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| Title Statement | Staking claims to a continent: John A. Macdonald, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and the making of North America / James Laxer. |
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| Author | Laxer, James, 1941- |
| Publication | [Toronto]: Anansi,2016. |
| Extent of Item | ix, 361 pages |
| ISBN | 1770894306 9781770894303 |
| Other Number | 2896418 |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index. |
| Summary | A look at the actions of three political leaders who presided over the reshaping of North America during the 1860s: Jefferson Davis and his quest to create a country in the South of the United States by establishing the Confederate States of America; Abraham Lincoln and his crusade to save the Union; and John A. Macdonald and his drive to make the British North American provinces into a federal state that would keep the territory out of American hands. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Name | Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865 |
| Davis, Jefferson,1808-1889 | |
| Macdonald, John A.(John Alexander),1815-1891 | |
| By Location | United States--History--1849-1877 |
| Canada--History--1841-1867 | |
| Canada--History--1867-1914 | |
