The Pig War: The Most Perfect War in History by E. C. Coleman (Hardback, 2009)

Name: The Pig War: The Most Perfect War in History by E. C. Coleman (Hardback, 2009)
Brand: The History Press

The History Press

Brand new copy of \""The Pig War: The Most Perfect War in History\"" by E. C. Coleman, published in 2009 in Great Britain by The History Press, in hardback with dustjacket, 223pp, ISBN 9780752452272.Condition: new and unread. There may be the odd wrinkle to the dustjacket edge as these are are remainders copies which have hung around in a Warehouse since they were printed. They are not secondhand copies\nAbout this book: With a plot to grace any comic opera, the 1859-72 'Pig War' broke out when an American living on a quietly disputed small island in the Gulf of Georgia shot a British pig he found rooting up his garden produce. The authorities on nearby Vancouver Island and the military leadership of adjacent Washington Territory both felt they had good reasons to escalate a trivial incident into a full-blown war between the United States and Great Britain. Soon, American soldiers found themselves looking down the barrels of Royal Navy cannon. Whilst both the British and the Ameri)