights. — No. 16. Facing Page 156. — Death of Isaac Brock. — No. 17. Facing Page 159. — Brock's Coat, worn at Queenston Heights. — No. 18. Facing Page 161. — Battle of Queenston. — No. 19. Facing Page 163. — Plan of Battle of Queenston. — No. 20. Facing Page 170. — Taking of Niagara, May 27th, 1813. — No. 21. Facing Page 172. — Cenotaph, Queenston Heights. — No. 22. Facing Page 174. — Brock's Monument.

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