
ISAAC BROCK: LARGER THAN LIFE
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XYZ Publishing, Lantzville, BC, 2005, 2nd pr. ISBN 0-9683601-7-3. Trade soft cover, 179 pages including Chronology, Acknowledgments and Sources, and Index. Unread copy with light edge and cover wear, small corner bends; black & white frontis, map, and illustrations. ‘Brock used the American invasion of the Canadas in 1812 to unite the settlers and Aboriginal Peoples in a common cause. Although vastly outnumbered, Brock and his ally, the Shawnee war chief Tecumseh, bluffed the Americans into surrendering Fort Detroit and captured the entire Michigan Territory with little bloodshed. After the Battle of Detroit, Isaac was made Sir Isaac Brock, K.B.’ (from rear wrap)