A Good and Wise Measure The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842 By: Francis M. Carroll

This book brings to life a remarkable, rambunctious period in the diplomatic and political history of both Canada and the United States, which led to the establishment of the longest undefended border in the world. Some 2500 mile long stretching from New Brunswick and Maine to the St. Lawrence River, through the Great Lakes to the Lake of the Woods in northern Minnesota. paperback, 2001, 462 pages