North America local history
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Reshaping Toronto's WaterfrontLarge-scale development is once again putting Toronto's waterfront at the leading edge of change. As in other cities around the world, policymakers, planners, and developers are envisioning the waterfront as a space of promise and a prime location for massive investments. Currently, the waterfront...
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The BoundlessAll aboard for an action-packed escapade from the internationally bestselling author of Airborne and the Silverwing trilogy. The Boundless, the greatest train ever built, is on its maiden voyage across the country, and first-class passenger Will Everett is about to embark on the adventure...
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Canadian WarplanesThis aviation handbook is designed to be used as a quick reference to the classic military heritage aircraft that have been flown by members of the Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the present-day Canadian Forces. The...
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Touch the WindJanet Dailey, the New York Times bestselling author who has touched the hearts of millions, shines in this unforgettable novel. Sweeping from the wealth and glamour of a modern Texas city to the rugged majesty of Mexico's High Sierras, this is a magnificent tale...
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Overcoming NiagaraIn Overcoming Niagara Janet Dorothy Larkin analyzes the canal age from the perspective of the Niagara-Great Lakes borderland between 1792 and 1837. She shows what drove the transportation revolution, not the conventional story of westward expansion and the international/metropolitan rivalry between Great Britain and...
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The Winds of WendigoTHE WINDS OF WENDIGO Reflections On A Northern Ontario Heritage In his spirited exploration of his rural past, author Ralph Gibbins revisits the Northern Ontario of his own youth and that of his pioneering parents and finds, in the lessons learned and the character...
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Arctic PeoplesThis title teaches readers about the first people to live in the Arctic region of North America. It discusses their culture, customs, ways of life, interactions with other settlers, and their lives today.Author: Robin S. DoakPublisher: Heinemann Educational BooksPublished: 07/01/2011Pages: 48Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize:...
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Gooseberries Have ThornsGooseberries Have Thorns chronicles everyday experiences, relationships, and major events in the lives of Maggie's ancestors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The narrative focuses primarily on Maggie and how she navigates various circumstances in racialized Nova Scotia in the early twentieth century. Maggie...
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A Photo History of the Mexican Revolution 1910-1920A historical photo account of Revolutionary Mexican history from 1910 - 1920. The book contains unique historical photos of Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa, Orozco, Huerta, Francisco Madero, and all the Revolutionarios of this fascinating time. Available in Spanish.Author: Michael GunbyPublisher: AuthorhousePublished: 05/05/2005Pages: 80Binding Type:...
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Me, FridaLike a tiny bird in a big city, Frida Kahlo feels lost and lonely when she arrives in San Francisco with her husband, the famous artist Diego Rivera. But as Frida begins to explore San Francisco on her own, she discovers the inspiration she...
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Viva Mexico!This 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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Britannia - The Story of a Mine"Since the presence of copper in the mountains behind Britannia Beach was discovered in 1898 it is estimated that about 60,000 men have been employed there. Some have worked for a grubstake, some have found Britannia a place for summer employment, some have worked...
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Salmon Canneries: British Columbia North CoastOnce, the north coast of British Columbia was dotted with cannery villages. Now only a few plants remain. In Gladys Young Blyth's new history of the nothern salmon canning industry, many remarkable photographs- of the canneries, the fish boats, the workers- provide glimpses of...
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The Story of Louis Riel: The Rebel ChiefThe story of the Riel-led rebellion in the Canadian Red River country. Louis Riel, the Canadian religious figure and prophet of a new order in the West who was plagued with bouts of insanity, was a once enigmatic man who has become one o...
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Confederate Operations in Canada and New YorkOriginally published in 1906, this book relates the hostile operations along the northern borders of the United States, by Confederate soldiers from Canada, who were assigned to this service by the Confederate States in 1864.Author: John W. HeadleyPublisher: University Press of the PacificPublished: 04/01/2003Pages:...
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The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of the Great Migration (Dodo Press)"The United Empire Loyalists have suffered a strange fate at the hands of historians. It is not too much to say that for nearly a century their history was written by their enemies. English writers, for obvious reasons, took little pleasure in dwelling on...
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Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy: A True Account of Life on the Last Great Cattle FrontierThe second in Richmond Hobson's beloved a trilogy, Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, continues the adventure of cattle ranchers Rich and Pan. It is a story of hardship and endurance--of cattle drives, frozen faces, and marauding wolf packs. It is the story of...
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The Adventures of John Jewitt: Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship BostonThe Adventures of John Jewitt, only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston during a Captivity of Nearly Three Years among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island By John Jewitt. Edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Brown, PhD. In...
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La puerta secreta: The Secret DoorNiños y adultos disfrutarán de este libro de capítulos mágico con ilustraciones a todo color para leer en voz alta o para leer por su cuenta! Es un libro perfecto para familias y niños de 7 a 10 años.Rico, Diego y Araceli Martínez pensaron...
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The Harbour Explosion: The Nova Scotia EpisodeJoin the Stonehart siblings on their second fantastical journey, which plunges them into the unfortunate events of the infamous Halifax harbour explosion, where they befriend one of the many victims. Together, they pool their knowledge and talents to devise a rescue plan amidst the...
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