Tim Frink

Tim Frink's book about the history of New Brunswick is not an academic treatise. In fact, it's more like your friend down the pub telling you about the topic, interspersing the general trends with stories about interesting and important local figures. I was more interested in the earlier parts where the First Nations figured prominently than the later parts, apart from finding out what the 1812 war with Britain was all about, which has been a mystery to me since I came across it in one of [a:Patrick O'Brian|5600|Patrick O'Brian|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1212630063p2/5600.jpg]'s books. These reflect personal interests more than any variation in quality of the book, however.

If you should happen to want to get a general overview of the history of the region, this is probably a good starting point at the least.… (lisätietoja)