The U.E.: A Tale of Upper Canada

by William Kirby

2021-07-20 19:39:17

A long narrative written in rhyming couplets and presented in 12 cantos, The U.E. tells the story of Walwyn and his sons, Ethwald and Eric, who come to Upper Canada from Yorkshire in the late 1820s, and the United Empire Loyalist Ranger John and his ... Read more
A long narrative written in rhyming couplets and presented in 12 cantos, The U.E. tells the story of Walwyn and his sons, Ethwald and Eric, who come to Upper Canada from Yorkshire in the late 1820s, and the United Empire Loyalist Ranger John and his sons, Herman, Hendrick, Simcoe, and Hugh. The poem reaches its climax during the rebellions of 1837-38 when Hugh returns from the United States as a leader of a band of Americans intent on helping the rebels in order "to ourselves annex our glorious gains, / The Forest Land and all that it contains " Less

Book Details

File size9.69 X 7.44 X 0.39 in
Print pages182
PublisherGale, Sabin Americana
Publication date February 22, 2012
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781487592332
William Kirby (19 September 1759 – 4 July 1850) was an English entomologist, an original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, as well as a country priest, making him an e...

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