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Anticosti: 450 millions d'années de vie
By Mathieu-Robert Sauvé. 2023
Île d'une beauté à couper le souffle, véritable joyau québécois dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent, Anticosti est un territoire immense…
qui fascine aussi bien les amants de la nature que les chercheurs de ce monde. Son écosystème original en fait un site d'exception. À l'été 2022, dans la foulée de la candidature d'Anticosti pour intégrer la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, Mathieu-Robert Sauvé a parcouru l'île en long et en large pour nous la faire découvrir au-delà de ses paysages de carte postale. Au fil des entrevues qu'il a réalisées auprès des scientifiques et des insulaires, il nous dévoile l'épopée fascinante qui a mené tant de géologues, de botanistes, de biologistes et nombre d'experts à se passionner pour cet endroit uniqueDuplessis, non merci!
By Jacques Hébert. 2000
Citoyen du monde engagé dans de nombreux combats pour la liberté, J. Hébert prend sa plume pour en finir avec…
Maurice Duplessis (1890-1959), homme politique canadien qui fonda le parti Union nationale.George-Etienne Cartier
By Rachel Lamarre. 1992
La collection biographique Célébrités met en lumière les grandes figures qui ont marqué notre histoire. Riches en informations et concises,…
ces courtes biographies de 64 pages chacune sont les complices idéales pour les recherches sur des sujets aussi variés que la politique, la religion, les arts, la culture et bien plus encore.Dix chiens pour un rêve
By François Varigas. 1983
"L'aventure existe encore aujourd'hui . Celle qui se passe de tous les conforts, de toutes les sécurités . Parti de…
Frobisher Bay au sud de la Terre de Baffin, François Varigas arrivera un an plus tard à Dawson City à la frontière du Yukon et de l'Alaska, en ayant mis à son actif cinq "premières" : la traversée intégrale de la Terre de Baffin, la traversée hivernale de l'Arctique, la première expédition réalisée avec un seul équipage de chiens, le parcours couvert en une seule année et, pour finir, la première expédition mixte arctique forêt boréale."Le Montréal juif d'autrefois
By Israël Medresh. 1997
En 1905, le Governement Canadien ouvre massivement, pour la première fois, les portes du pays à l'immigration. Une communauté en…
particulier investit les quartiers près du port de Montréal : les Juifs venus d'Europe de l'Est. Parmi ces nouveaux venus se trouvaient Israël Medresh, arrivé à Montréal en 1910 à l'âge de 16 ans. Témoin privilégié de la période de cette migration, Medresh publia en 1947 ses souvenirs de ces années d'effervescence exceptionnelle. Ce texte yiddish, intitulé Montreal Foun Nekhtn (Le Montréal juif d'autrefois), trace un portrait plein de verve et d'humour de la vie juive du début du siècle (1905-1918).Réflexions d'un frère siamois: le Canada à la fin du XXe siècle (Seuil policiers)
By John Ralston Saul. 1998
En appuyant sa réflexion sur la parole même de nos romanciers, poètes, historiens, chansonniers, philosophes, de même que sur celle…
de nos hommes politiques les plus innovateurs, Saul dégage toute l'originalité du projet canadien.Fire season: field notes from a wilderness lookout
By Philip Connors. 2011
The Gila landscape, rugged and roadless, - and the 1st region in the world to officially be off-limits to industrial…
machines - is typically hit by lightning more than 30,000 times per year. Written with startling beauty from a 10,000 foot firewatch perch, the book is filled with reflections on nature and historic events of the region, as well as musings on other writers who had served as lookouts before him. AdultA hundred years of horse tracks: the story of the Gray Ranch
By George Hilliard. 1996
"A Hundred Years of Horse Tracks" is the history of the Diamond A Ranch, perhaps better known as the Gray…
Ranch, located in New Mexico's boot-heel. Hilliard has supplemented sparse and scattered old sources with interviews of old-timers to produce this history of the ranch from the 1880s when it was initially settled by Michael Gray through sale to the Nature Conservancy in the early 1990s and subsequent sale in 1994 to the Animas Foundation which runs it as a working ranch under agreements preserving wilderness areas, preventing overgrazing, and ensuring the property stay whole. AdultHeaded into the wind: a memoir
By Jack Loeffler. 2019
Jack Loeffler reveals his compassion and concern for Southwestern traditional cultures in the wake of Manifest Destiny. Loeffler shares his…
humor and imagination, his adventures, observations, reflections, and meditations along the trail in his retelling of a life well lived. In this honest memoir, he advises each and every one of us to go skinny-dipping joyfully in the flow of Nature to better understand where we're headed. AdultA New Mexico primer: for students of all ages
By R. Kermit Hill. 2011
This book is a simple, no nonsense telling of New Mexico history and geography for those who are new to…
