Cross of Malta, thus named because it was the insignia of the Knights of Malta, descendants of the hospice-keepers of St John of Jerusalem. This design, similiar to The Cross of Toulouse or the Languedoc Cross, was popular and known as early as 1100 AD. The same design could be found on wrought-iron…
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Pathfinders of the Great Plains, Lawrence J. Burpee, Toronto : Glasgow, Brook and Company, 1922, 154 pages. EARLY SERVICEFIRST ATTEMPT AT EXPLORATIONACROSS THE PLAINSTHE MANDAN INDIANSTHE DISCOVERY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINSLA VÉRENDRYES’ LATTER DAYS Abanakis, Assiniboines, Beauharnois, Bow, Caughnawagas, Chippewas, coureur de bois, Cree, Fort Bourbon, Fort Dauphin, Fort La Jonquière, Fort La Reine, Fort […]
‘THE ADVENTURERS OF ENGLAND’ ON HUDSON BAY, George McKinnon Wrong, Toronto : Glasgow, Brook and Company, 1920, 178 pages. THE FUR HUNTERS THE TRAGEDY OF HENRY HUDSON OTHER EXPLORERS ON THE BAYTHE ‘ADVENTURERS OF ENGLAND’FRENCH AND ENGLISH ON THE BAY THE GREAT OVERLAND RAID YEARS OF DISASTER EXPANSION AND EXPLORATION Albanel, Albemarie, Allen, Arlington, Assimboines […]
Tecumseh : a chronicle of the last great leader of his people, Ethel T. Raymond, Toronto : Glasgow, Brook and Company, 1920, 174 pages. THE BOYHOOD OF TECUMSEHTHE BAPTISM OF FIREA LEADER AMONG HIS PEOPLETHE PROPHETA GIFTED ORATORTHE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOEUNDER THE BRITISH FLAGFIGHTING ON AMERICAN SOILTHE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIETECUMSEH’S LAST FIGHT . Algonquins, […]
The war chief of the Six Nations : a chronicle of Joseph Brant, Louis Aubry Wood, Toronto : Glasgow, Brook and Company, 1914, 192 pages. THE YOUNG MOHAWKBATTLE OF LAKE GEORGESCHOOL DAYS AND AFTERTHE WAYS DIVIDEACROSS THE SEABRANT MEETS HERKIMERFORT STANWIX AND ORISKANYFIGHTING ON THE FRONTIERSCHERRY VALLEYMINISINK AND THE CHEMUNG RIVEROVER THE BORDERENGLAND ONCE MORESTATESMAN […]
The war chief of the Ottawas : a chronicle of the Pontiac war, William Stewart Wallace, Toronto : Glasgow, Brook and Company, 1920, 176 pages. THE TIMES AND THE MENPONTIAC AND THE TRIBES OF THE HINTERLANDTHE GATHERING STORMTHE SIEGE OF DETROITTHE FALL OF THE LESSER FORTSTHE RELIEF OF FORT PITTDETROIT ONCE MOREWINDING UP THE INDIAN […]
The war with the United States : a chronicle of 1812, William Stewart Wallace, Toronto : Glasgow, Brook and Company, 1922, 226 pages. OPPOSING CLAIMSOPPOSING FORCES1812: OFF TO THE FRONT1812: BROCK AT DETROIT AND QUEENSTON HEIGHTS1813: THE BEAVER DAMS, LAKE ERIE, AND CHATEAUGUAY1814: LUNDY’S LANE, PLATTSBURG, AND THE GREAT BLOCKADE Amherstburg, Armstrong, Army Bill Act, […]
The United empire loyalists : a chronicle of the great migration, William Stewart Wallace, Toronto : Glasgow, Brook and Company, 1914, 182 pages. LOYALISM IN THE THIRTEEN COLONIESPERSECUTION OF THE LOYALISTSTHE LOYALISTS UNDER ARMSPEACE WITHOUT HONOURTHE EXODUS TO NOVA SCOTIATHE BIRTH OF NEW BRUNSWICKIN PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDTHE LOYALISTS IN QUEBECTHE WESTERN SETTLEMENTSCOMPENSATION AND HONOURTHE AMERICAN […]
The father of British Canada : a chronicle of Carleton, William Charles HenryWood, Toronto : Glasgow, Brook and Company, 1920, 278 pages. GUY CARLETON, 1724-1759GENERAL MURRAY, 1759-1766GOVERNOR CARLETON, 1766-1774INVASION, 1775BELEAGUERMENT, 1775-1776DELIVERANCE, 1776 VII.THE COUNTERSTROKE,1776-1778 . .GUARDING THE LOYALISTS, 1782-1783 .FOUNDING MODERN CANADA, 1786-1796“NUNC DIMITTIS, 1796-1808 Adams, Adet, Ainslie, Allen, American War of Independance, Amherts, Anderson, […]
The winning of Canada : a chronicle of Wolfe, William Charles HenryWood, Toronto : Glasgow, Brook and Company, 1920, 190 pages. THE BOYTHE YOUNG SOLDIERTHE SEVEN YEARS’ PEACETHE SEVEN YEARS’ WARLOUISBOURGQUEBECTHE PLAINS OF ABRAHAMEPILOGUE-THE LAST STAND Amherst, Anson, Barré, Bigot, Boscawen, Bougainville, Braddock, Campbell, Cap Rouge, Carleton, Chads, Colville, Cook, Culloden Moor (battle), Cumberland, Delaune, […]
The passing of New France : a chronicle of Montcalm, William Charles HenryWood, Toronto : Glasgow, Brook and Company, 1920, 196 pages. MONTCALM IN FRANCEMONTCALM IN CANADAOSWEGOFORT WILLIAM HENRYTICONDEROGAQUEBECTHE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM Abercromby, Acadia, Acadians, Aix-la-Chapelle (Treaty), Amherst, Bearn, Belle Isle, Berry Regiment, Bigot, Black watch, Boscawen, Bougainville, Bourlamaque, Braddock, Campbell, Cook, Delouche, Deschambault, Dieskau, […]
Généalogie ma passion! Obsessed with my past! 
The cross provided the basis of my novel, Captain’s Cross.
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