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  • Muleskinner

    The European War of a Niagara Artilleryman

    by William Hesler ...
    Based on the experiences of an ammunition driver in the Canadian Artillery, this book will give the reader a quick understanding of Canadas involvement in World War One. Follow Driver Hesler as he moves up to the line and back during the battles of the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Lens, Passchendaele and the Allied advance during the last hundred days of the war. At each step, the author zooms out to the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Policing the Plains

    by R.G. MacBeth ...
    A GREAT TRADITION II ENTER THE MOUNTED POLICE III MOBILIZING IV THE AMAZING MARCH V BUSINESS IN THE LAND OF INDIANS VI HANDLING AMERICAN INDIANS VII THE IRON HORSES VIII RIEL AGAIN IX RECONSTRUCTION X CHANGING SCENERY XI IN THE GOLD COUNTRY XII STIRRING DAYS ABROAD AND AT HOME XIII MODESTY AND EFFECTIVENESS XIV ON LAND AND SEA XV GLORY AND TRAGEDY IN THE NORTH XVI STRIKING INCIDENTS XVII THE GREAT ... Read more

    $2.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Denny's Trek: A Mountie's Memoir of the March West

    A Mountie's Memoir of the March West

    by Cecil E. Denny ...
    Like many other pioneering North West Mounted Police officers, Cecil Denny was a colourful, independent man with a career full of conquests and controversy. He and his comrades played key roles in the taming of Canada's wild and woolly west, and in this compilation of selected writings from his books The Law Marches West and The Riders of the Plains, we get that story straight from the horse's ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Canadian History by Stephen Leacock: 2 Books

    by Stephen Leacock ...
    This file includes The Dawn of Canadian History, A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada and The Mariner of Malo, a Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacque Cartier, both from Chronicles of Canada and both first published in 1914. According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 28 March 1944) was an English-born Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. In the early ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wild Men, Wild Alaska

    Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits

    by Rocky McElveen ...
    In Wild Men, Wild Alaska professional hunting and fishing guide and outfitter Rocky McElveen tells the stories of his own adventures as well as those of some of his well-known clients. The book takes readers directly into the Alaskan bush, and shares the intense challenges of a majestic wilderness that pushes a man to his limits. ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Arctic Homestead

    The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds

    by Norma Cobb, Charles W. Sasser ...
    "A memoir as wild, engaging, stubborn, and authentic as that distant valley where [Cobb's] family staked out the last plot in America." —John Balzar, author of Yukon AloneIn 1973, Norma Cobb, her husband Lester and their five children—the oldest of whom was nine years old and the youngest, twins, barely one—pulled up stakes in the lower 48 and headed north to Alaska to follow a pioneer dream of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Ranch on the Cariboo

    by Alan Fry ...
    Series series Classics West Collection
    It was the summer of ’43 on a Cariboo ranch. He was 12 and had to become a man. If you were a man, you could become a cowboy. Join the author on this nostalgic look back on the joys, frustrations and observations of growing up and discovering where he belongs.Excerpt from Eldon Lee's foreword: “This book by Alan Fry is probably the best book ever written on ranch life in the Cariboo. His account ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Sniping in France

    With Notes on the Scientific Training of Scouts, Observers, and Snipers

    by H. Hesketh-Prichard ...
    Major Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard was an explorer and adventurer who revolutionized the training of British Army snipers during the First World War. In this richly-detailed book, he explains his constant efforts to improve sniping standards, which finally resulted in the First Army School of Scouting, Observation and Sniping. Drawing on his experience as a big-game hunter and marksman, he ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • Old Bill Miner: Last of the Famous Western Bandits

    Last of the Famous Western Bandits

    by Frank W. Anderson ...
    Bill Miner, the gentleman bandit, enjoyed more popularity in his day than Jesse James or Billy the Kid. He robbed stagecoaches and trains across California, Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, Washington State and British Columbia until just before the First World War, by which point the public actually wanted him to escape the police. Reporters visited him during his time in jail and dubbed him "Old Bill ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Frontier Cowboys and the Great Divide

    Early Ranching in BC and Alberta

    by Ken Mather ...
    Despite being neighbouring provinces with long ranching histories, British Columbia and Alberta saw their ranching techniques develop quite differently. As most ranching styles were based on one of the two dominant styles in use south of the border, BC ranchers tended to adopt the California style whereas Alberta took its lead from Texas. But the different practices actually go back much further. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • A Story of the West

    by Susan Spence ...
    Matt Daly and his father, John, arrive in Montana Territory driving a herd of Texas longhorns. It is the 1880s and the value of the vast grasslands of the American West has been discovered. The two are eager start a ranch and make their living on the remote frontier. After finding an ideal spot north of the Yellowstone River, they file a homestead claim and begin running cattle on the D Rocking D. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex

    by Owen Chase ...
    Series series Bybliotech Discovery
    On November 20, 1820, Owen Chase was the First Mate of the Whale-Ship "Essex" when it was struck by an enraged Sperm Whale and sunk, stranding the crew in tiny whale-boats 2000 miles away from land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.Of the 21 men who entered the 3 flimsy whale-boats, only 8 ultimately survived to be rescued. A harrowing journey lasting 90 days awaited these crewmen, involving ... Read more

    $1.49 CAD