Hello list, I am so excited to have discovered JACK LITTLE and today have ordered two of his books from him directly which was considerably less than any other source I found on the Internet. (I should ask him to autograph the books for me too) I ordered the following books: 1) Nationalism, Capitalism, and Colonization in Nineteenth-Century Quebec: The Upper St Francis District (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989) * am interested in this book primary for the chapter on the BRITISH AMERICAN LAND COMPANY that I am researching after discovering 3 great grandfather came from England as a representative of that company. (WM HOPKINSON) Also interested in how business was conducted as my ancestors in the Eastern Townships were manufacturers and inventors, not farmers. (at least those born after 1820) 2) The Child Letters: Public and Private Life in a Canadian Merchant-Politician's Family, 1841-1845 (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995) * am very interested in this book as this is about the MARCUS CHILD family of Coaticook which has many letters written by the family including his daughter ELIZABETH HOWARD CHILD before her marriage to LEWIS L. SLEEPER. (brother of my 2 great grandfather WRIGHT SLEEPER)The letters relate what life was like for this family living in Coaticook and the townships during the 1841-1845 era. (book, article and contact information on JACK LITTLE) JACK LITTLE, 604.291.4533, [email protected] http://www.sfu.ca/history/little.htm =================== Like to share a little history I have learned about JACK LITTLE - excerpts from e-mails sent. He is not related to the Stanstead LITTLE's born in Inverness Township on the farm where the first Little from Ireland settled in 1829, so no relation to the Stanstead Littles. My distant cousin, Gwen Rawlings, has done extensive genealogical work on the family and Megantic County in general. Fyi, I've just published another book. The title is Borderland Religion: The Emergence of an English-Canadian Identity, 1792-1852 (University of Toronto Press). It includes lots of material on Stanstead and Missisquoi Counties, in particular. A somewhat sensationalized article on it has recently appeared in a number of newspapers across the country. You can find it by searching The National Post website - I believe I used 'borderland' as the key word. State and Society in Transition concerns politics, schools, courts, and municipal government immediately after the Rebellions of 1837-38, again with a considerable focus on Stanstead County. JACK LITTLE's latest book................ I am sure I will have to order this too in time. -review- Choosing different religious paths - In his new book Borderland Religion: The Emergence of an English-Canadian Identity, SFU historian JACK LITTLE paints a fascinating historical portrait of how Canadians and Americans came to pursue different religious paths. LITTLE can talk about how a failed end-of-the-world prophesy by the radical and powerful US based Millerite movement was the impetus for Canadians rejecting the fire-and-brimstone religious culture still shaping American identity.