Fortress of Louisbourg

by John Fortier

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195403711
• ISBN13: 9780195403718
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 1.1"

Customer Reviews

Nice picture book

Louisbourg is basicly Canada's Williamsberg though a bit bigger. And this picture book is about the part the Canadians rebuilt which is only a small portion of the remains. They rebuilt the demi bastion, the King's Bastion and Governor's palace. But most, including the Hospital, are not touched and still lie underground. Louisbourg is not one of the most meaningful names in American history yet in 1745 it was the first great victory achieved by American forces starting the American Militery traditions. New England Militia came. Laid siege. And they took it. Over a thousand of them are burried there. Hainv died under conditions that make Valley Forge look like a Beach resort. The British gave it back. And then they had to take it again in 1759, after which they expelled the inhabitants and leveled the place. In the 1970s Canada in a Public Works Project rebuilt part of the place for Tourists. I wish they would create a three dimensional reconstruction of the entire city.