Staking Claims to a Continent : John A. Macdonald, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and the Making of North America
Staking Claims to a Continent : John A. Macdonald, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and the Making of North America
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Author(s): Laxer, James
ISBN No.: 9781770894303
Pages: 352
Year: 201606
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 41.33
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

PRAISE FOR JAMES LAXER AND TECUMSEH AND BROCK : "An authoritative and sympathetic grasp of Native history . Tecumseh & Brock promises a valuable alternative to the notion that history is invariably written by the victors. Here, the vanquished also get their due in a story of immensely tragic dimensions." -- National Post PRAISE FOR JAMES LAXER AND STALKING THE ELEPHANT: MY DISCOVERY OF AMERICA : "Laxer takes a fresh look at American life as he sets out on a physical and intellectual journey across the country . This is an entertaining, disturbing, and sometimes whimsical snapshot of the Unites States at the dawn of a new century . Highly recommended." -- Library Journal "This is an important book . This is a debate for our time, perhaps for all time .


This is a book by a Canadian that can change the United States." -- David Shribman, Pulitzer Prize winner and Washington bureau chief for the Boston Globe, in the Globe and Mail "Laxer records his vignettes with humour and verve. This is quality reporting." -- Thomas Axworthy, Adjunct Lecturer, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, in Literary Review "Laxer gets great mileage out of memorable descriptions of events -- an NFL game tailgate party, a personal protection seminar for gun owners, the crowd outside an execution in Texas -- that are peculiarly American, without being typically American . His book is fascinating." -- Guardian "To see ourselves as others see us is a gift,' Burns wrote. Laxer offers us that gift: the journals of a lively, curious foreigner exploring the U.


S.A." -- Booklist.


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