Author(s): Beverley Boissery
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Year: 1995
Language: English
Pages: 398
CONTENTS......Page 4
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 176
LIST OF FIGURES......Page 5
FOREWORD......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 12
Part One: Background to Rebellion......Page 18
1 The First Blow, Autumn 1837: They 'Wanted Reform, and Not Revolution'......Page 20
2 'To Overthrow Her Majesty's Government'......Page 41
Part Two: Treasons and Trials......Page 62
3 Fiasco in Chateauguay......Page 64
4 Napierville – 'To Conquer or Die'......Page 87
5 From Euphoria to Defeat in Beauharnois......Page 111
6 'Damn You, and Your Queen, and Your Government': Mayhem in Laprairie – Caution in Terrebonne......Page 134
7 Abuses, Numbers, and Processes......Page 154
Part Three: Transportation and Life in New South Wales......Page 190
8 'Taking a Trip on a Government Ship'......Page 192
9 Sydney – 'Until Yesterday a Byword of Reproach'......Page 219
10 Longbottom Stockade: 'In French Long Fond … a Pretty Enough Place'......Page 236
11 'Land of a Thousand Sorrows'......Page 263
Part Four: The Conclusions......Page 286
12 Aftermath......Page 288
13 'There Must Always Be Victims'......Page 307
A: Biographical Notes on the Men Transported to New South Wales......Page 324
B: Montreal Star Interview with François-Maurice Lepailleur......Page 329
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 334
NOTES......Page 335
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 384
C......Page 394
G......Page 395
M......Page 396
P......Page 397
W......Page 398
