The Pig War

The Most Perfect War in History

E C Coleman

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The History Press Ltd
01 December 2018

History; Military history; Battles & campaigns

With a plot to grace any comic opera, the 1859-72 'Pig War' broke out when an American living on a quietly disputed small island in the Gulf of Georgia shot a British pig he found rooting up his garden produce.

The authorities on nearby Vancouver Island and the military leadership of the adjacent Washington Territory both felt they had good reasons to escalate a trivial incident into a full-blown war between the United States and Great Britain.

Soon, American soldiers found themselves looking down the barrels of the Royal Navy cannon. Whilst both the British and the Americans continued to threaten and bluster, Royal Marines and US soldiers settled down on the island to a round of social events, including sports days, combined dinners and even summer balls. Despite the outbreak of the American Civil War, and British intervention on the Confederate side, the hot-heads were restrained and, eventually, it was decided that the problem should become one of the earliest examples of international arbitration.

The German Kaiser was brought in and - from the British point of view - came to the wrong decision.

Set against the framework of US attempts to gain control of the whole North American continent, The Pig War is a highly readable account of a little-known episode in Anglo-American history.

AUTHOR: E. C. Coleman is a retired Royal Navy officer who led four expeditions to the Arctic. He has written several books on the Royal Navy, exploration in general and polar exploration in particular, including a biography of Capt. George Vancouver and a two-volume history of Royal Navy polar expeditions. He lives in Lincolnshire.

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A splendid true story about the Anglo-American cold war ca used by the shooting of a pig . Accessible account based on serious archival research which has unearthed new material .

Numerous previously unpublished illustrations

58 b/w illustrations

By: E C Coleman
Imprint: The History Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9780750989183
ISBN 10: 0750989181
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 December 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

E. C. COLEMAN is a retired Royal Navy officer who led four expeditions to the Arctic. He has written several books on the Royal Navy, exploration in general and polar exploration in particular, including a biography of Capt. George Vancouver and a two-volume history of Royal Navy polar expeditions. He lives in Lincolnshire.

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The Pig War

The Most Perfect War in History

E C Coleman

$30.95

Paperback

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