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God's mercies: rivalry, betrayal and the dream of discovery
By Doug Hunter. 2007
France's Samuel de Champlain and Englishman Henry Hudson were rival explorers, both searching for the Northwest Passage. For Hudson the…
search proved fatal, as a mutiny in 1611 saw Hudson, his son, and seven others cast adrift in James Bay, never to be heard from again. In 1613, Champlain set out on a northern journey based on testimony from Nicolas de Vignau, who had spent 1611-12 with the Algonquin and returned to France with an incredible story: he had visited the Northern Sea. What's more, he had seen an English youth, the sole survivor of a shipwreck, held captive by the Nebicerini people as a gift for Champlain. Some descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2007.For the love of history: celebrating the winners of the Pierre Berton Award
By Pierre Berton. 2005
The National History Society established the Pierre Berton Award for outstanding achievement in popularizing Canadian History. Its winners each provide…
an article which best captures the spirit of the award, including Peter C. Newman's account of the voyageurs, Charlotte Gray's biographical piece on Isabel King, and J. L. Granatstein's selection on the October Crisis. 2005.Don Cherry's hockey stories and stuff
By Don Cherry, Al Strachan. 2008
Former hockey player and coach Don Cherry's comments on Hockey Night in Canada's "Coach's Corner" routinely make headlines as they…
entertain, educate, and often upset some fans throughout North America. Now he presents his favourite stories from his career in hockey. And you can imagine the stories he has to tell. c2008.Beginnings: stories of Canada's past
By Ann Walsh. 2001
Fourteen stories about Canadian history, each focussing on a "first" - the first meeting between natives and Europeans; the first…
elections in which women were allowed to vote; an account of the first "Home Children" sent to Canada during the nineteenth century, supposedly for a better life, but often to work in slave-labour conditions. Includes additional accounts to provide historical context for each story, which cover the period from the mid-seventeenth century to the 1930s, as seen through the eyes of some of its youngest participants. Grades 4-7. 2001.Company of adventurers: The Story Of The Hudson's Bay Company
By Peter C Newman. 1985
Coal black heart: the story of coal and the lives it ruled
By John DeMont. 2009
Describes how Nova Scotia (especially Cape Breton) has been fundamentally shaped by the coal industry, with a combination of family,…
natural, social and labour history. While much of the book is about broken promises from governments and businessmen to the people who sometimes squandered their health or lost their lives in the mines, and who fought in violent labour disputes, DeMont also covers tales of miners - his own descendants among them - that provide glimpses into the joys and hardships of their lives. Some strong language. 2009.Causeway: a passage from innocence
By Linden MacIntyre. 2006
Linden MacIntyre remembers the day construction started on the Canso Causeway, which would link his Cape Breton village with the…
mainland. With its grand promises of jobs and riches and progress, the building of the causeway also became a personal icon for MacIntyre, the road that would bring him closer to the father who was always away. His memoir is a coming-of-age story, a portrait of a vanishing way of life, and a reflection on fathers and sons. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2006.Canoe country: the making of Canada
By Roy MacGregor. 2015
From the earliest explorers on the Columbia River in BC to a doomed expedition of voyageurs up the Nile to…
rescue Khartoum; from the author's family roots deep in the Algonquin wilderness to modern families who have canoed across the country, this is a celebration of the essential and enduring love affair Canadians have with our first and still favourite means of getting around. Famous paddlers have been so enchanted with the canoe that one swore God made Canada as the perfect country in which to paddle it. Drawing on MacGregor's own decades spent whenever possible with a paddle in his hand, this is a story of high adventure on white water and the sweetest peace in nature's quietest corners, from the author best able to tell it. Bestseller. 2015.Blood and daring: how Canada fought the American Civil War and forged a nation
By John Boyko. 2013
Historian John Boyko makes a compelling argument that Confederation occurred when and as it did largely because of the pressures…
of the U.S. Civil War. Many readers will be shocked by Canada's deep connection to the war - Canadians fought in every major battle, supplied arms to the South, and many key Confederate meetings took place on Canadian soil. Boyko gives Americans a new understanding of the North American context of the war, and also shows how the political climate of the time created a more unified Canada, one that was able to successfully oppose American expansion. 2013.As near to heaven by sea: a history of Newfoundland and Labrador
By Kevin Major. 2001
