Absurdity on San Juan: Escalating a Porcine Border Dispute

The tension on San Juan Island had been brewing for months, but nobody expected a stray pig to become the catalyst for an international standoff. When an American farmer shot a British-owned boar in 1859, the ensuing argument quickly escalated from a local dispute to a heavily armed blockade involving the Royal Navy and American infantry. This book unravels the bizarre and almost forgotten confr...