The U.E. : : A Tale of Upper Canada / / William Kirby.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Kirby, William,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1973
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Introduction --; Canto First --; Canto Second --; Canto Third --; Canto Fourth --; Canto Fifth --; Canto Sixth --; Canto Seventh --; Canto Eighth --; Canto Ninth --; Canto Tenth --; Canto Eleventh --; Canto Twelfth --; ERRATA
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487589271; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487589271
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William Kirby.

A long narrative written in rhyming couplets and presented in 12 cantos, The U.E. tells the story of Walwyn and his sons, Ethwald and Eric, who come to Upper Canada from Yorkshire in the late 1820s, and the United Empire Loyalist Ranger John and his sons, Herman, Hendrick, Simcoe, and Hugh. The poem reaches its climax during the rebellions of 1837-38 when Hugh returns from the United States as a leader of a band of Americans intent on helping the rebels in order “to ourselves annex our glorious gains, / The Forest Land and all that it contains!”