Newfoundland author Major tells the history of his province with tales of lost Beothuk fishers and hunters, Leif Eriksson and…
his Viking colonists, waters teaming with fish, and hardy European settlers who made the Rock their home. Some of the stories verge on the fanciful and fantastic, including those about the earliest purported visitors. Major also captures the rowdy days of the 1700s when schools, doctors, and roads were nonexistent and corrupt, often-drunk British admirals dispensed frontier justice. 2001.A number of things: stories of Canada told through fifty objects
By Jane Urquhart. 2016
For Canada's 150th birthday, Urquhart chooses 50 Canadian objects and weaves a rich and surprising narrative that speaks to our…
collective experience as a nation. The fifty artifacts range from a Nobel Peace Prize medal, a literary cherry tree, a royal cowcatcher, a Beothuk legging, a famous skull and an iconic artist’s shoe, as well as an Innu tea doll, a Sikh RCMP turban, a Cree basket, a Massey-Harris tractor and a hanging rope. Bestseller. 2016.A nation forged in fire: Canadians and the Second World War, 1939-1945
By Desmond Morton, J. L Granatstein. 1989
While Canadian soldiers fought and died in World War II, Canada itself was changing. Ottawa was forced to turn to…
the United States for economic and strategic aid; women entered the work force; industry boomed; and old traditions and loyalties were swept away. 1989.A fair country: telling truths about Canada
By John Ralston Saul. 2008
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.A great game: the forgotten Leafs and the rise of professional hockey
By Stephen Harper. 2013
In the tumultuous beginnings of hockey, the fights were as much off the ice as on it. Harper describes the…
hockey heroes and hard-boiled businessmen who built the game, and the rise and fall of legendary teams pursuing the Stanley Cup. With a historian’s perspective and fan’s passion, he presents a riveting and often-surprising portrait, capturing everything from the physical contests on the rinks to the battles behind the scenes and the changing social conventions of the twentieth century. Bestseller. 2013.A golden tear: Danièle Sauvageau's journey to Olympic gold
By Sally Manning. 2002
On February 21, 2002, the Canadian National Women's Hockey Team was up against their arch-rival, Team U.S.A, at the Salt…
Lake City Olympics. They were determined to make up for not winning the gold medal at Nagano four years earlier, and to overcome a 1 and 8 record against the American team. Calmly standing behind the Canadian bench was Danièle Sauvageau, coach and former police officer, and one of the most intriguing and inspiring people in sport today. 2002.The private capital: ambition and love in the age of Macdonald and Laurier
By Sandra Gwyn. 1984
A compelling account of private life in the age of Macdonald and Laurier. The author has used personal letters, diaries,…
scrapbooks, memoirs and social columns. 1984 Governor General's Award winner. c1984.The way it works: inside Ottawa
By Eddie Goldenberg. 2006
As Jean Chrétien's right-hand man for thirty years in Ministries all over Ottawa, Eddie Goldenberg got to know how things…
worked in politics - especially from 1993 to 2003, when he was Senior Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister. For example, during Paul Martin's years at Finance, Eddie was the go-between who linked Chrétien and Martin, who were for much of the time barely on speaking terms. Part political science textbook, part memoir, Goldenberg's work is a sometimes brutally honest look at the way the federal government really operates. 2006.The Klondike stampede (Adventures in Canadian history.)
By Pierre Berton. 1991
In the summer of 1897, two ships carrying more than a tonne of gold apiece sailed from the Yukon to…
civilization. The world went mad. By the winter of 1897-1898, more than one hundred thousand men and women had ventured to the Yukon to strike it rich. Pierre Berton tells how these gold-seekers made it through the frozen White and Chilkoot Passes, how they built an armada of boats to take them to the gold-fields, and what happened to them along the way. Grades 5-8. 1991.Hockey town: life before the pros
By Ed Arnold. 2005
The Montreal Canadiens made the Peterborough Petes part of their farm system in the mid-1950s, and a number of great…
coaches - from Scotty Bowman to Roger Neilson - have stood behind the Petes' bench. As well, the Petes can boast players from Dit Clapper and Bob Gainey to Steve Yzerman and Chris Pronger. A look at how Peterborough has achieved pre-eminence among hockey cradles. 2005.99: stories of the game
By Wayne Gretzky, Kirstie McLellan Day. 2016
Wayne Gretzky looks back on the last ninety-nine years and tells us, from his point of view, about the NHL’s…
most memorable moments. From hockey's fierce early battles on natural ice; through its mythical golden era, where Howe, Richard, Béliveau, Hull, Orr, and Esposito defined greatness; through the unforgettable dynasties in Montreal, New York, and Edmonton and the success stories of today’s NHL, Gretzky takes us onto the ice and into the dressing room to share never-before-published stories about the great players and great characters who have inspired him. Bestseller. 2016.