the "Land of Enchantment" and for those who want a quick, uncluttered story based on the theory that history should be fun. AdultJames K. Polk, 49 years old, was seen by some to be colorless, methodical, and plodding, but the dark horse…
candidate defeated the magnetic Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential election. Later Polk was seen to be honest, conscientious, limited in vision, but incapable of deceit or double dealing, with a strict integrity and intense singleness of purpose. AdultSarah Winnemucca: scout, activist, and teacher (Signature lives)
By Natalie M Rosinsky. 2006
Born into the Northern Paiute tribe, daring Sarah Winnemucca scouted during wartime and became a writer and spokesperson for her…
people. On the Paiutes' behalf, she met and with the president and lectured about her people's needs and way of life. She wrote a book about the Paiutes in 1883, and later opened an unusual school for Native American children. Sarah Winnemucca's personal strengths created a legacy that some Northern Paiutes scorned, but which ultimately benefited her people. Some violenceCherokee Bill: Black cowboy--Indian outlaw
By Art Burton. 2020
"Once upon a time in the late nineteenth century, there was an outlaw that captured the imagination of the American…
public like no other. He can be compared to John Dillinger or Pretty Boy Floyd of the 1930s. Like both of these men, he garnered national press for his exploits; the well-known New York Times had a running commentary on his actions and deeds. This outlaw's name was Crawford Goldsby, better known as Cherokee Bill. Cherokee Bill was every bit as colorful and outrageous as any criminal of the western frontier, perhaps even more so. There were a few things about him that made him truly unique for a famous desperado of the purple sage. First and foremost, he was an African American living in the Indian Territory. He was also Native American, Bill was a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, as a freedman, from his mother's lineage. Compare Cherokee Bill to Billy the Kid, (Billy Antrim), of New Mexico Territory fame. Although both outlaws received national media attention for their crimes while they were living, Billy the Kid was remembered and immortalized in books and films in the twentieth century; this did not occur for Cherokee Bill. Art Burton's newest book will help change that." -- Provided by publisherThis study of general stores offers a social and cultural history of a region where the South and West overlapped.…
The author has combined store ledgers from the 1870s and 1880s and found in them the experiences of thousands of people in Texas and Indian Territory. Particularly revealing are her insights into the everyday lives of women, immigrants, and ethnic and racial minorities, especially African Americans and American Indians. 2013. AdultWhen outlaws wore badges
By Melody Groves. 2021
When Outlaws Wore Badges explores the world of outlaw and lawman wrapped into one person. At tiimes the badge speaks,…
other times--the gun. Living in the Old West was not easy. Often, law and justice were left behind in the east, when men migrated to the open lands of the West. Some men took advantage of fluid regulations while others found themselves helping to invent and enforce law and order. A few men did both. AdultLittle known tales in California history
By Alton Pryor. 1997
This collection contains forty-one short stories. True tales of California history covering adventurous cowboys, pioneers, and railroad titans. Includes historical…
figures such as Ishi, the last known member of the Native American Yahi tribe, Wild West bandits like Joaquin Murrieta and Billy the Kid, and mountain man Pegleg Smith. AdultThe last beautiful days of autumn: a memoir
By John Treadwell Nichols. 2000
El Delirio: the Santa Fe world of Elizabeth White
By Gregor Stark. 1998
Amelia Elizabeth White (1878-1972) was born into an East Coast world of wealth and privilege. After serving as army nurses…
in Europe during World War I, she and her sister Martha chose to settle in the small town of Santa Fe, New Mexico. There Elizabeth became a passionate advocate for Pueblo Indian rights, an inspired patron and promoter of Indian art, and a dedicated community activist for the preservation of Santa Fe's history. White organized several traveling expositions of Indian art and was instrumental in founding the Indian Arts Fund, the Laboratory of Anthropology, the Old Santa Fe Association, and the Santa Fe Indian Market."-- GoodreadsMean as hell: The Life Of A New Mexico Lawman
By Dee Harkey. 1989
Dee Harkey moved to Carlsbad, New Mexico, where he became a US Marshall and Cattle Inspector. During his peace officer…
career he encountered any number of cattle rustlers, train robbers, and a host of other outlaws, who animate the incidents recounted in this book. AdultThe thrill of the chase: a memoir
By Forrest Fenn. 2010