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The human story: where we come from and how we evolved
By Charles Lockwood. 2007
This book is a guide to man's ancestors, from the earliest hominids such as Sahelanthropus, dating back 6-7 million years,…
through to our own species, Homo sapiens. Over the past twenty years there has been an explosion of species' names in the story of human evolution, due both to new discoveries and to a growing understanding of the diversity that existed in the past. Drawing on this new information the author explains what each of the key species represents and how it contributes to our knowledge of human evolution. He describes the main sites, the individual fossils, the people and stories involved in the key discoveries and the basic facts about each species - what it looked like, how and when it lived and what it ate as well as explaining how we know all this. 2007.Young Leafs: the making of a new hockey history
By Gare Joyce. 2017
Auston Matthews made history on October 12, 2016 by becoming the first player in the modern game to score four…
goals in his NHL debut. It was a momentous occasion for the talented young All-Star, but it was equally important for his newly adopted city and its storied, century-old team. That night marked the dawn of a new era for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The team had a long and colourful history, and it had always been foundational to the city's image. But years of losing seasons had tarnished the team's reputation and left even the most diehard fans questioning their loyalty. It seemed that each passing year brought more of the same: more mediocrity, more heartbreak, more disappointment. But the team's management had a plan, one that would take them where others feared to go: a total rebuild. Piece by piece, they were assembling a group of young, talented players who would reshape the team. 2017.Fire on earth: doomsday, dinosaurs, and humankind
By John R Gribbin. 1996
British science writers provide an overview on how interstellar collisions and meteoroidal impacts have shaped life on earth, beginning with…
the dinosaurs. They discuss different technologies that could be used in the future to prevent a calamitous collision between the Earth and an asteroid. 1996.Clearing in the West: my own story
By Nellie L McClung. 1965
Trekking west with her family in 1880, the author grew up on a Manitoba homestead and taught in prairie schools…
until her marriage. Also provides a clear picture of the important role women played in the frontier communities. 1965.Notes from the century before: a journal from British Columbia
By Edward Hoagland. 1969
Love song to the Plains (A Regions of America book.)
By Mari Sandoz. 1961
A gallery of dudes
By Marshall Sprague. 1967
Nine travellers to the west between 1833 and the 1890's are immortalized in this entertaining piece of scholarly Americana. Only…
one of the dudes, Theodore Roosevelt, was a native American. 1967.Les Canadiens, de 1910 à nos jours
By Allan Turowetz, Chrys Goyens, Jean Prévost, Dominique Boucher, Sylvie Robert. 1986
Originally published in 1923, these stories tell of the pioneer women who helped to settle Manitoba. Included are the tales…
of the first European women in the West, and the recollections of Mrs. William Cowan, the oldest living settler, and Sister Laurent, who arrived in St. Boniface in 1850. 1987.Wonderful life: the Burgess Shale and the nature of history
By Stephen Jay Gould. 1989
The Burgess Shale is a rock formation containing the fossilized remains of a large number of marine creatures that no…
longer exist. An account of the studies, the misinterpretations and the revisions of opinion which arose from the Burgess Shale findings. 1989.Wolf willow: a history, a story, and a memory of the last plains frontier
By Wallace Earle Stegner. 1962
When I was thirteen
By Mary. Pseud McKenzie. 1979
This diary of a young girl in pioneer Ontario was written in 1897-1898 and published in a rural paper 20…
years later. Mary McKenzie is the pseudonym of Christina Young, daughter of John and Emma (Dawson) Young. 1979.Voice of the pioneer: more first-person accounts from CBC's best-loved radio program
By Bill McNeil. 1984
The silence of the North
By Olive A Fredrickson, Ben East. 1972
In 1920, Olive Fredrickson married a trapper. She relates their many hardships: loneliness, near-starvation, and winter life in a primitive…
cabin. When her husband died, Olive was left with three children and a farm to manage. c1972.The village blacksmith
By Aldren Auld Watson. 1968
A look into the bygone world of the old New England blacksmith. He shod horses, built wagons, buggies, sleds, and…
agricultural tools, and repaired harnesses. The author reveals the great variety of objects made from iron as well as how they were used. 1968.The flakes of winter
By Stan Fischler. 1992
The legend of Grizzly Adams, California's greatest mountain man (Vintage West series)
By Richard H Dillon. 1966
In 1837, at the age of 37, John Adams left Massachusetts for California where he hunted bear and other wildlife.…
He gradually assembled a menagerie of animals and exhibited them in San Francisco during the 1850s. Even with the facts separated from the legend, Adams continues to stand out as a bold and fearless man. 1966.The Oregon Trail
By Francis Parkman, Edith Goodkind Rosenwald, Mason Wade, Maynard Dixon. 1978
An account of the author's experiences during the early days of the West. He writes of big game hunts, encounters…
with Indians, and camp life on the trail. First published in 1849. 1978.The mighty land
By Cliff Farrell. 1975
Roundup of anecdotes, legends, and historical facts of the Old West by a Western novelist. Colorful portrayal of the trail…
blazers, the Indians, and bandits and the peacemakers, the railroad men and the ranchers. 1975.The generous years: remembrances of a frontier boyhood
By Chet Huntley. 1968
The well-known television commentator recalls his boyhood in Montana before the depression - the one-room schoolhouse, the hard work and…
the wholesome pleasures, and the history and natural beauty of his native state. 1968.