Doing Canada Proud tells the story of a little-known Canadian victory in the Second Boer War. This book about the Battle of Paardeberg is part of the Canadians at War series.
Canada's Soldiers in South Africa recounts fascinating stories about the experiences of young Canadians fighting in the Second Boer War. John Boileau wrote this book as part of the Amazing Stories series.
Canada's Little War provides an overview of the Canadian involvement in the Second Boer War. Chapters are devoted to such subjects as the contingent crisis, the Montreal flag riot, and the return of Canada's soldiers from the war.
Painting the Map Red is based on extensive research into public and private papers from printed and manuscript sources in both Canada and Britain. Carman Miller attempts to explain why men volunteered for service in this distant conflict despite the rancorous pre-war debate on the wisdom of Canadian participation. He examines the difficulties of leading citizen soldiers and compares the differing styles of leadership.
The Boer War and Canadian Imperialism covers Canada's participation in the Second Boer War. Robert Page wrote this booklet as part of the Historical Booklet series.
As the South African War reached its grueling end in 1902, colonial interests at the highest levels of the British Empire hand-picked teachers from across the Commonwealth to teach the thousands of Boer children living in concentration camps. Highly educated, hard working, and often opinionated, E. Maud Graham joined the Canadian contingent of forty teachers. Her eyewitness account reveals the complexity of relations and tensions at a controversial period in the histories of both Britain and South Africa.