Читаю сейчас прикольную книжку "Торонтская книга мёртвых", "The Toronoto Book of the Dead" (автор - Адам Банч) - интересные рассказы из истории Канады через истории тех, кто там умер (и не только там
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I think you are referring to Zebulon Pike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebulon_Pike Most Americans have heard of Pike's Peak. (Except, undoubtedly, for the masses who don't even know where the country of France is or who is the president.)
I am. Old names are difficult to spell correctly :). In Russian it is written as "Zavulon". I have never heard of Pike's Peak, and thank you for linking the article.
Until I went to Canada, or especially started reading this book, I did not realize that relationships between your two countries started off quite this badly (not surprising given where a lot of the Royalists escaped during the Revolution, but very much so on the other hand because that war is greatly overshadowed by the wars with Napoleon for us living on the other side of the pond).
Disturbingly, there have always, always been wars. When my youngest son was 17, he was itching to join the military. From his vantage point, it was a very important time to support the war effort. From my point of view, it was just one more useless war. Fortunately, he was trained in helicopter repair and was somewhat removed from the worst (most dangerous) parts of conflict. Most fortunately, he did not become injured. In the end, it was good experience for him and he went on to have a successful career in the police force. Today he is a detective working against the drug trade. So, you could say it all worked out in the end. But when he was a vulnerable, impressionable 17-year-old, I felt I could see more of what he was getting into than he could.
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Most Americans have heard of Pike's Peak.
(Except, undoubtedly, for the masses who don't even know where the country of France is or who is the president.)
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Until I went to Canada, or especially started reading this book, I did not realize that relationships between your two countries started off quite this badly (not surprising given where a lot of the Royalists escaped during the Revolution, but very much so on the other hand because that war is greatly overshadowed by the wars with Napoleon for us living on the other side of the pond).
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In any case, yes, he was indeed lucky. I also completely agree with you about wars in general :(.
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