Jeffers Lennox is an associate professor of history at Wesleyan University and author of Homelands and Empires: Indigenous Spaces, Imperial Fictions, and Competition for Territory in Northeastern North America, 1690–1763.

“Elegantly constructed, persuasively argued, and engagingly written, North of America will be recognized as an important and original contribution to American Revolutionary history.”—Peter S. Onuf, coauthor of “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination“Studded with surprises, this important book shows how Canada shaped the early United States—sometimes as a friend, more often as a foe or foil. Lennox is an expert storyteller.”—Caitlin Fitz, author of Our Sister Republics“Jeffers Lennox makes a significant contribution to the general understanding of how the thirteen colonies achieved independence and national definition.”—Richard D. Brown, author of Self-Evident Truths“North of America is much needed integration of the role and relationship of Canada to the United States in both the American Revolution and the period of the Early Republic. The book represents an important contribution to both the continental and imperial perspective of early American history.”—Andrew O’Shaughnessy, author of The Men Who Lost America

Jeffers Lennox is an associate professor of history at Wesleyan University and author of Homelands and Empires: Indigenous Spaces, Imperial Fictions, and Competition for Territory in Northeastern North America, 1690–1763.

“Elegantly constructed, persuasively argued, and engagingly written, North of America will be recognized as an important and original contribution to American Revolutionary history.”—Peter S. Onuf, coauthor of “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination“Studded with surprises, this important book shows how Canada shaped the early United States—sometimes as a friend, more often as a foe or foil. Lennox is an expert storyteller.”—Caitlin Fitz, author of Our Sister Republics“Jeffers Lennox makes a significant contribution to the general understanding of how the thirteen colonies achieved independence and national definition.”—Richard D. Brown, author of Self-Evident Truths“North of America is much needed integration of the role and relationship of Canada to the United States in both the American Revolution and the period of the Early Republic. The book represents an important contribution to both the continental and imperial perspective of early American history.”—Andrew O’Shaughnessy, author of The Men Who Lost America

Jeffers Lennox is an associate professor of history at Wesleyan University and author of Homelands and Empires: Indigenous Spaces, Imperial Fictions, and Competition for Territory in Northeastern North America, 1690–1763.

“Elegantly constructed, persuasively argued, and engagingly written, North of America will be recognized as an important and original contribution to American Revolutionary history.”—Peter S. Onuf, coauthor of “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination“Studded with surprises, this important book shows how Canada shaped the early United States—sometimes as a friend, more often as a foe or foil. Lennox is an expert storyteller.”—Caitlin Fitz, author of Our Sister Republics“Jeffers Lennox makes a significant contribution to the general understanding of how the thirteen colonies achieved independence and national definition.”—Richard D. Brown, author of Self-Evident Truths“North of America is much needed integration of the role and relationship of Canada to the United States in both the American Revolution and the period of the Early Republic. The book represents an important contribution to both the continental and imperial perspective of early American history.”—Andrew O’Shaughnessy, author of The Men Who Lost America