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St-Denis, Guy, 1960-
Subjects
Brock, Isaac, Sir, 1769-1812.
Generals -- Canada -- Biography.
Lieutenant governors -- Canada -- Biography.
Canada -- History -- 1791-1841.
Canada -- History -- War of 1812.
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St-Denis, Guy, 1960-
Brock, Isaac, Sir, 1769-1812.
Generals -- Canada -- Biography.
Lieutenant governors -- Canada -- Biography.
Canada -- History -- 1791-1841.
Canada -- History -- War of 1812.
MARC Display
The
true
face
of
Sir
Isaac
Brock
/ Guy St-Denis.
by
St-Denis, Guy, 1960-
University of Calgary Press, 2018.
Call #:
971.032092 S798t
Subjects
Brock
,
Isaac
,
Sir
, 1769-1812.
Generals -- Canada -- Biography.
Lieutenant governors -- Canada -- Biography.
Canada -- History -- 1791-1841.
Canada -- History -- War of 1812.
ISBN:
9781773850207 (pbk.)
Description:
xliv, 280 p. : ill., portraits (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Major General
Sir
Isaac
Brock
is remembered as the Hero of Upper Canada for his defence of what is now Ontario during the War of 1812 and for his noble death at the battle of Queenston Heights. In the time since his death,
Brock
's likeness has been lost in a confusing array of portraits - most of which are misidentified or conceptual. The 1824 monument constructed to honour
Brock
's sacrifice at Queenston Heights was destroyed in 1840 by Benjamin Lett, a disgruntled disciple of William Lyon Mackenzie and critic of the Upper Canadian elite. After this destruction, portraits of
Brock
were painted with a series of false faces that served competing claims and agendas. St-Denis situates
Brock
's portraits within an emerging English Canadian imperial nationalism that sought a heroic past which reflected their own aspirations and ambitions. A work of detailed scholarship and a fascinating detective story, "The
True
Face
of
Sir
Isaac
Brock
" reveals the sometimes petty world of self-proclaimed guardians of the past, the complex process of identification and misidentification that occurs even at esteemed institutions, and St-Denis' own meticulous work as he separates fact from fiction to finally discover
Brock
's
true
face
."
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