| Hannay wrote this book twice--half of his printed volume and most of his manuscript was burned in the 1877 fire at St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. The entire book is devoted to the French history of Acadia, written from an Englishmans perspective. Chapters include Early Voyages to the Northern Parts of America; Aborigines of Acadia; Champlains Discoveries and the Island of Ste-Croix; Colony of Port Royal; Poutrincourts Colony; Sir William Alexander and the Latour; Isaac de Razillys Colony; Civil War in Acadia; Sieges and Capture of Fort La Tour; Death of Charnisay; English in Acadia; Grand-Fontaine to Menneval; Villebon on the St. John; English at Annapolis; Capture of Louisbourg; Fall of Beausejour; the Expulsion of the Acadians; The Seven Years War; and the Treaty of Paris. - Canada - Canada - |
