Wolfe (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): General James Wolfe

Name: Wolfe (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): General James Wolfe
Author: Arthur Granville Bradley
ISBN: 9781411447141

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Published in 1895, this biography covers the life and death General James Wolfe, the British commander who helped to lead English forces to victory over the French in the Canadian theater of the Seven Years' War. He lost his life to a cannon shot at the climactic moment of the Siege of Quebec.

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Release dateMar 15, 2011

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