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#1 New York Times Bestseller2014 National Book Award FinalistWinner of the inaugural 2014 Kirkus Prize in nonfictionWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award Winner of the 2014 Books for a Better Life AwardWinner of the 2015 Reuben Award from National Cartoonists Society The...

"Great fun and fascinating history." --School Library Journal, (starred review) This entertaining volume, by Newbery Honor-winning author Jean Fritz, sheds light on the life of England's King George III. It begins when he was a bashful boy who blushed easily, goes on to his...

"I don't like the dark," said Little Bear."What dark?" said Big Bear."The dark all around us," said Little Bear. In this tender account of a sleepless night in the bear cave, Big Bear sets out with all his patience and understanding to show Little...

Canada In writing this story of Canada I have not been able to do more, within the limited space at my command, than briefly review those events which have exercised the most influence on the national development of the Dominion of Canada from the...

Canada and Other PoemsI introduce the following poetical attempts to the public, with great diffidence. I am not sure but a direct apology would be in better taste, but the strength derived from the purpose I had in view, in writing and publishing them,...

Canada and the British immigrantBy the very writing of this book, I am in a measure offering myself as a guide to any prospective immigrant choosing to avail himself of my services. It is well, therefore, to explain that I myself came out from...

Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1The old Canadian CoachJonathan and John Bull passengers"That Gentleman"Beautiful River, beautiful driveBrock's MonumentQueenstonBar and PulpitTrotting horse RailroadAwful accidentThe Falls once moreSpeculationWater PrivilegeBarbarismMuseumLoafers Tulip-treesRattlesnakesThe Burning SpringSetting fire to NiagaraA charitable WomanThe Nigger's ParrotJohn Bull is a YankeePolitical CourtshipLundy's Lane HeroineWelland...

Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2Return to Toronto, after a flight to Lake SuperiorLoons natural Diving BellsBirds caught with hooks at the bottom of Niagara RiverIce-jamAffecting storyTrust well placedFast SteamerTrip to HamiltonKkquawkonnaby, alias Peter JonesJohn Bull and the OjibbewaysPort Credit, Oakville, Bronte, Wellington SquareBurlington...

Canada and the StatesThe following pages have been written at the request of many old friends, some of them co-workers in the cause of permanent British rule over the larger part of the Great Northern Continent of America. In 1851 I visited Canada and...

Canada for Gentlemen The difficulty of sending my sons letters to the numerous friends who are interested in seeing them, without wearing out the Manuscript, has induced me to have them printed. It is hoped, also, that they may be useful in giving information...

Canada in Flanders, Volume I FIRST EDITION . . Printed January, 1916. SECOND EDITION . . Printed January, 1916. THIRD EDITION . . Printed January, 1916. FOURTH EDITION . . Printed February, 1916. FIFTH EDITION . . Printed February, 1916. SIXTH EDITION . ....

Canada in Flanders, Volume II The narrative of the Second Battle of Ypres was written on the spot and immediately after the action. It was not until long afterwards that it was possible to collect and collate the whole of the battalion diaries. The...

Canada in Flanders, Volume III In writing this preface to Vol. III of "Canada in Flanders" I am saying good-bye to my task as author of the first two volumes. The increasing pressure of other duties has made it impossible for me to pay...

Canada in war-paintThere is no attempt made in the little sketches which this book contains to deal historically with events of the war. It is but a small Souvenir de la guerrea series of vignettes of things as they struck me at the time,...

Canada To-day and To-morrowFor those who mark the current of events, Canadas great destiny is written plain. Canada in a few decades must possess more people and more realised wealth than Great Britain. Whether the centre of Imperial control will then cross the Atlantic...

Canada under British Rule 1760-1900I devote the first chapter of this short history to a brief review of the colonisation of the valley of the St. Lawrence by the French, and of their political and social conditions at the Conquest, so that a reader...

Canada WestAll public lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta are controlled and administered by the Dominion Government through the Department of the Interior. The lands disposed of as free homesteads (Government grants) under certain conditions involving residence and improvements, are surveyed into square blocks,...

Canada, My Land; and Other Compositions in Verse More glorious records may adorn The annals of the past Than those which tell the rise and growth Of thy dominion vast; But I am proudest of the land In which my lot is cast, Canada,...