In The Firebrand, William Kilbourn brings to life the rebel Canadian hero William Lyon Mackenzie. A skilled historian and an entertaining writer, Kilbourn reveals Mackenzie’s complex character: able political editor, shrewd recorder of his times, efficient first mayor of Toronto, and gadfly of the House of Assembly.
Kilbourn vividly recreates the ill-fated Mackenzie-led march on Toronto during the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, an uprising of brave but comical farmers unprepared to meet musket and cannon, and deftly portrays the rebellion’s aftermath and Mackenzies subsequent escape and exile. A reprint of William Mackenzie’s own account of the Upper Canada Rebellion is featured.
This touching, frequently hilarious book was originally published by Clarke, Irwin in 1956 and remained in print through numerous reprintings and editions for several decades, garnering praise such as "The Firebrand is a major step on the path to nationhood" (Globe and Mail).
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-301) and index
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- 971.03/8092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
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- F1032.M14
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- K54 2008eb
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- 1 electronic text (326 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- V O Y A G E U R C L A S S I C S 1
- B O O k S t h A t E x p L O R E C A n A d A 1
- WILLIAM LYOn MACkEnZIE And thE 1
- REBELLIOn In UppER CAnAdA 1
- IntROdUCtIOn BY ROnALd StAGG 1
- V O Y A G E U R C L A S S I C S 2
- B O O k S t h A t E x p L O R E C A n A d A 2
- V O Y A G E U R C L A S S I C S 3
- B O O k S t h A t E x p L O R E C A n A d A 3
- V O Y A G E U R C L A S S I C S 4
- B O O k S t h A t E x p L O R E C A n A d A 4
- WILLIAm LYOn mACkEnzIE And thE 4
- REBELLIOn In UppER CAnAdA 4
- IntROdUCtIOn BY ROnALd StAGG 4
- COntEntS 8
- GEnERAL 10
- IntROdUCtIOn 10
- BY ROnALd StAGG 10
- 1964 EdItIOn 22
- IntROdUCtIOn 23
- ChAptER OnE 28
- ChAptER tWO 36
- ChAptER thREE 48
- ChAptER fOUR 56
- ChAptER fIVE 74
- ChAptER SIx 94
- ChAptER SEVEn 108
- ChAptER EIGht 120
- ChAptER nInE 130
- ChAptER tEn 143
- ChAptER ELEVEn 162
- ChAptER tWELVE 179
- ChAptER thIRtEEn 190
- ChAptER fOURtEEn 217
- ChAptER fIftEEn 235
- EpILOGUE 269
- BIBLIOGRAphICAL nOtE 293
- BIBLIOGRAphY 296
- AppEndIx 303
- An ACCOUnt Of thE 303
- REBELLIOn nEAR tOROntO 303
- BY WILLIAm LYOn mACkEnzIE 303
- IndEx 318
- V O Y A G E U R C L A S S I C S 330
- B O O k S t h A t E x p L O R E C A n A d A 330
- WILLIAM LYOn MACkEnZIE And thE 330
- REBELLIOn In UppER CAnAdA 330
- IntROdUCtIOn BY ROnALd StAGG 330
