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Canadian confederate cruiser : the story of the steamer Queen Victoria / John G. Langley.

by Langley, John G.

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Nimbus Publishing, 2018.

Queen Victoria (Ship) -- History.

9781771086608 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Story of the steamer Queen Victoria

191 p. : ill., maps, portraits ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-183) and index.

"Canadian Confederate Cruiser tells the story of an elegant but unpretentious steamer that bore witness to the birth of a nation. In 1864, the Queen Victoria took the Fathers of Confederation from Quebec to Charlottetown and back. Long before she could be given the recognition she deserved, the Queen Victoria was lost in a hurricane off Cape Hatteras, the crew and passengers rescued by the American brig Ponvert. That incident and the events that followed it put the lost vessel into the international limelight and tweaked diplomatic relations between Canada and the United States. John Langley, the author behind Steam Lion, the award-winning biography of Samuel Cunard, documents the life of this steamer and the unlikely cross-border tug-of-war that developed over her bell. In telling the Queen Victoria story, Langley provides a better understanding of the social and political forces that led to Confederation, explaining the pivotal choices that were made."--From publisher.

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