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All hands lost: the sinking of the Nova Scotian gypsum freighter Novadoc
By Blain Henshaw. 2016
Chronicles the last voyage of the gypsum freighter SS Novadoc as she sailed from the Annapolis Basin into a raging…
nor'east storm in the Bay of Fundy in March 1947. Loaded with 4,000 tons of Nova Scotia gypsum, she foundered off Portland, Maine, taking all 24 crew members, 13 of them Nova Scotians, to their deaths. The story is told through the eyes and memories of those who lost family members on the Novadoc--the brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and friends of the young Nova Scotia men, many of them war veterans, and the two women who perished in the tragedy. 2016.Guns across the river: the battle of the Windmill, 1838
By Donald E Graves, Arthur J Robinson. 2001
In 1838, members of a clandestine American organization, the Patriot Hunters, launched a series of attacks across the border and…
occupied a stone windmill near Prescott, Ontario. After five days of heavy fighting, British regulars and Canadian militia captured the invaders and imprisoned them in Fort Henry at Kingston. This book traces the rise of the Patriot Hunters in the northern United States, describes their odyssey down the St. Lawrence and provides a detailed account of the five-day battle that followed. 2001.Fighting for Canada: seven battles, 1758-1945
By Donald E Graves, John R Grodzinski. 2000
An in-depth study of seven battles fought either to defend Canada or by Canadian soldiers overseas on behalf of their…
nation, written by six professional military historians. Emphasizing the tactical level of war, some of the battles described include Ticonderoga in 1758, Leliefontein in 1900, and Kapelsche Veer in 1945. With fascinating detail, this study chronicles the development of Canadian warfare from the musket period to the more modern warfare of the Second World War. 2000.Field of glory: the Battle of Crysler's Farm, 1813
By Donald E Graves. 1999
When the United States army attempted to capture Montreal, they faced a greatly outnumbered force of British soldiers, a small…
band of Canadian militia men and thirty Mohawk warriors. This small force was all that stood between Canada maintaining its status as its own country and it becoming a part of the United States. Graves shares the details of the build-up to the fight, and the battle that occurred on that day in the autumn of 1813. 1999.Forgotten patriots: Canadian rebels on Australia's convict shores
By Jack Cahill. 1998
A look at what happened to the convicts who were sent to Australia in the aftermath of the rebellions in…
Upper and Lower Canada in the late 1830's. Based in part on journals written by Canadian prisoners in Australia. Some descriptions of violence. 1998.How the Scots created Canada
By Paul Cowan. 2006
Using the experience of some of Canada's most famous Scots - including the first prime minister, John A. MacDonald, explorers…
David Mackenzie and Simon Fraser, poet Robert Service, and standard time inventor Sanford Fleming - Cowan describes how millions of square miles of wilderness was transformed into one of the richest and most liveable places on earth. The Scots who came to Canada drew on their education, business acumen, fighting spirit and sense of adventure - not to mention familial connections - to create a new nation. Along the way, they played a major role in twice staving off invasion by the Americans, founded the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, built a national railway system, started a banking industry, settled many of our most familiar cities and towns, created industry, and invented the telephone. 2006.Beginnings: from the First Nations to the Great Migration
By Marshall Jamieson. 1996
A history of Canada to the mid-nineteenth century. Beginning with the Ice Age, the author discusses the history of Native…
Canadians, the arrival of Europeans, the development of New France, and the evolution of Upper and Lower Canada. He talks about how people lived, what they ate, and how they made their living. Grades 4-7. 1996.Homefront & battlefront: Nelson BC in World War II
By Sylvia Crooks. 2005
With a population of 7000, some 1,300 young men and women from Nelson went off to war in the early…
1940's. Seventy did not come home. The last Canadian serviceman to die in action was a Nelson boy. Nelson and district citizens also raised millions to support the war effort, and shipped thousands of pounds of clothing and eight tones of jam overseas. 2005.Beyond belief: incredible stories of old St. John's
By Jack Fitzgerald. 2001
A collection of incredible and intriguing stories highlighting St. John's, Newfoundland. With topics taken from the macabre, the curious, and…
the incredible, these stories reflect the city's colourful history. Subject matter includes buried treasure, the supernatural, the military, and strange people. 2001.Disaster Canada: from the 1700's to today
By Janet Looker. 2000
Explores the history of the country's most devastating catastrophes. Some are caused by powerful natural phenomena and erratic weather patterns,…
others can be put down to tragic human error. These stories expose the human core: our will to survive, our heroism, and our capacity to face the worst. 2000.All hell can't stop us: the On-to-Ottawa Trek and Regina Riot
By W. A Waiser. 2003
The Great Depression of the 1930s brought drought, unemployment, and poverty to the West, and the token wages from the…
government's "make work" projects only fanned the flames of unrest. In 1935, this unrest turned into a march on Ottawa to demand a solution from Prime Minister R. B. Bennett. The On-to-Ottawa trek culminated in the Regina Riot, where the protesters and RCMP clashed in one of Canada's most significant historic events. 2003.Homicide: a year on the killing streets
By David Simon. 2009
The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the centre…
of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of men confronted by the darkest of American visions. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and his book is both an account of casework and an investigation into our culture of violence. 2009.Klondike: the last great gold rush, 1896-1899
By Pierre Berton. 1972
Kings, queens & Canadians: a celebration of Canada's infatuation with the British Royal Family
By Robert M Stamp. 1987
Keepers of the light: a history of British Columbia's lighthouses and their keepers
By Donald Graham. 1985
Lighthouses evoke a sense of fascination and romance for a bygone era. The author takes the reader behind the scenes…
to tell the history of B.C.'s lighthouses and their keepers. 1985.Just east of sundown: the Queen Charlotte Islands
By Charles Lillard. 1995
The history of the Queen Charlotte Islands, from the fascinating legends of prehistory, through the boom-and-bust days of mining and…
logging, to the recent development of parks. This is a story of people, including Haida chiefs and carvers, European explorers, and settlers. 1996.Just another minute: more glimpses of our great Canadian heritage
By Marsha Boulton. 1997
A collection of anecdotes about Canadian history, from the famous to the almost unknown -- stories like that of the…
Canadian nurse named Florence Nightingale Graham, who became better known as cosmetics queen Elizabeth Arden; the invention of Pablum by doctors at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children; and the discovery of Charlie Chaplin by Quebec's Mack Sennett. 1997.Just a minute: glimpses of our great Canadian heritage
By Marsha Boulton. 1994
What do the discovery of dinosaur bones in Alberta, Jacques Plante's invention of the hockey mask and Marshall McLuhan's radical…
analysis of the media have in common? They're all among the many fascinating pieces that make up the Canadian puzzle. This book highlights interesting stories on the history of Canada. 1994.Indian school road: legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School
By Chris Benjamin. 2014
Journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting…
effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the first time. Integrates research, interviews, and testimonies to guide readers through the varied experiences of students, principals, and teachers over the school’s nearly forty years of operation (1930–1967) and beyond. A comprehensive and compassionate narrative history of the Maritime school that uneducated hundreds of aboriginal children. 2014.