The Pig War
How a Porcine Tragedy Taught England and America to Share

Back in 1859, on the island of San Juan off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, there live citizens of both Britain and the US. The ownership of the island is not clear. One morning a pig owned by a British citizen eats the potatoes of a neighbor who is an American citizen, and the American rashly s......more

Very interesting story about a not-well-known slice of American history from 1859 which took place on San Juan Island, off the Pacific coast of Washington. It’s a cautionary tale about how a small neighbor dispute can have dire consequences if hot-headed reactions are left unchecked by reasonablenes......more

This was a great historical book for kids to learn from. I have learned from this book. It was about how the British and Americas almost went to war over a pig eating potatoes on America's land. Something so simple turned into something so big. Maybe back in the day food and crops were hard to come......more

To my surprise, several books for adult audiences have been written about this weird little incident in history. Apparently, I was not the only one to be intrigued by the way this British-American standoff on an isolated little NW coastal island epitomizes so many current and head-shaking truisms: Al......more

Hm. Apparently in 1859, there was an incident between American and British settlers on the island of San Juan in the Pacific Northwest where an American killed a pig owned by a British farmer. The British guy demanded an unreasonable amount of money in recompense and the American refused. The island......more