Acts of Courage: Laura Secord and the War of 1812 (Laura's Choice)

The story of Laura Ingersoll Secord, from her early days in Massachusetts and her familyвЂTMs immigration to Upper Canada to her part in the War of 1812, when she rescued her injured husband on the field of battle and undertook a dangerous twenty mile trek to warn the British commander of an impending American attack on the British outpost at Beaver Dams. She had been running, stumbling, walking for sixteen hours. It seemed that every muscle was screaming in pain. She did not even stop to check the new wound. When she reached the top of the hill, she stopped abruptly, trembling at an unexpected sight.Clusters of tents and groups of men around campfires were silhouetted against the sky.In Acts of Courage, Connie Brummel Crook dramatizes the life of one of CanadaвЂTMs most enduring heroines, Laura Secord. From young Laura IngersollвЂTMs early days in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, amidst the turmoil that followed the American Revolutionary War, the story outlines her fatherвЂTMs... Historian Connie Brummel Crook dramatizes the life of Laura Secord, one of Canada's most enduring heroines. From her early days in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, amid the turmoil that followed the American Revolutionary War, the story outlines Laura's father's difficult decision to move his family to Upper Canada. James Secord's courtship of Laura is described against the backdrop of homesteading on the Niagara Peninsula and the imminent threat of invasion. These first sections of the book provide the background for Laura's courageous rescue of her husband from the battlefield, her discovery of the American's plan to invade the British outpost at Beaver Dams, and her twenty-mile trek through swamps and thick bush to warn Colonel FitzGibbon of the impending attack. Laura's extraordinary life is given even more poignancy and interest by Crook's acute eye for historical detail and her insight into the character of a young woman whose heroic journey has captured the imagination of generations of readers. The true story of Laura Ingersoll Secord, from her early days in Massachusetts and her family's immigration to Upper Canada to her part in the War of 1812, when she undertook a dangerous thirty-two-kilometre trek to warn the commander of an impending American attack on the British outpost at Beaver Dams.