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"To thousands of young people, emigration has been the golden bridge by which they have passed from an apparently hopeless childhood to lives of useful service and assured comfort, in this new land." - Mr. G. Bogue Smart, Inspector of British Immigrant...

In the early 1860s, Irish immigrants in the United States were eager to help the Fenian brotherhood overthrow the British in Ireland. The American Fenians' mission: to invade British North America and hold it hostage. New Brunswick, with its large Irish...

At the Ocean's Edge offers a vibrant account of Nova Scotia's colonial history, situating it in an early and dramatic chapter in the expansion of Europe. Between 1450 and 1850, various processes - sometimes violent, often judicial, rarely conclusive -...

For generations eastern Nova Scotia was one of the most celebrated Roman Catholic constituencies in Canada. Occupying a corner of a small province in a politically marginalized region of the country, the Diocese of Antigonish nevertheless had tremendous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846770029Author Robert RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur Ltd

Relations between Canada and Quebec have never been easy. Beginning with the Conquest and working through the many political permutations before Confederation and since, there has always been conflict between the two governments and, in particular,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551095387Author Heather-Anne GetsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Nimbus Publishing (CN)Publisher Nimbus Publishing (CN)Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771050916Author Tom JenkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Niniskamijinaqik - Ancestral Images provides a glimpse into the lives of the Mi'kmaq of Atlantic Canada. The opening images in this collection were created by the Mi'kmaq themselves: portrayals of human beings carved into the rock formations of Nova...

Provides new insight into the early settlers of Prince Edward IslandProvides new insight into the early settlers of Prince Edward IslandAbout the AuthorBrendan O'Grady (1925-2018) was a long-time PEI resident and wrote several articles on Irish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637165416Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 102Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)...

On the ghastly battlefields of the First World War, Jimmie Johnston drove teams or pack horses carrying ammunition and hauling guns to the front lines. One night, Johnston was hauling guns back from the front line. Suddenly, in the darkness and pouring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771025112Author John DemontFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770467439Author Chris OliverosFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Drawn & QuarterlyPublisher Drawn & QuarterlyWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

A Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812 presents the story of John Norton, or Teyoninhokarawen, an important war chief and political figure among the Grand River Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) in Upper Canada. Norton saw more action during the conflict than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781552124482Author Stan SauerweinFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 308g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551090498Author William S CrookerFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Nimbus Publishing LtdPublisher Nimbus Publishing Ltd

Not for King or Country tells the story of Edward Cecil-Smith, a dynamic propagandist for the Communist Party of Canada during the Great Depression. Born to missionary parents in China in 1903, Cecil-Smith came to Toronto in 1919 where he joined the...

Beyond redrawing North American borders and establishing a permanent system of governance, the Quebec Act of 1774 fundamentally changed British notions of empire and authority. Although it is understood as a formative moment - indeed part of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Dafoe Book Prize 2012 and Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing 2012. Short-listed for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction 2011 and...

The young Norwegian was Helge Ingstad, now famous for his discovery in 1960 of a Viking village at L'Anse aux Meadows (on the northern tip of Newfoundland) -- the oldest known European settlement in North America. Ingstad recorded his adventures in the...

The term cacica was a Spanish linguistic invention, a female counterpart to caciques, the Arawak word for male indigenous leaders in Spanish America. But the term's meaning was adapted and manipulated by natives, creating a new social stratum where it...

Between 1928 and 1971, nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During those years, it was one of the main ocean immigration facilities in Canada, including when it welcomed home nearly 400,000 Canadians after...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Heritage Toronto Book Awards 2009 (Canada) and Toronto Book Awards 2009 (Canada) and The Speaker's Award 2012 (Canada).Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550179880Author Jean BarmanFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour Publishing

"Stick it, Canada! Buy more Victory Bonds." The First World War demanded deep personal sacrifice on the battlefield and on the home front - and it also made unrelenting financial demands. Boosters and Barkers is a highly original examination of the drive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977105608Author Joy Frisch-SchmollFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307401342Author Greg MaloneFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Three Rivers PressWeight(grams) 317g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798384900665Author Julie MurrayFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Abdo Kids JumboPublisher Abdo Kids JumboWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 280mm * 230mm *...

Amer-European settlement of the Great Plains transformed bountifulNative soil into pasture and cropland, distorting the prairie ecosystemthat the peoples who originally populated the land had long understoodand were able to use wisely. Settlers justified...

As Julia Harrison's first summer living in Ontario approached, she became aware of the culture of the cottage. While friends and family talked of nothing but languid afternoons on the dock and bartered for as many lakeside days as possible, Harrison...

This is a history of domestic space in Canada. Peter Ward looks at how spaces in the Canadian home have changed over the last three centuries, and how family and social relationships have shaped - and been shaped by - these changing spaces. A fundamental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385658430Author Pierre BertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm)...

According to its licence plates, tourist brochures, and commercials, Nova Scotia is Canada's Ocean Playground - an idyllic vacation spot brimming with traditional cultural experiences. Yet this picturesque and welcoming ad-friendly facade overlooks the...

Best known for his writings on economic history and communications, Harold Innis also produced a body of biographical work that paid particular attention to cultural memory and how it is enriched by the study of neglected historical figures. In this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551095813Author Wilfred GrenfellFormat PaperbackPage Count 179Imprint Nimbus Publishing LtdPublisher Nimbus Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773660431Author Georges ArsenaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Acorn PressPublisher Acorn PressWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...