Biography & Autobiography Military
Isaac Brock
Larger than Life
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1999
- Category
- Military, General, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780968360170
- Publish Date
- Jan 1999
- List Price
- $15.95
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Description
Killed by a sharpshooter at the Battle of Queenston Heights, Isaac Brock is revered as a fallen hero and the saviour of Upper Canada in the War of 1812. But he did much more. From a daring swim off the Channel Island of Guernsey to a fantastical duel in Barbados to Horatio Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Copenhagen, Isaac Brock’s life was one adventure after another.
About the author
Ven Begamudré was born in South India and immigrated to Canada with his family when he was six. Among his publications are a novel, Van de Graaff Days, a collection of poetry, The Lightness Which is Our World Seen from Afar, and a biography, Isaac Brock: Larger Than Life. His short-story collection Laterna Magika was a best book finalist in the Commonwealth Prize Canada-Caribbean division. Begamudré has completed numerous writer-in-residence appointments, most recently at Iowa State University. He lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.