Serving in both armies, Irish immigrants battled one another, reaping charges of rebellion and treason. The border divided Americans-former Loyalists and Patriots-who fought on both sides in the new war, as did native peoples defending their homelands. In a world of double identities, slippery allegiances, and porous boundaries, the leaders of the republic and of the empire struggled to control their own diverse peoples. Would revolutionary republicanism sweep the British from Canada? Or would the British empire contain, divide, and ruin the shaky American republic? Soldiers, immigrants, settlers, and Indians fought in a northern borderland to determine the fate of a continent. During the early nineteenth century, Britons and Americans renewed their struggle over the legacy of the American Revolution. In this deeply researched and clearly written book, the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Alan Taylor tells the riveting story of a war that redefined North America.
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