The Life and Times of Gen. John Graves Simcoe (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Soldier, Statesman, and First Lieutenant Governor in Upper CanadaBy D. B. Read
Length8h 4m
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D. B. Read's *The Life and Times of Gen. John Graves Simcoe* presents a detailed historical biography of the British soldier and first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada. Moving between military service, imperial administration, and colonial society, the book examines Simcoe's role in the American Revolutionary era, his exploration and surveying of Upper Canada, the establishment of York (now Toronto), and his efforts to shape the province's institutions. Its method combines narrative history, documentary detail, and political interpretation, placing an individual career within the larger transformations of the British Empire and early Canadian history. The work belongs to the nineteenth-century tradition of earnest, commemorative biography, yet its attention to public policy and local development gives it lasting value as a study of colonial state formation. Read writes with the perspective of a historian concerned not merely with Simcoe's reputation but with the circumstances that produced it. His subject's military experience, Loyalist commitments, and ambitions for a strategically organized British North America provide the central threads of the narrative. Read's interest in Simcoe also reflects the period's desire to recover the origins of Canadian institutions and to identify the personalities who helped secure them. This book is recommended to readers of military history, Canadian political history, imperial studies, and historical biography. It is especially rewarding for those seeking a richly contextualized account of Upper Canada's beginnings and of the complex administrator behind its foundational myths.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.5 (12)
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length8 hrs 4 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 16, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Life and Times of Gen. John Graves Simcoe (Annotated)
2PREFACE.
3GEN. JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE.
4CHAPTER I.
5Introduction.—Military Career.
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6"ALL ASPIRING HEROES
7THE QUEEN'S RANGERS HUZZARS,
8"VIVANT REX ET REGINA!"
9CHAPTER II.
10The Campaigns of 1777-1778.
11CHAPTER III.
12Campaign of 1779.
13CHAPTER IV.
14Campaign of 1780.
15MAJOR ANDRE.
16CHAPTER V.
17Campaign of 1781.
18CHAPTER VI.
19Civil Government in Upper Canada.
20CHAPTER VII.
21The First Parliament of Upper Canada.
22PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM JARVIS.
23CHAPTER VIII.
24Visit to Detroit and the Mohawks.
25CHAPTER IX.
26The Commissioners' Visit.
27PORTRAIT OF SIR GEORGE YONGE.
28CHAPTER X.
29The Building of Fort Miami.
30CHAPTER XI.
31Establishing the Capital at York.
32CANISE (Great Sail) , NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN.
33MONTREAL IN 1791.
34CHAPTER XII.
35Last Days in Canada.
36DISTANT VIEW OF NAVY HALL.
37MONUMENT TO GENERAL SIMCOE.
38CHAPTER XIII.
39St. Domingo and the Portuguese Mission.
40Sacred to the Memory
41JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE,
42Lieutenant-General in the Army, and Colonel of. the 22nd Regiment of Foot ,
43AGED 54 YEARS,
44APPENDIX.
45Act of 1792 Founded on Imperial Constitutional Act of 1791.
46A RELIC OF OLD NAVY HALL (Newark) , NIAGARA.
47Memorable Quotes
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