Project Gutenberg 2006-10-22 Public domain in the USA. 72 MacDonald, John A. (John Alexander) 1846 1922 Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 Reading ease score: 59.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Gardner Buchanan "Troublous Times in Canada" by Capt. John A. MacDonald is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work focuses on the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870, detailing the attempts by Irish nationalists to invade Canada from the United States during a turbulent period in Irish-British relations. The author, a veteran of these campaigns, aims to shed light on the bravery of Canadian volunteers who defended their homeland against these invasions. At the start of the narrative, MacDonald sets the stage by outlining the political climate in Ireland and the rise of the Fenian Brotherhood in the 1850s and 1860s. The author describes the motivations behind the Fenian invasions, identifying key figures and events leading up to the raids. He emphasizes the lack of awareness among contemporary Canadians regarding these significant historical events, positioning the Fenians not just as aggressors but as part of a larger quest for Irish independence that had far-reaching implications for both Canada and Britain at the time. The opening chapters provide a glimpse of the tensions building along the Canadian border and the anxious preparations of volunteers responding to the imminent threat of invasion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Canada -- History -- Fenian Invasions, 1866-1870 Fenians F1001 Text Canada Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 605828 605765 2024-10-08T14:10:35.069490 2023-09-09T05:06:13.151448 text/html text/html 605821 605758 2024-10-08T14:10:35.381518 2023-09-09T05:06:13.311458 text/html text/html 292117 2024-10-08T14:10:45.432422 application/epub+zip 298364 2024-10-08T14:10:38.963459 application/epub+zip 288512 2024-10-08T14:10:37.555501 application/epub+zip 548960 2024-10-08T14:10:50.577400 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 509290 2024-10-08T14:10:44.337500 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485481 2022-09-09T10:19:01.733154 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 564648 564637 2024-10-08T14:10:34.315532 2023-09-09T05:06:12.827378 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 564536 2006-10-22T08:17:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 200272 2006-10-22T08:17:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18975 2024-10-08T14:10:50.718462 application/rdf+xml 14334 2024-10-08T14:10:38.126474 image/jpeg 3927 2024-10-08T14:10:37.841470 image/jpeg 285948 2024-10-08T14:10:35.430512 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog