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  • Robert Bond

    A Political Biography

    by James K. Hiller ...
    Series series
    First elected to Newfoundland’s House of Assembly in 1882, Robert Bond served as a member of government and opposition—and notably as prime minister—in an era filled with challenges that still resonate today. During three turbulent decades, St. John’s burned down, the banks failed, and the drive for economic diversification caused difficult problems (and included railway building, the century’s ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Newfoundland in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

    Essays in Interpretation

    Edited by James Hiller, Peter Neary ...
    Series series Heritage
    The first comprehensive history of Newfoundland was published in 1793, but a centenary and a half passed before the first university course in the history of the island was offered there. During the past fifteen years there has been growing activity in the subject. This volume is the work of six scholars who have either studied or taught at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Some have done ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

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  • The Klondike Fever: The Life And Death Of The Last Great Gold Rush

    by Pierre Berton ...
    "Absolutely first-rate."—The New YorkerThis thrilling story is at once first-rate history and first-rate entertainment. Incredible events occurred in North America after a decrepit steamboat docked at Seattle in 1897 containing two tons of pure gold. So frenzied was the clash for gold and so scant was information about conditions in the Klondike that the rush for riches became a kind of fabulous ... Read more

    $8.38 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aboriginal Ontario

    Historical Perspectives on the First Nations

    Edited by Edward S. Rogers, Donald B. Smith ...
    Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations contains seventeen essays on aspects of the history of the First Nations living within the present-day boundaries of Ontario. This volume reviews the experience of both the Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples in Southern Ontario, as well as the Algonquians in Northern Ontario. The first section describes the climate and landforms of ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pierre Berton

    A Biography

    by Brian Mckillop ...
    The first ever biography of one of Canada’s best-known and most colourful personalities by an award-winning author.From his northern childhood on, it was clear that Pierre Berton (1920—2004) was different from his peers. Over the course of his eighty-four years, he would become the most famous Canadian media figure of his time, in newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and books — sometimes all ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Classic Christmas Stories

    by Frank Galgay ...
    Bestselling author Frank Galgay offers up this collection of his personal favorites from a wide variety of Canadian writers. Spanning 160 years, Classic Christmas Stories includes heartwarming tales of Christmases from pastoral Canadian towns, to hustling and bustling cities where the Christmas spirit can often be woefully hard to find. The stories and anecdotes illustrate how the season has ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • The Lazier Murder

    Prince Edward County, 1884

    by Robert J. Sharpe ...
    In December 1883, Peter Lazier was shot in the heart during a bungled robbery at a Prince Edward County farmhouse. Three local men, pleading innocence from start to finish, were arrested and charged with his murder. Two of them — Joseph Thomset and David Lowder — were sentenced to death by a jury of local citizens the following May. Nevertheless, appalled community members believed at least one of ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The English In Canada Historical 3-Book Bundle

    Planters, Paupers, and Pioneers / Seeking a Better Future / Ignored but not Forgotten

    by Lucille H. Campey ...
    Series series The English In Canada
    Lucille H. Campey’s acclaimed, groundbreaking series on English immigration to Canada is finally available in a collected volume with this complete, three-book edition. A must for genealogists and history lovers interested in the tremendous waves of English immigration to Canada, whose story has never been told in its full depth and detail until now.Planters, Paupers, and Pioneers: English ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • War Interlude 1916 -1919

    by Harold Hesler ...
    In 1916, a young bank clerk from the Niagara region joined the Canadian Artillery and was shipped off to France and Belgium. Three and a half years later, he returned to Canada and rejoined the bank, eventually to become one of its most senior officers. This is his own account of that interval, during which he survived the battles of the Somme, Lens, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, and the Canadian ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Wealth Woman

    The remarkable untold story of the Native woman who made gold rush history

    by Deb Vanasse ...
    "A very enjoyable biography of a woman on the cusp of change in the North. Recommended." Choice“Beautifully written biography…much to learn, enjoy, and recommend in this book.” Pacific Northwest Quarterly“A riveting story told by a brilliant writer.” Pacific Historical ReviewThe never-before-told story of Kate Carmack, whose resilience and survival made gold rush historyHeadlines shouted the... ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Canada and the Third World

    Overlapping Histories

    Edited by Karen Dubinsky, Sean Mills, Scott Rutherford ...
    Even though they are aware of the Third World in relation to their daily lives, most Canadians know little about the historical foundations and complex nature of their country's entanglements with non-Western societies.Canada and the Third World provides a long overdue introduction to Canada's historical relationship with the Third World. The book critically explores this relationship by asking ... Read more

    $34.39 CAD

  • The West and Beyond

    New Perspectives on an Imagined Region

    Edited by Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, Peter Fortna ...
    Series series The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies
    The West and Beyond explores the state of Western Canadian history, showcasing the research interests of a new generation of scholars while charting new directions for the future and stimulating further interrogation of our past. This dynamic collection encourages dialogue among generations of historians of the West, and among practitioners of diverse approaches to the past. It also reflects a ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD