North America local history
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Cabo San Lucas Travel Guide: Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping HighlightsCabo San Lucas in Mexico is located at the southern end of the Baja Peninsula, also referred to as Baja California. It is located near the spot where the Pacific Ocean meets the Sea of Cortez and this auspicious position offers many attractions. One...
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The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada"The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada-Which are dependent on the Province of New-York, and are a barrier between the English and the French in that part of the world" is a classic Native Canadian studies text by Cadwallader Colden. Though every...
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Los Altos de Jalisco: Padrones Parroquiales del Siglo XVII Volumen 2Los Altos de Jalisco: Padrones parroquiales del siglo XVII Volumen 2 contiene padrones o censos de cuatro parroquias del antiguo obispado de Guadalajara que hoy se encuentran ubicadas en las regiones de los Altos de Jalisco y Sur de Zacatecas. Los padrones son de...
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Coves of Departure: Field Notes from the Sea of CortezIn a book that has been called "a love song to nature," the author documents the latest decade of his explorations of the Baja peninsula and the Sea of Cortez. While much of the book narrates his experience as a writing professor taking undergraduates...
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Death Is All Around Us: Corpses, Chaos, and Public Health in Porfirian Mexico CityLate nineteenth-century Mexico was a country rife with health problems. In 1876, one out of every nineteen people died prematurely in Mexico City, a staggeringly high rate when compared to other major Western world capitals at the time, which saw more modest premature death...
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Creating Indigenous Property: Power, Rights, and RelationshipsWhile colonial imposition of the Canadian legal order has undermined Indigenous law, creating gaps and sometimes distortions, Indigenous peoples have taken up the challenge of rebuilding their laws, governance, and economies. Indigenous conceptions of land and property are central to this project. Creating Indigenous...
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The Promise of Canada: People and Ideas That Have Shaped Our CountryWhat does it mean to be a Canadian? What great ideas have changed our country? An award-winning writer casts her eye over our nation's history, highlighting some of our most important stories.From the acclaimed historian Charlotte Gray comes a richly rewarding book about what...
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Imperial Dreams: Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the WildExplorer and naturalist Tim Gallagher is obsessed with rare birds. A decade ago, Gallagher was one of the rediscoverers of the legendary ivory-billed woodpecker, which most scientists believed had been extinct for more than half a century--an event that caused an international stir. Now,...
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MexicoTravel to Mexico. Find out the facts about this country in North America.Author: Gail Saunders-Smith, Christine JuarezPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 07/01/2013Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 6.80h x 5.80w x 0.20dISBN: 9781476535166Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.3Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 159940 / MexicoReview...
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21 Days in Normandy: Maj. Gen. George Kitching and the 4th Canadian Armoured DivisionThe Canadian 4th armored division crossed the Channel in July 1944 to reinforce the invading forces and assist in the Allied attempts to breakout of the Normandy beachhead around. They were heavily engaged in Operation Totalize and Operation Tractable but have been criticized for...
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The Road to MarylakeIn 1910, Sir Henry Mill Pellatt, one of Edwardian Canada's wealthiest men, started building his famed Casa Loma in Toronto. At the same time, he also started work on his country farm and estate in King Township called Lake Marie, named after his first...
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Bridging Saint John HarbourIn the 1850s, lumber mill owner W. Kilby Reynolds, with engineer Edward R. Serrell, succeeded in building the first suspension bridge to connect divided Saint John. This operated as a toll crossing until 1858, when it became a government-owned structure. From then until the...
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Alone But Never LonelyGus D'Aoust (1897-1990) was a legend, an icon of the Northwest Territories. He was a well-known adventurer, explorer, hunter, and above all, a dedicated and passionate Barren Land trapper. In this inhospitable environment beyond the tree line, he lived his life doing what he...
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Homesteading and Stump Farming on the West Coast 1880-1930: Powell River, Lund, Stillwater & Mysterious Horseshoe ValleyImagine obtaining one hundred and sixty acres of land for FREE! Then comes the real payment: the sweat and toil of living in a remote wilderness and clearing a landscape where the stumps left behind are so large and so numerous the best bet...
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Ontario and Quebec's Irish Pioneers: Farmers, Labourers, and LumberjacksThe compelling story of Canada's Irish pioneers, revealing the enormous scope of their achievements. Beginning in the eighteenth century, an increasing number of Irish people sought the better life that Ontario and Quebec offered. Set free from the stifling economic and social constraints that...
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The Great Canadian Bucket List: One-Of-A-Kind Travel ExperiencesA National Bestseller!Fully revised with new chapters and fascinating destinations to explore, renowned travel writer Robin Esrock guides you to Canada's most incredible experiences. Having visited more than 100 countries on 7 continents, Robin Esrock has built a career chasing the extraordinary. His bestselling...
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Now You Know Canada: 150 Years of Fascinating FactsA National Bestseller! A new collection of the best Canadian trivia in honour of Canada's 150th birthday. Just in time for Canada's 150th birthday comes this collection of the best in Canadian questions and answers, covering history, famous Canadians, sports, word origins, geography, and...
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Algonquin Spring: An Algonquin Quest NovelYears after a devastating battle, Mahingan and his tribe struggle to recover a lost loved one.Six years earlier in the fourteenth century, Mahingan and his tribe fought the Battle of the Falls against the Haudenosaunee. There were many losses, and Mahingan thought he had...
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In Flanders Fields and Other Poems"In Flanders Fields," the iconic poem which gives its title to this collection of poems and selected prose, is one of Canada's -- and the world's -- best known poems of the Great War. It was written in 1915 by Canadian John McCrae, an...
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I Am AlgonquinAn exciting journey seen through the eyes of the Algonquin people.This book paints a vivid picture of the original peoples of North America before the arrival of Europeans. The novel follows the story of Mahingan and his family as they live the traditional Algonquin...
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