Joshua Doan.
Publisher: Ryerson Press
Published: 1956
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Doan, Joshua, 1811-1839 -- Fiction; Canada -- History -- Rebellion, 1837-1838 -- Fiction
First sentence: On a fine April evening in 1832, Old Jonathan Doan, Quaker and man of peace, paused from his ploughing and looked down over the Plain.  Joshua, his youngest son, a dark, powerfully built youth, was swinging purposefully across the fields toward him.
Description: Quakers! Rebels! This is the story of Quakers in the uneasy days of the Duncome Rising - which is the name given the western phase of the Mackenzie Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada.
Notes: The adobe blacksmith shop still exists in Sparta, Ontario -- it is currently a museum (June 2009)
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