North America local history
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Mapmaker: Philip Turnor in Rupert's Land in the Age of EnlightenmentAs the first inland surveyor for the Hudson's Bay Company, Philip Turnor stands tall among the explorers and mapmakers of Canada. Accompanied by Cree guides and his Cree wife, Turnor travelled 15,000 miles by canoe and foot between 1778 and 1792 to produce ten...
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Claiming Anishinaabe: Decolonizing the Human SpiritDenied her Indigenous status, Lynn Gehl has been fighting her entire life to reclaim mino-pimadiziwin--the good life. Exploring Anishinaabeg philosophy and Anishinaabeg conceptions of truth, Gehl shows how she came to locate her spirit and decolonize her identity, thereby becoming, in her words, fully...
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Fortune, My Foe and Eros at BreakfastRobertson Davies has been called the most important Canadian playwright of the postwar period. These two plays from the 1940s prove that great writing and important themes never go out of style.Author: Robertson DaviesPublisher: Dundurn GroupPublished: 09/01/1993Pages: 124Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...
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Price Paid: The Fight for First Nations SurvivalPrice Paid: The Fight for First Nations Survival untangles truth from some of the myths about First Nations at the same time that it addresses misconceptions still widely believed today.The second book by award-winning author Bev Sellars, Price Paid is based on a popular...
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Coast Salish EssaysWayne Suttles has devoted much of his professional life to research on the cultures of the Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest, especially the Coast Salish of the Georgia Strait-Puget Sound Basin. Born and raised in this region, he has been guided by a...
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The Battle for Berlin, Ontario: An Historical DramaIn August 1914, Berlin, Ontario, settled largely by people of German origin, was a thriving, peaceful city. By the spring of 1915 it was a city torn apart by the tensions of war. By September 1916, Berlin had become Kitchener. It began with the...
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The Mummer's Song [With CD (Audio)]New edition with CD! On a cold, clear Newfoundland night shortly after Christmas, several outlandishly costumed mummers appear, and Granny's house suddenly erupts in a burst of joking and tomfoolery, raucous singing and exuberant dancing. Granny and her two young charges are instantly caught...
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Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged!Finalist for the 2011 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction "On behalf of the Nova Scotia government, I sincerely apologize to Mrs. Viola Desmond's family and to all African Nova Scotians for the racial discrimination she was subjected to by the justice system...
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The Great Canadian Book of ListsWho were Canada's ten most romantic couples of the twentieth century? What were this country's worst disasters, its ten best beers, and its most controversial works of art in the past one hundred years? Where will you find the most haunted places in Canada...
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Ghost Stories of OntarioHere is a book to thrill and chill you It brings together sixty-nine stories of haunted houses, ghosts, poltergeists, apparitions, and other eerie events and experiences. What is amazing is that all the stories are true - they actually happened - and they happened...
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Children of the YukonAuthor: Ted HarrisonPublisher: Tundra Books (NY)Published: 03/01/1984Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 10.29h x 9.27w x 0.15dISBN: 9780887761638Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 8005 / Children of the YukonAbout the AuthorTed Harrison is one of Canada's most renowned artists....
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Imperial Plots: Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian PrairiesSarah Carter's "Imperial Plots: Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian Prairies" examines the goals, aspirations, and challenges met by women who sought land of their own. Supporters of British women homesteaders argued they would contribute to the "spade-work" of...
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Propaganda and Persuasion: The Cold War and the Canadian-Soviet Friendship SocietyDuring the early Cold War, thousands of Canadians attended events organized by the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society (CSFS) and subscribed to its publications. The CSFS aimed its message at progressive Canadians, hoping to convince them that the USSR was an egalitarian and enlightened state. Attempting...
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My Parents: Memoirs of New World IcelandersMy Parents: Memoirs of New World Icelanders is a collection of essays written by second-generation Icelandic immigrants in North America, describing the lives of their parents. Originally collected in 1956 by Dr. Finnbogi Gumundsson, the first Chair of Icelandic at the University of Manitoba,...
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All Our Changes: Images from the Sixties GenerationThe 1960s defined a generation. Young people across North America rebelled against the conservative, consumer-driven society of the 1950s and spawned a social revolution that was felt the world over. Photographer Gerry Kopelow came of age in the late sixties. At the age of...
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A Yankee in CanadaIn the fall of 1850 Henry Thoreau embarked upon an excursion into the French-Canadian province of Quebec, with stops in Montreal and Quebec City. His reactions to the foreign country are mixed and ambivalent: he is critical of Canada's Old World Catholicism, feudalism, and...
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A Way of Life That Does Not Exist: Canada and the Extinguishment of the InnuAuthor: Colin SamsonPublisher: ISER BooksPublished: 01/01/2003Pages: 392Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.00dISBN: 9780919666993About the AuthorSamson, Colin: - Colin Samson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Director of American Studies at the University of Essex. He has written and researched in the...
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Ojibwa of Western CanadaA richly detailed, clearly written history that reveals both the changes the Ojibwa chose to make and the continuity within the culture they retained. It is a turbulent story of the tensions that shaped their integration of tradition and adaptation.Author: Laura PeersPublisher: Minnesota Historical...
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Letters from Beauly: Pat Hennessy and the Canadian Forestry Corps in Scotland, 1940-1945Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-FictionDuring the Second World War, hundreds of New Brunswick woodsmen joined the Canadian Forestry Corps to log the Scottish Highlands as part of the Canadian war effort. Patrick "Pat" Hennessy of Bathurst was one of them. For five...
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Canadian Pacific: The Golden Age of Travel"Simultaneously published in French by aEditions Sylvain Harvey under the title 'Canadien pacifique: l'empire du voyage'"--Colophon.Author: Barry LanePublisher: Goose Lane EditionsPublished: 10/20/2015Pages: 200Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.00lbsSize: 12.00h x 9.20w x 0.80dISBN: 9780864928788Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 04/11/2016About the AuthorLane, Barry: - Barry Lane has lectured...
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