North America local history
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Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva EspañaBernal D az del Castillo (1496 - 1584) fue un conquistador espa ol que particip en la conquista de M xico en el siglo XVI."Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva Espa a" es una obra de estilo cautivador desde las primeras l...
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Mexican History: A Captivating Guide to the History of Mexico and the Mexican RevolutionIf you want to discover the captivating history of Mexico, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Mexico: A Captivating Guide to Mexican History, Starting from the Rise of Tenochtitlan through Maximilian's Empire to the Mexican Revolution and the Zapatista Indigenous...
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Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi DriversShortlisted for the Bressani Literary Prize - A Globe and Mail Book of the Year - A CBC Books Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2021In conversations with drivers ranging from veterans of foreign wars to Indigenous women protecting one another, Di Cintio explores the borderland...
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A One-Room SchoolThis newly revised edition describes how building a school was a priority once an early community became established. Students of all ages shared one teacher and the same four walls year after year. A One-Room School describes how the teacher, a respected member of...
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We Are CanadaWe Are Canada is a short story of Canada that begins at the end of the last ice age and carries through to the present day. It is an eighty-page telling of our history that challenges three Canadian myths: that the French were a...
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Grizzlies in Their BackyardThis book is about grizzlies-and about Jim and Laurette Stanton who, for more than 30 years, lived in harmony with the big bears and who loved and respected the bears. Why did they leave their life in the city behind? Did they find what...
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La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in MexicoA front-line human rights defender fighting murderous impunity in the Mexican borderlands The Mexican border state of Chihuahua and its city Ju rez have become notorious the world over as hotbeds of violence. Drug cartel battles and official corruption result in more murders annually...
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A Brief History of Orillia: Ontario's Sunshine CityLocal author Dennis Rizzo tells the fascinating and diverse history of Orillia, Ontario. First populated by the Huron, Iroquois and Chippewa Nations, Orillia is now a well-loved, year-round recreation destination. Its history is deeply tied to its water. Situated in the narrows where Lake...
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The War of 1812: A Guide to Battlefields and Historic SitesDiscover the war that shaped North America in this fully illustrated companion to the PBS television documentary.It has been almost two full centuries since a thin line of Canadian militiamen turned back an American army at Crysler's Farm on the banks of the St....
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Grandpa's GirlsA finalist for the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize A young girl delights in a visit to her grandpa's farm. She and her cousins run through the fields, explore the root cellar where the salmon and jars of fruit are stored, swing on...
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Vancouver After Dark: The Wild History of a City's NightlifeA raucous history of Vancouver's music and entertainment venues, from Prohibition-era nightclubs and Chinatown cabarets to gay bars, dive bars, goth hideaways, discos, and taverns. Archival posters and photos chronicle how the city's nightlife changed with times, and how some of these nightspots ushered...
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The RegimentThe story of an astonishing band of Canadian soldiers and their part in the Allied victory in Italy.The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment (the Hasty Ps) was Canada's most decorated regiment in the Second World War, winning thirty-one battle honours. Famed for their role...
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River of Mists: People of the Upper Skeena, 1821-1930A collection of extraordinary stories about ordinary people from BC's wild frontier. In River of Mists, best-selling author and award-winning historian Geoff Mynett returns to the Skeena River community of Hazelton to shed new light on the wide spectrum of characters who left their...
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Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the BorderlandsBad Mexicans tells the dramatic story of the magonistas, the migrant rebels who sparked the 1910 Mexican Revolution from the United States. Led by a brilliant but ill-tempered radical named Ricardo Flores Magón, the magonistas were a motley band of journalists, miners, migrant workers,...
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Gold Rush WomenThis book gathers the riveting stories of adventurous women -- miners, madams, merchants, and mothers -- who went North during the gold rush era.Author: Claire Rudolf Murphy, Jane G. HaighPublisher: Hillside PressPublished: 01/01/2012Pages: 127Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.90h x 7.00w x 0.30dISBN: 9780962753053
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El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North AmericaBecause of our shared English language, as well as the celebrated origin tales of the Mayflower and the rebellion of the British colonies, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and clarity...
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La Castañeda. Narrativas Dolientes Desde El Manicomio General México, 1910-1930 / La Castañeda. Insane Asylum«La autora no sólo nos adentra en la complejidad del manicomio y su contexto social, sino que consigue dotar de una identidad presente a esos seres que nunca pudieron tenerla en el pasado. --Claudia Guillén La historia de este manicomio mexicano, fundado en 1910,...
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Conquest of Mexico: 500 Years of ReinventionThe Spanish invasion of Mexico in 1519, which led to the end of the Aztec Empire, was one of the most influential events in the history of the modern Atlantic world. But equally consequential, as this volume makes clear, were the ways the Conquest...
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Mexico in Revolution, 1912-1920The year is 1921, and Francisco Madero is president of Mexico. Just last year he and his top general ousted the long-standing president (some say dictator), Porfirio Diaz, who is now in exile. But the country is far from stable. A basic cultural rift...
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Northwest EpicThis is a story about 1,500 miles of gravel road. Quickly built by the U.S. Army over an unmapped stretch of the Canadian Rockies in the tense aftermath of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the Alaska Highway was intended to provide an emergency supply...
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