He did not conquer : Benjamin Franklin's failure to annex Canada / Madelaine Drohan.
| Author/creator | Drohan, Madelaine author |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Dundurn Press, [2025] |
| Description | xii, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Benjamin Franklin's failure to annex Canada |
| Abstract | "Throughout his long and illustrious career, Benjamin Franklin nursed a not-so-secret desire to annex Canada and make it American. When he was not busy conducting scientific experiments or representing American interests at home and abroad, Benjamin Franklin hatched one plan after another to join Canada to the American colonies and then later to the United States. These were not solely intellectual efforts. He went to Montreal in 1776 to try to turn around the faltering occupation by American forces. As lead American negotiator at the 1782 peace negotiations with Britain in Paris, he held the fate of Canada in his hands. Ill health and other American priorities then forced him to abandon his decades-long campaign to possess Canada. Franklin's elevation to the status of an American icon has pushed this signal failure into the far reaches of collective memory in both Canada and the United States. Yet it shaped the future of North America and relations between the two neighbours over the next two and a half centuries."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Drohan, Madelaine. He did not conquer. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2025. 1459754190 9781459754195 |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781459754201 |
| Genre/form | Ottawa authors, musicians, etc. |
| ISBN | 9781459754188 |
| ISBN | 1459754182 (softcovers) |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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