{"product_id":"warriors-and-warships-9781459750777","title":"Warriors and Warships","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner, Keith Matthews Best Book Award presented by Canadian Nautical Research Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe untold story of Point Frederick, where early nineteenth-century Canadians built warships that stopped invasion and brought peace.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWarriors and Warships brings to life a much neglected part of Canada's military history, covering the warships and the people who built them at Point Frederick from the late eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. Opposite Kingston, Point Frederick was the 1789 dockyard home of the Provincial Marine on Lake Ontario and the headquarters of Britain's Royal Navy from 1813 to 1853. Today, it is the home of the Royal Military College of Canada. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this detailed narrative, with over one hundred colour archival maps, aerial views, photographs, and 3D reconstructions, Banks recounts Point Frederick's building of great sail and steam warships and the roles these vessels played in conflict on Lake Ontario, the St. L\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarriors and Warships\u003c\/i\u003e is deeply researched and scholarly, but accessible to both general readers and specialists. It brings the history of Kingston’s Point Frederick out of the shadows of more familiar narratives of the early history of Ontario and the War of 1812 and sheds greater light on an important period in our Nation’s history. * Major-General (ret) Paul Hussey, OMM, CD, MSM, BA (Hist) Former Commander, Canadian Defence Academy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor’s Note and Acknowledgements xii\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction xvii\u003cbr\u003e1 Pointe du Montréal 1\u003cbr\u003e2 Finding Navy Bay 13\u003cbr\u003e3 The King’s Dock Yard at Kingston 27\u003cbr\u003e4 Simcoe and Dorchester 43\u003cbr\u003e5 The Provincial Marine 51\u003cbr\u003e6 War and the Provincial Marine 61\u003cbr\u003e7 Arrival of the Royal Navy 75\u003cbr\u003e8 Building a Royal Navy Dockyard 95\u003cbr\u003e9 The Defence of Kingston 107\u003cbr\u003e10 The Shipwrights’ War 117\u003cbr\u003e11 The Winter of Illness and Death 135\u003cbr\u003e12 An Uncertain Peace 145\u003cbr\u003e13 Building for Permanence 161\u003cbr\u003e14 Maintaining Capability 173\u003cbr\u003e15 Decline 193\u003cbr\u003e16 Closing the Yard 205\u003cbr\u003e17 Resurrection 215\u003cbr\u003e18 Garrison Life in the Age of Steam 227\u003cbr\u003e19 Ordnance Department 247\u003cbr\u003e20 Legacy 257\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Main Historical Figures 261\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Vessels of Point Frederick 267\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations and Glossary 271\u003cbr\u003eSelect Bibliography 275\u003cbr\u003eNotes 287\u003cbr\u003eImage Credits\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Group Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885723791703,"sku":"9781459750777","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/warriors-and-warships-9781459750777","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}