Project Gutenberg 2011-10-09 Public domain in the USA. 233 Brenton, E. B. 06038088 Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of His Services in the Canadas, Including a Reply to the Strictures on His Military Character, Contained in an Article in the Quarterly Review Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart." is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book seeks to document the life and military service of Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, focusing particularly on his contributions in the Canadas and addressing critiques of his military character stemming from an article in the Quarterly Review. This work aims to correct misstatements regarding Prevost's conduct, portraying him as a capable leader with considerable achievements. At the start of the account, the author discusses the public perception and scrutiny faced by military leaders, especially during times of failure. The narrative outlines the distinguished career of Sir George Prevost, highlighting his dedication to the British military over thirty-five years and detailing the strong sentiments from his friends and family regarding attempts to discredit him posthumously. The opening emphasizes the need to address recent disparaging remarks in a review, setting the stage for an in-depth examination of Prevost’s professional history and the context in which he operated, particularly amid tensions with the American forces in the early 1800s. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 42.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en United States -- History -- War of 1812 Prevost, George, 1767-1816 E300 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare Category: Biographies Category: History - American Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 526216 2025-06-15T10:37:15.338471 text/html 532069 2011-10-09T08:44:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 167194 2011-10-09T08:44:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 274135 2025-06-15T10:37:27.840379 application/epub+zip 277064 2025-06-15T10:37:20.153457 application/epub+zip 251497 2025-06-15T10:37:18.307417 application/epub+zip 604441 2025-06-15T10:37:32.609342 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 578987 2025-06-15T10:37:26.171407 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361976 2022-09-17T09:02:07.006479 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473000 2025-06-15T10:37:14.426458 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 472841 2011-10-09T08:44:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 156368 2011-10-09T08:44:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 472835 2011-10-09T08:44:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 156117 2011-10-09T08:44:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20368 2025-06-15T10:37:32.760360 application/rdf+xml 24495 2025-06-15T10:37:18.930429 image/jpeg 4406 2025-06-15T10:37:18.615460 image/jpeg 257968 2025-06-15T10:37:15.376449 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog