Through Water, Ice & Fire
Subtitle: Schooner Nancy of the War of 1812
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: March 4, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781550025699
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; History of specific subjects; Maritime history; History: World; History; History - General History; Canada; Canada - General; HISTORY / Military / Naval; History / Canada; 19th century; Great Lakes Region (North America); History, Naval; Nancy (Ship); Naval operations, British; United States; War of 1812
Description: "The schooner Nancy, legendary vessel of Great Lakes and Canadian history, lived a thousand lives in a noted career that began in Detroit and ended in a fiery explosion in the Nottawasaga River in the last year of the War of 1812." "This dramatic, soundly researched narrative depicts the reality of the men who sailed her while fighting a gritty war. Carrying the war to the enemy in hazardous ways, they fought against a powerful American foe, using stealth and daring to maintain the besieged Canadian position in the last armed struggle for the heartland of North America. The loss of the Nancy inspired generations to regard her as a symbol of devotion to king and country."--Jacket.