When Mark Twain said of the Mormons, 'Their religion is singular but their wives are plural' he expressed the sum of what is generally known about them. Yet the Mormon story deserves to be better known. It illuminates one side of the development of a pioneer society, and forms a commentary upon many of the main themes of American history.
Marcus Cunliffe re-estimates a big man in several respects, of a scale that the American presidency demands and does not always get.
During a short-lived phase of expansionism the United States wrested Cuba and the Philippines from their Spanish rulers.
Proud, wayward, immensely rich, with romantic good looks and an explosive temper, John Lambton was one of those natural rebels who turn their rebellious energies to constructive purposes. Both at home and abroad, writes George Woodcock, he became a powerful exponent of the early nineteenth-century liberal spirit.
For two hundred years, writes George Woodcock, French Canadians have been battling to preserve their national and cultural identity.
While Britain was engrossed in the struggle with Napoleon, writes J. Mackay Hitsman, a defensive war with the United States was fought along the frontiers of Upper and Lower Canada.
George Godwin charts the life of the Royal Navy commander and his exploration of the northwestern regions of contemporary Canada and USA.
From all the evidence, writes Sudie Duncan Sides, it is abundantly clear that it was harder to be a slave than a plantation mistress; but the memoirs of the time do not admit this.
In the struggle for the New World, writes Arnold Whitridge, France had no more gallant soldier.
Without dexterity and imagination historians are in danger of overlooking the telling details that complete the bigger picture, argues Mathew Lyons.
