The Pig War: The Most Perfect War in History

by Coleman, E. C.
ISBN: 9780750989183
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Overview

With a plot to grace any comic opera, the 1859-1872 "Pig War" broke out when an American living on a quietly disputed island in the Gulf of Georgia shot a British pig. The nearby Vancouver Island authorities and the military leadership of the Washington Territory both wanted to escalate the trivial incident into a full-blown war between the US and Great Britain. The hot-heads decided that the problem should become one of the earliest examples of international arbitration. The German Kaiser was brought in. The Pig War is a highly readable account of a little-known episode in Anglo-American history.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Coleman, E. C.
  • ISBN: 9780750989183
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 240
  • Publication Year: 2019
Language: English