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Cowan, Paul 1963-
Overview
| Works: | 5 works in 17 publications in 1 language and 231 library holdings |
|---|---|
| Genres: | Biography History Military history Personal narratives Genealogy |
| Roles: | Author, Editor |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works by
Paul Cowan
Paul Cowan
Scottish military disasters by Paul Cowan(
)
5
editions published
between
2008
and
2011
in
English
and held by
90 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Scotland's reputation as a nation proud of its military history betrays the fact that the past is littered with catastrophes
and failures. From the time of the Roman invasions until the Korean War, Scotland's military history is testament to the fact
that victories are always talked up and recorded, but disasters are quietly forgotten. In all some 32 episodes of Scottish
battlefield ineptitude are investigated by journalist Paul Cowan. These are: A Desolation Called Peace: Mons Graupius 83 or
84AD; Dance If You Can: Falkirk 1298, The Fool Killer: Faughart 1318; The Loser: Vermeuil 1424; Renaissance Man: Flodden 1513;
Massacre in Norway: Kringen 1612; The Death March: Dunbar 1650; The Braw Lads: Namur 1695; The Auld Enemies: Culloden 1746;
Death Prophesied: Ticonderoga 1758; Headless Horror: Fort du Querne 1758; No Tea Party: Boston 1776; King George and Broadswords:
Moore's Creek 1776; Rocketmen: Pollilur 1780; The World Turned Upside Down: Cowpens 1781; The Will of Allah: El Hamet 1807;
The Stonewall Highlanders: New Orleans 1815; Women and Children First: The Birkenhead 1852; Walpole's Folly: Ruiya 1858; Mountain
Madness: Majuba 1881; Highland Humiliation: Magersfontein 1899; In Dublin's Fair City 1914; Infirmary Blues: Bedford 1914;
A Signal Disaster: Gretna 1915; Blooding the Pups: Gully Ravine 1915; Courage is Not Enough: St Valery 1940; The Fighting
French: Lebanon 1941; The Fleet of Foot: Hong Kong 1941; The Cossacks: Austria 1945; Malaysian Massacre: Batang Kali 1948;
A Hill in Korea: Nantong River 1950
With Wellington in the Peninsula : the adventures of a Highland soldier, 1808-1814 by Paul Cowan(
)
6
editions published
in
2015
in
English
and held by
70 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Few men from the 71st Highland Light Infantry who sailed from Cork with Wellington to Portugal in 1808 returned to the Irish
port six years later. The author of Vicissitudes in the Life of a Scottish Soldier was one of the survivors and claims only
four other men from his company came through the entire six years with him. Asone of Wellington's elite Light Infantry units
the 71st were in the fore of the fighting in some of the hardest fought battles of the Peninsular War. The book was controversial
on its release in 1827 for its unvarnished and unsentimental account of the grim war against the French in Spain, the Netherlands,
Portugal and France itself. A cynic with a highly developed sense of humour, the author was not afraid to criticise his superiors,
be they thieving sergeants or officers who were far from gentlemen
How the Scots created Canada by Paul Cowan(
Book
)
3
editions published
between
2006
and
2007
in
English
and held by
67 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The Scots in Canada made their mark as explorers, fur traders, soldiers, business leaders, prime ministers and more. Ex-pat
Paul Cowan marks their journey from his native land to the New World
How the Scots created Canada by Paul Cowan(
Recording
)
2
editions published
in
2009
in
English
and held by
2 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Using the experience of some of Canada's most famous Scots - including the first prime minister, John A. MacDonald, explorers
David Mackenzie and Simon Fraser, poet Robert Service, and standard time inventor Sanford Fleming - Cowan describes how millions
of square miles of wilderness was transformed into one of the richest and most livable places on earth. The Scots who came
to Canada drew on their education, business acumen, fighting spirit and sense of adventure - not to mention familial connections
- to create a new nation. Along the way, they played a major role in twice staving off invasion by the Americans, founded
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, built a national railway system, started a banking industry, settled many of our most familiar
cities and towns, created industry, and invented the telephone. 2006
An orphan in history : retrieving a Jewish legacy by Paul Cowan(
Book
)
1
edition published
in
1982
in
English
and held by
2 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
You are about to embark on a wondrous voyage through time and culture. The journey carries you from the privileged world of
Park Avenue to nineteenth-century Lithuania, turn-of-the-century Chicago, a contemporary Israeli kibbutz, and the timeless
world of New York City's Lower East Side. Journey's end occurs in the Jewish year 5743 on Manhattan's Upper West Side, just
crosstown and a lifetime away from where Paul Cowan's complicated, halting trip toward faith begins. Paul Cowan grows up unaware
that he is a descendant of rabbis. In one generation five thousand years of religion and culture have been lost. Like millions
of immigrant families, Lou and Polly Cowan pay for the prosperity with their pasts. When they die in a tragic fire, Paul begins
a search for that part of his parents that had perished in America. The quest for an ancestral legacy by the American, Paul
Cowan, becomes a rite of passage for the Jew who emerges Saul Cohen. Relatives like Jacob Cohen, the used cement bag dealer,
and Modie Spiegel, Sr., the mail order magnate, come to life in the author's warm and touching recreation of an odyssey through
immigrant America. - Jacket flap
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Related Identities
Great Britain Army
Sumner, Juanita
Cantook Station
Useful Links
Library of Congress Authority File (English)
Virtual International Authority File.
Wikipedia Paul Cowan (journalist)
Wikidata.
Associated Subjects
Armed Forces--Military life Canada Civilization--Scottish influences Cowan, Paul Disasters Great Britain.--Army Jewish way of life Jews Journalists Judaism Military participation--British New York (State)--New York Peninsular War (1807-1814) Scotland Scots Soldiers United States
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Alternative Names
Paul Cowan journalist
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Languages
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