The Red River Colony

The Red River Colony

The Red River Colony - A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba When the Ranger stole into...
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Author: Wood, Louis Aubrey,1883-1955
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Language: English
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The Red River Colony

The Red River Colony

Dhs. 49.93 Dhs. 24.95

The Red River Colony

Dhs. 49.93 Dhs. 24.95
Author: Wood, Louis Aubrey,1883-1955
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Red River Colony - A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba

When the Ranger stole into the firth of Solway she carried an exultant crew. From the cliffs of Cumberland she might have been mistaken for a trading bark, lined and crusted by long travel. But she was something else, as the townsfolk of Whitehaven, on the north-west coast of England, had found it to their cost. Out of their harbour the Ranger had just emerged, leaving thirty guns spiked and a large ship burned to the water's edge. In fact, this innocent-looking vessel was a sloop-of-waras trim and tidy a craft as had ever set sail from the shores of New England. On her upper deck was stationed a strong battery of eighteen six-pounders, ready to be brought into action at a moment's notice. On the quarter-deck of the Ranger, deep in thought, paced the captain, John Paul Jones, a man of meagre build but of indomitable will, and as daring a fighter as roved the ocean {2} in this year 1778. He held a letter of marque from the Congress of the revolted colonies in America, and was just now engaged in harrying the British coasts. Across the broad firth the Ranger sped with bellying sails and shaped her course along the south-western shore of Scotland. To Paul Jones this coast was an open book; he had been born and bred in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, which lay on his vessel's starboard bow. Soon the Ranger swept round a foreland and boldly entered the river Dee, where the anchor was dropped. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 30040
Author: Wood, Louis Aubrey
Release Date: Sep 20, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

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