Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1968
Approx. size: 9" by 6" -- 304 pages

The Lives and Times of the Patriots was first published in 1938, the centennial of the Upper Canadian Rebellion and the subsequent Patriot raids over the border from the United States. The Canadian part of the agitation for constitutional and social reform, long a subject of controversy and bitterness, is now generally considered to be, as Sir Wilfrid Laurier put it, a fight "for constitutional rights, not against the British Crown"; but very little in the American movement, allegedly in sympathy, can be justified, its aims and conduct being no better than-and often interior to-the Fenian Raids of some thirty years later.

Rare illustrations complement this careful account of what must be taken to be, with all its deficiencies, a notable episode in the history of human freedom.

Good condition paperback with only a few blemishes for the age. Some minor spotting to back cover. Spine top has a minor small tear. Slightly bumped corners. Very clean and spotless interior.

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