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A fair country: telling truths about Canada

By John Ralston Saul. 2008

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), History, Canadian history

In this vision of Canada, Saul unveils 3 founding myths: he argues that the famous "peace, order, and good government"… that supposedly defines Canada is a distortion of the country's true nature. He describes Canada as a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by aboriginal ideas. Lastly, he believes that Canada has a colonial non-intellectual business elite that doesn't believe in Canada. c2008.

Steel across the plains (Adventures in Canadian history. Canada moves west)

By Pierre Berton, Paul McCusker. 1992

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history

Berton tells the story of how the Canadian Pacific Railway built a railway across the Prairies. More than 7,000 men… and 2,000 teams of horses drove the railway from Winnipeg to Calgary in record time, linking Canada from Ontario to the Rocky Mountains. Grades 4-7.

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