A young unmarried woman's chronicle of her experiences in the social whirlwind of Confederation offers a unique view of the events, and the men, that made Canada.

Canada's journey to Confederation kicked off with a bang -- or rather, a circus, a Civil War (American), a small fortune's worth of champagne, and a lot of making love in the old-fashioned sense (courting, that is). Miss Confederation is a rare opportunity to look back through a woman's eyes at the men and events at the centre of this pivotal time in Canada's history.

Mercy Coles, the...