THE FATHER OF BRITISH CANADA A CHRONICLE OF CARLETON Chronicles Of Canada Edited by George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton Volume 12 By William Wood CONTENTS CHAPTER I GUY CARLETON CHAPTER II GENERAL MURRAY CHAPTER III GOVERNOR CARLETON CHAPTER IV INVASION CHAPTER V BELEAGUERMENT CHAPTER VI DELIVERANCE CHAPTER VII THE COUNTERSTROKE CHAPTER VIII GUARDING THE LOYALISTS CHAPTER IX FOUNDING MODERN CANADA CHAPTER X 'NUNC DIMITTIS' BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ELIZABETHAN SEA-DOGS A Chronicle of Drake and His Companions By William Wood CONTENTS PREFATORY NOTE ELIZABETHAN SEA-DOGS CHAPTER I ENGLAND'S FIRST LOOK CHAPTER II HENRY VIII, KING OF THE ENGLISH SEA CHAPTER III LIFE AFLOAT IN TUDOR TIMES CHAPTER IV ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND CHAPTER V HAWKINS AND THE FIGHTING TRADERS CHAPTER VI DRAKE'S BEGINNING CHAPTER VII DRAKE'S 'ENCOMPASSMENT OF ALL THE WORLDE' CHAPTER VIII DRAKE CLIPS THE WINGS OF SPAIN CHAPTER IX DRAKE AND THE SPANISH ARMADA CHAPTER X 'THE ONE AND THE FIFTY-THREE' CHAPTER XI RALEIGH AND THE VISION OF THE WEST CHAPTER XII DRAKE'S END APPENDIX NOTE ON TUDOR SHIPPING BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE THE WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES A Chronicle of 1812 By WILLIAM WOOD CHRONICLES OF CANADA Volume 14 CONTENTS CHAPTER I OPPOSING CLAIMS CHAPTER II OPPOSING FORCES CHAPTER III 1812: OFF TO THE FRONT CHAPTER IV 1812: BROCK AT DETROIT AND QUEENSTON HEIGHTS CHAPTER V 1813: THE BEAVER DAMS, LAKE ERIE, AND CHATEAUGUAY CHAPTER VI 1814: LUNDY'S LANE, PLATTSBURG, AND THE GREAT BLOCKADE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE FLAG AND FLEET HOW THE BRITISH NAVY WON THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS By William Wood CONTENTS BOOK I, THE ROWING AGE WHEN SOLDIERS FOUGHT ROWBOAT BATTLES BESIDE THE SHORES OF THE OLD WORLD From the Beginning of War on the Water to King Henry VIII's First Promise of a Sailing Fleet 1545 CHAPTER I THE VERY BEGINNING OF SEA-POWER (10,000 years and more B.C.) II THE FIRST FAR WEST (The last 5,000 years B.C.) III EAST AGAINST WEST (480 B. C.-146 B.C.) IV CELTIC BRITAIN UNDER ROME (55 B.C.-410 A.D.) V THE HARDY NORSEMAN (449-1066) VI THE IMPERIAL NORMAN (1066-1451) VII KING OF THE ENGLISH ERA (1545)