North America local history
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Spelling MississippiRich in the detailed nuances of the human heart, and swimming in the decadent atmosphere of New Orleans, Spelling Mississippi is a seductive, liberating novel about the ties that bind -- and those that simply restrain. After Cleo arrives in New Orleans on holiday,...
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Nuestra Celebración del Día de MuertosEl Día de Muertos es un día festivo muy especial, en el cual las familias celebran y comparten historias y risas que traen a los muertos de vuelta a la vida. Ven y únete al festejo! Es un día en el cual la familia...
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Americans in the Treasure House: Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of EmpireWhen railroads connected the United States and Mexico in 1884 and overland travel between the two countries became easier and cheaper, Americans developed an intense curiosity about Mexico, its people, and its opportunities for business and pleasure. Indeed, so many Americans visited Mexico during...
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Warriors and Warships: Conflict on the Great Lakes and the Legacy of Point FrederickThe untold story of Point Frederick, where early nineteenth-century Canadians built warships that stopped invasion, brought peace, and the world's longest undefended border.Opposite Kingston, Point Frederick became the 1789 dockyard home of the navy on Lake Ontario. Armed vessels were built to transport settlers...
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Canada's Place Names and How to Change ThemA study of what Canadian place names reveal about the country's self-image. Canada's Place Names and How to Change Them disentangles the distinct cultural, religious, and political naming practices in First Nations' and Canadian provinces, territories, and lands. Lauren Beck surveys a diverse range...
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Reclaiming Hamilton: Essays from the New Ambitious CityCity of Waterfalls, Steeltown, the Ambitious City - Hamilton, Ontario, has gone by many names over the years as it has risen to economic heights and fallen from them. In this wide-ranging collection of essays editor Paul Weinberg has gathered together some of Hamilton's...
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At the End of the World: Notes on a 1941 Murder Rampage in the Arctic and the Threat of Religious Extremism, Loss of Indigenous Culture, and DaAn exploration of indigenous trauma, climate change, and digital culture in the shadow of a series of Inuit murders in Canada in 1941 Author: Lawrence MillmanPublisher: Terra FirmaPublished: 04/04/2023Pages: 222Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 5.50h x 8.10w x 0.60dISBN: 9781595349989About the AuthorRyan Murdock is the...
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Dream Carver / El Tallador de SueñosNotable Children's Book, SmithsonianPink goats, blue rabbits, and purple cats--oh my! Manuel has the determination and imagination to create them all! Cabras rosas, conejos azules y gatos morados-- que maravilla! Manuel tiene las ganas e imaginación para crearlo todo!Between their work growing blue corn...
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Samovar (Spanish Edition)«[...] el día en que el criminal apareció en mi puerta llevando un samovar en la mano, supe que el destino era irreductible. Fue ahí cuando le di la estocada. En un soleado departamento de la Ciudad de México, habitan tres ancianas: la bobe...
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Lacrosse: The National Game Of CanadaThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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One Summer in VancouverTom, a teen struggling to understand his sexual identity, flees Toronto for a summer of freedom in Vancouver, where something exciting is about to happen: the Gay Games. Living with his "out" Uncle Fred, Tom experiences a new world where being your true self...
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Anne of The IslandAnne of the Island is the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series, written by Lucy Maud Montgomery about Anne Shirley. Anne Of the Island is the third book of the eight-book sequels written by L. M. Montgomery about Anne Shirley and...
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Maximilian in MexicoMaximilian in Mexico, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and...
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Anne of Green GablesMarilla and Matthew Cuthbert decide to adopt a young boy to help on the farm. All of Avonlea is shocked and surprised when Anne Shirley arrives and takes the little community by storm. The first of the series written by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne...
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History of Quebec: A Captivating Guide to the Largest Province in Canada and Its Impact on French HistoryQuebec's political struggle for autonomy, independence, and the protection of its language, culture, and heritage is shrouded in ambiguity. Let us shed some light on the subject for you.Why have the province's linguistic and cultural tensions dragged on for nearly four hundred years? In...
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Pancho Villa: The Definitive BiographyA reevaluation of life the man who saved the Mexican Revolution, published on the 100th anniversary of his death. A wild ride and revealing portrait of the controversial Pancho Villa, one of Mexico's most beloved (or loathed) heroes, that finally establishes the importance of...
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The Sandy Ridge and Halstead Paleo-Indian Sites: Unifacial Tool Use and Gainey Phase Definition in South-Central Ontario Volume 32This study fills in some missing links in the Michigan-Ontario Paleo-Indian record. Jackson focuses on the Gainey phase.Author: Lawrence J. JacksonPublisher: U of M Museum Anthro ArchaeologyPublished: 01/01/1998Pages: 165Binding Type: HardcoverSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.40dISBN: 9780915703456This title is only available via back order
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We Shall Persist: Women and the Vote in the Atlantic ProvincesA mapping of the political contexts and problems faced by advocates for women's suffrage and wider rights in the Atlantic Provinces. It was only after exhausting campaigns for the Great Cause that women in Atlantic Canada finally won the right to vote and to...
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El Tesoro de VillaNovela hist rica en la que se entremezclan datos aut nticos de la revoluci n jamas publicados antes referentes a un tesoro que efectivamente existi de Francisco Villa.Author: Filiberto TerrazasPublisher: Fiva, LLCPublished: 03/22/2013Pages: 162Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.35dISBN: 9780615753065Language: SpanishThis...
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Original Highways: Travelling the Great Rivers of CanadaExpanding on his landmark Globe and Mail series in which he documented his travels down sixteen of Canada's great rivers, Roy MacGregor tells the story of our country through the stories of its original highways, and how they sustain our spirit, identity and economy--past,...
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