The battle of the Swash and the capture of Canada

Name: The battle of the Swash and the capture of Canada
Author: Samuel Barton

by Samuel Barton

EN·~3 hours

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Description

A fictitious account of a war between the United States and England, represented as taking place in 1890. Written to bring to the attention of the people of the United States the defenceless condition of their sea coasts.

Details

Language

Duration

~3 hours (219K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Charles J. Dillingham, 1888.

Credits

Al Haines

Release date

2023-11-12

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

United States -- History Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction Speculative fiction Canada -- Annexation to the United States -- Fiction

About the author

Samuel Barton

1839–1895

Best remembered for an early American future-war tale, this little-known writer used fiction to argue that the United States was dangerously unprepared at sea. His work blends political warning, naval anxiety, and speculative storytelling in a way that now feels strikingly ahead of its time.

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