North America local history
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The Return of Comrade Ricardo Flores MagónIn this long-awaited study, Claudio Lomnitz tells an unprecedented story about the experience and ideology of American and Mexican revolutionary collaborators of the Mexican anarchist Ricardo Flores Magón. Based on extensive research in American and Mexican archives, Lomnitz explores the rich, complicated, and virtually...
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Reluctant Pioneer: How I Survived Five Years in the Canadian BushThomas Osborne delivers a gripping account of 1870s Ontario pioneer life. The view 16-year-old Thomas Osborne first had of Muskoka was at night, trudging alone with his even younger brother along unmarked primitive roads to find their luckless father who, in 1875, had decided...
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Una Huna?: What Is This?A meaningful portrait of a young child living and loving in a unique period of North American history. -- ★ Kirkus Ukpik loves living in her camp in the North with her family and she especially loves thinking up names for her brand new...
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Dangerous Spirits: The Windigo in Myth and HistoryIn the traditional Algonquian world, the windigo is the spirit of selfishness, which can transform a person into a murderous cannibal. Native peoples over a vast stretch of North America--from Virginia in the south to Labrador in the north, from Nova Scotia in the...
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children"Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children," by James Baldwin, is a retelling for the youthful reader of the most interesting parts of Cervantes' great novel about Don Quixote, the eccentric gentleman who fancies himself a knight-errant. The adventures most appealing to children...
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The Howells of CarbonearThe Howells of Carbonear is a thoroughly researched and sweeping genealogy that traces the 375-year documented history of the Howell family of Carbonear, Newfoundland. The Howells were planters, who came to Newfoundland to fish but did not return to England at the end of...
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The Howells of CarbonearThe Howells of Carbonear is a thoroughly researched and sweeping genealogy that traces the 375-year documented history of the Howell family of Carbonear, Newfoundland. The Howells were planters, who came to Newfoundland to fish but did not return to England at the end of...
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Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva EspañaEl testimonio de los que estuvieron allí un documento imprescindible para comprender la conquista de México Bernal Díaz del Castillo fue uno de los descubridores y conquistadores de la Nueva España, sus provincias y del cabo de Honduras. Ya viejo y retirado escribió esta...
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Spirit Gifting: The Concept of Spiritual ExchangeElmer Ghostkeeper has created a powerful piece of writing in Spirit Gifting. It provides a new path through a traditional Metis worldview to holistic wellness. Spirit Gifting contrasts this traditional worldview with Western Scientific knowledge to provide a model of self-discovery and individual revitalization,...
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Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush: Secret History of the Far NorthIn the boomtowns of the Alaska-Yukon stampedes, where gold dust was common currency, the rarest commodity was an attractive woman, and her company could be costly. Author Lael Morgan takes you into the heart of the gold rush demimonde, that "half world" of prostitutes,...
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The Lost Wilderness: Rediscovering W.F. Ganong's New BrunswickShortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award (Non-Fiction) Every summer between 1882 and 1929, naturalist William Francis Ganong travelled through the wilderness of New Brunswick, systematically mapping previously uncharted territories, taking photographs, and documenting observations on the physical geography of the province that laid the foundations...
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The History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del CastilloThe History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo, a new abridgement of Diaz del Castillo's classic Historia verdadera de la conquista de Nueva España, offers a unique contribution to our understanding of the political and religious forces that drove...
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Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler StatesMohawk Interruptus is a bold challenge to dominant thinking in the fields of Native studies and anthropology. Combining political theory with ethnographic research among the Mohawks of Kahnaw ke, a reserve community in what is now southwestern Quebec, Audra Simpson examines their struggles to...
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Emily's QuestEmily knows she's going to be a great writer.She also knows that she and her childhood sweetheart, Teddy Kent, will conquer the world together.But when Teddy leaves home to pursue his goal to become an artist at the School of Design in Montreal, Emily's...
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Haida Gwaii: A Guide to Bc's Islands of the People, Expanded Fifth EditionHaida Gwaii, ancestral home of the Haida Nation, was once as inaccessible and mysterious as it is beautiful. The tight cluster of islands off British Columbia's northwest coast remained virtually untouchable for millennia, allowing its people to develop a distinct and exceptional cultural identity...
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Guðríður's Saga Coloring BookGuðríður's Saga Coloring Book complements the story of Guðríður, the famed woman in the Vinland Sagas who settled in Greenland, then sailed to Vinland with her family after Leif Erikson. Children can color each page of her adventures and also share their own images...
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200 Nature Hot Spots in Alberta: The Best Parks, Conservation Areas and Wild PlacesBanff, with towering mountain peaks, massive glaciers, impossibly blue lakes and abundant wildlife, became Canada's first national park in 1885, and it remains one of the most popular destinations in the country. But this world-famous park is just one attraction in a province filled...
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The Greatest Treasure-Hunting Stories Ever Told: Twenty-One Unforgettable Tales of Discovery"There is something about a treasure," says Joseph Conrad in Nostromo, "that fastens on a man's mind." And, yes, there is something about the subject of treasure hunting that continues to fascinate us. One only needs to browse the Web to discover a whole...
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Harvey Holds His OwnGovernorGeneral's Award finalist Harvey Holds His Own delivers anothersatisfying story of heart, perseverance, and one incredible little dog, now ina new paperback format. Harvey, the West Highland Terrier hero of Harvey Comes Home, is back with hisbeloved Maggie. He is also back at Brayside...
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Waterfalls of New Brunswick: A Guide, 2nd EditionAn Atlantic Bestseller "A nature lover's delight." -- Chronicle HeraldNo one has done more to bring New Brunswick's waterfalls to popular attention than Nicholas Guitard. He has sought out and documented hundreds of waterfalls, first on his website and then in a bestselling trail...
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