North America local history
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Children of the KlondikeAttracting tens of thousands of men and women hoping to strike it rich, the Klondike gold rush brought with it a frenzy of activity unlike anything the world had ever seen. The few children who lived in Dawson City and its surrounding mining camps...
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If This Is FreedomIf This Is Freedom continues the story of struggle for Loyalist settlers in Nova Scotia after the American Revolutionary War. In the black settlement of Birchtown, times are especially hard for the former slaves. They face the difficulties of a hardscrabble existence and continued...
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Happyland: A History of the Dirty Thirties in Saskatchewan, 1914-1937"Dirty Thirties" is the sobriquet commonly applied to the agricultural crisis in the drylands of southern Saskatchewan in Canada that coincided with the Great Depression, and it is generally assumed that prior to this period healthier, normal conditions prevailed. In Happyland, Curtis McManus contends...
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The Generals: The Canadian Army's Senior Commanders in the Second World WarOriginally published in 1993, The Generals: The Canadian Army's Senior Commanders in the Second World War is a collective biography of the Canadian army's leaders in World War II, and is the winner of the Dafoe Book Prize for International Relations and the UBC...
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The Last Gang in Town: The Epic Story of the Vancouver Police vs. the Clark Park GangA riot at a Rolling Stones concert opens this compelling story of a year-long confrontation in 1972 between the Vancouver police and the Clark Park gang, a band of unruly characters who ruled the city's east side. Corrupt cops, hapless criminals, and murder figure...
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Bluenose: The Ocean Knows Her NameThe story of the original Bluenose has permeated maritime lore, but the truth is more riveting than any fictionalized account. This is the true story of Bluenose, launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in 1921 and lost at Haiti in 1946. Filled with never-before-published tales...
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Gros Morne National ParkGros Morne is the largest and most spectacular national park in eastern Canada-one of the best known parks yet one of the least visited. It is renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and for its unexpected landscapes: massive cliffs, fjords, alpine tundra, white...
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Blaine's WayThen I hear the whistle of the train, and the sound takes me back to the farm near Cornell, back to the winter of 1930... All his life, Blaine has dreamed of being somewhere else. Growing up on a farm during the lean years...
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The Perilous YearThe Hungry Year, a Silver Birch Fiction Regional Winner in 2002, told the story of Kate and her small twin brothers, Ryan and Alex, and their struggle to stay alive in the backwoods of Ontario during the infamous winter of 1787-88. Enthusiastic readers begged...
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Cougar Companions: Bute Inlet Country and the Legendary SchnarrsOf the settlers, prospectors, trappers, mountaineers and loggers who came to British Columbia's remote Bute Inlet between the 1890s and the 1940s, few remained long. August Schnarr, however, trapped far up the Homathko and Southgate Rivers and logged the inlet shores from 1910 until...
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Working in the Woods: A History of Logging on the West CoastA comprehensive history: from rough and tough handlogging to modern day helicopter and skyline logging. With generous oral histories and photographs old and new. From bulls to balloons, from horses to helicopters, Working in the Woods chronicles the myriad changes which have swept through...
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Bill Reid and the Haida CanoeNorthwest Coast peoples were maritime engineers who mastered the art of building dugout canoes from gigantic red cedars, using only tools made from bone, stone, and wood. Ubiquitous, these elegant craft were used for everyday and ceremonial purposes, for fishing, hunting and trading, for...
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History Hunting in the YukonConspiracies to overthrow the Yukon; terrorism in the Klondike;a bigamist Klondike Casanova; gunfights and how the Mounties got their man; Robert Service's secret love life; the Canadian who fooled Alaskans into making him governor; floods, famine and things found frozen from the past. The...
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Second to None: The Fighting 58th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary ForceOne of only fifty infantry battalions to see action with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I, the 58th nevertheless had no official history. Second to None tells the story of this important, yet forgotten, battalion. The soldiers who formed the 58th exemplified...
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Scrum Wars: The Prime Ministers and the MediaThe image of the scrum -- a beleaguered politican surrounded by jockeying reporters -- is central to our perception of Ottawa. The modern scrum began with the arrival of television, but even in Sir John A. Macdonald's day, a century earlier, reporters in the...
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Adult Activity Book Inspirational Quotes: Coloring and Puzzle Book for Adults Featuring Coloring, Mazes, Crossword, Word Match, Word Search and Word SThis adult activity book combines 40 relaxing activities Stress relieving coloring pages and puzzles that challenge your mind and critical thinking skills for hours of fun The book's activities include: 20 uplifting and inspirational quotes to color and a variety of puzzles (crossword puzzles,...
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Welcome to Spanish with Sesame StreetSesame Street characters help readers learn Spanish so they can connect with new friends who speak the language. Welcoming words relating to everyday life and friendship give readers new language tools to become smarter, kinder friends.Author: J. P. PressPublisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Published: 08/01/2019Pages: 32Binding...
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Toronto Travel Guide: Wanderlust Toronto Travel Guide with Niagara Fall, Tobermory, Muskoka, and OttawaWANDERLUST TORONTO TRAVEL GUIDE WITH NIAGARA FALLS, TOBERMORY, MUSKOKA, AND OTTAWA Anyone with wanderlust is infected with the travel bug and has a strong desire to travel the world. Wanderlusters understand that that life is short and one of their main missions in life...
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The Starlight ClaimFast-paced, evocative, and intensely suspenseful, Tim Wynne-Jones's latest psychological thriller finds a teenager setting his wits against the frigid wilderness and a menacing crew of escapees. Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families' camp in a boat accident, Nate is...
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Niagara Falls Travel Guide (Quick Trips Series): Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & FunEnjoy your trip to United States with the Niagara Falls Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun. The Quick Trips to United States Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in...
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