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Raise The Flag & Sound The Cannon
"Raise
The Flag & Sound The Cannon" formerly titled "Raid From Hell"
by Don Davison is the historical novel recounting the 1864 raid on St. Albans,
known as the Northernmost battle of the civil war.
Book
Reviews
"Living
as we do in this bucolic out of the way rural setting, it is easy to assume that
History is something that happens somewhere else...
Read
the Sherbrooke Record Book Review from April 24th, 2009
Reader
Reviews
"Just
finished the book this evening. What a pleasant way to spend a couple of rainy
days.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
I really find a it very unique
when an author takes a historical event and historical characters and blends in
fictitious characters and fill ins.
The character John Rumsey is masterfully
blended into this event without detracting from the real life characters and the
raid itself.
I guess the biggest complement came this morning when I had
laid the book down at the breakfast table and my wife picked it up.
Keep
in mind while she loves history she could care very little about the details of
the Civil War. But after about 5 minutes of skimming the book she asked me when
I was finished to pass it on to her "because it looked very interesting".
A
book well written--Kudos Don!!
Ken Sullivan
Plymouth, Michigan
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The Author
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Background
"The
Wide Spread and Free Soil of the Yankee" by
Don Davison. An insight into the author and his telling of the story of the raid
of 1864.
Introduction
Setting the scene of the American Civil War and how the St. Albans of the 1860's
played such a key role role
Excerpts
Excerpts
from the book
"Raise The Flag & Sound The Cannon".
Chickasaw
The
musical-theatrical
stage-presentation of
Don Davisons' book
| | |  "Raise
The Flag & Sound The Cannon"
by Donald J. Davison
formerly
to be published with the title "Raid From Hell"
Available online
at: Brome Lake Books
or from the
publisher: www.shorelinepress.ca
or purchase directly from the author by contacting:
Donald J. Davison
52 - 400 Lakeside, Knowlton, Quebec, J0E 1V0
donalddavison@sympatico.ca
Technical details of the book:
Trade paper 6" x 9" | Hard cover 6"
x 9" | 69,287 words | Font; Garamond | 216 pages (approx.) with illustrations
and maps
Published by: Shoreline Press , 23 Ste. Anne, Ste. Anne de
Bellevue, QC
Contents
of "Raise The Flag & Sound The Cannon"
formerly
to be published with the title "Raid From Hell"
| Table
of contents
Bennett
young 29
Planning 36
Ready 51
Aim 58
Fire 78
Escape 97
Collin's
Run 107
Young's Run 117
Teavis's Run 133
Jail 153
Minnie's Run
162
Trials 169
Rumsey's Release 172
Queen's Decision 186
Charlie's
escape 190
Epilogue 196
Historical Background 199
Sources 213
Bibliography
214
Acknowledgements 216
Maps
Vieux
Montreal 1859 pg. 17
St. Albans 1864 pg. 65
Escape plan Eastern Townships
QC 1865 pg. 106
" " Franklin County VT, 2001
" " Collins Run to the Border
Pg. 111
Quebec Railways 1867 Pg. 132
West Berkshire 2001 Pg. 136
North
Pinnacle Road Pg. 145
Stage Coach Road Pg. 149
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Young
(right) with six of the prisoners when they were being released. Library and Archives
Canada/Miscellaneous collection/C-011724 |
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