Richardson, Major  1796-1852 <br/><br/>
Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy — Volume 3 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacousta  Release date is 2004-01-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by Gardner Buchanan with help from Charles Franks<br/>and the distributed proofers. HTML version by Al Haines.  Produced by Gardner Buchanan with help from Charles Franks<br/>and the distributed proofers. HTML version by Al Haines. 
<br/><br/> "Wacousta: a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy — Volume 3" by Major Richardson is a novel first published in 1832. Set during Pontiac's uprising, this early work of Canadian historical fiction explores tensions between wilderness and civilization, prophecy and cultural conflict. British settlers huddle within a fort as dangers lurk beyond its walls. The novel competed with Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans" but takes a broader view of cross-cultural motivations, making it a seminal work in Canadian literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765 -- Fiction 
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