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Forgotten Stories From Atlantic Canada's Past

Andrew MacLean
Forgotten Stories From Atlantic Canada s Past Book PDF

Author : Andrew MacLean
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781039186736

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Forgotten Stories From Atlantic Canada's Past by Andrew MacLean Pdf

Backyard History unearths the often hilarious, mostly mysterious, always surprising untold tales of Canada’s East Coast, as only a Maritimer can spin them. This extraordinary collection gathers the very best from Andrew MacLean’s popular newspaper columns, podcast, and television show, now enhanced and extended with fresh insights and discoveries. Running the gamut from lost cities to rodent invasions; from rum runners to teenage heroines; from monstrous sea creatures to circus riots these true forgotten stories from Atlantic Canada will astound readers of all ages. Combining meticulous research with vivid storytelling, captivating anecdotes, and a human touch, Backyard History takes readers on an entertaining and exhilarating ride detailing the rich, undiscovered past of a region which has long been renowned for its storytelling.

Forgotten Stories From Atlantic Canada's Past

Andrew MacLean
Forgotten Stories From Atlantic Canada s Past Book PDF

Author : Andrew MacLean
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781039186743

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Forgotten Stories From Atlantic Canada's Past by Andrew MacLean Pdf

Backyard History unearths the often hilarious, mostly mysterious, always surprising untold tales of Canada’s East Coast, as only a Maritimer can spin them. This extraordinary collection gathers the very best from Andrew MacLean’s popular newspaper columns, podcast, and television show, now enhanced and extended with fresh insights and discoveries. Running the gamut from lost cities to rodent invasions; from rum runners to teenage heroines; from monstrous sea creatures to circus riots these true forgotten stories from Atlantic Canada will astound readers of all ages. Combining meticulous research with vivid storytelling, captivating anecdotes, and a human touch, Backyard History takes readers on an entertaining and exhilarating ride detailing the rich, undiscovered past of a region which has long been renowned for its storytelling.

Nova Scotia's Historic Inland Communities

Joan Dawson
Nova Scotia s Historic Inland Communities Book PDF

Author : Joan Dawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 177471079X

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Nova Scotia's Historic Inland Communities by Joan Dawson Pdf

Narrative, photo-filled historical guide to Nova Scotia's inland communities from author of Nova Scotia's Historic Harbours and Nova Scotia's Lost Communities.

Rum, Blood & Treasure

Edward Butts
Rum Blood Treasure Book PDF

Author : Edward Butts
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459504158

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Rum, Blood & Treasure by Edward Butts Pdf

This great collection of stories strange but true is for every reader who loves history -- and mystery. Edward Butts weaves true tales -- the wreck of the Francis and the weird connection to Edward, Duke of Kent; the sea voyage of Charles Coghlan's coffin; Captain Jack Randell the rum-runner; Al Capone's gunman Bugs Moran and more! This collection offers the lore and legend of some of the greatest stories of Atlantic Canada's history.

War at Sea

Ken Smith
War at Sea Book PDF

Author : Ken Smith
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing (CN)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1771082658

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War at Sea by Ken Smith Pdf

The story of Canada's involvement in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Every Little Piece of Me

Amy Jones
Every Little Piece of Me Book PDF

Author : Amy Jones
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771050695

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Every Little Piece of Me by Amy Jones Pdf

From the bestselling author of We're All in This Together comes a novel about family, friendship, fame, and the cost of living in the public eye -- because when everyone suddenly knows your name, it's easy to forget who you really are. "The first time they met, Mags saved Ava's life. The second time they met, Ava saved Mags's." Ava Hart is the most reluctant cast member of a reality TV show based on her big city family's (mostly staged) efforts to run a B&B in small-town Nova Scotia. Every family has its problems, but Ava has grown up seeing her family's every up and down broadcast on national television, after the show becomes an unexpected success for reasons that will take a heavy toll on the Harts. Mags Kovach is the charismatic lead singer of a struggling Halifax rock band hoping to be the Next Big Thing. For years she's managed to contain her demons and navigate the uglier aspects of being a woman in the music world, but after a devastating loss, she turns her anger on the only person she can: herself. As their private tragedies continue to set social media and tabloid headlines on fire, their every move subjected to an endless stream of public commentary, it will be their unexpected friendship that will save them. They will push back against the roles they've been forced to play, and take back control of something they thought they'd lost forever -- the right to their own stories.

Canadian Nursing Sisters - The Forgotten Heroes

William Henry Graham
Canadian Nursing Sisters The Forgotten Heroes Book PDF

Author : William Henry Graham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1777125502

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Canadian Nursing Sisters - The Forgotten Heroes by William Henry Graham Pdf

This is the story of the valiant Canadian Nursing Sisters and particularly the fourteen sisters who drowned when the Hospital ship Llandover Castle was torpedoed on June 27th., 1918. Many were from Atlantic Canada and have great stories to tell.

The Fight for History

Tim Cook
The Fight for History Book PDF

Author : Tim Cook
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780735238343

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The Fight for History by Tim Cook Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER FINALIST for the 2021 Ottawa Book Awards A masterful telling of the way World War Two has been remembered, forgotten, and remade by Canada over seventy-five years. The Second World War shaped modern Canada. It led to the country's emergence as a middle power on the world stage; the rise of the welfare state; industrialization, urbanization, and population growth. After the war, Canada increasingly turned toward the United States in matters of trade, security, and popular culture, which then sparked a desire to strengthen Canadian nationalism from the threat of American hegemony. The Fight for History examines how Canadians framed and reframed the war experience over time. Just as the importance of the battle of Vimy Ridge to Canadians rose, fell, and rose again over a 100-year period, the meaning of Canada's Second World War followed a similar pattern. But the Second World War's relevance to Canada led to conflict between veterans and others in society--more so than in the previous war--as well as a more rapid diminishment of its significance. By the end of the 20th century, Canada's experiences in the war were largely framed as a series of disasters. Canadians seemed to want to talk only of the defeats at Hong Kong and Dieppe or the racially driven policy of the forced relocation of Japanese-Canadians. In the history books and media, there was little discussion of Canada's crucial role in the Battle of the Atlantic, the success of its armies in Italy and other parts of Europe, or the massive contribution of war materials made on the home front. No other victorious nation underwent this bizarre reframing of the war, remaking victories into defeats. The Fight for History is about the efforts to restore a more balanced portrait of Canada's contribution in the global conflict. This is the story of how Canada has talked about the war in the past, how we tried to bury it, and how it was restored. This is the history of a constellation of changing ideas, with many historical twists and turns, and a series of fascinating actors and events.

Vimy

Tim Cook
Vimy Book PDF

Author : Tim Cook
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780735233171

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Vimy by Tim Cook Pdf

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Winner of the 2018 JW Dafoe Book Prize Longlisted for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction 2018 Runner-up for the 2018 Templer Medal Book Prize Finalist for the 2018 Ottawa Book Awards A bold new telling of the defining battle of the Great War, and how it came to signify and solidify Canada’s national identity Why does Vimy matter? How did a four-day battle at the midpoint of the Great War, a clash that had little strategic impact on the larger Allied war effort, become elevated to a national symbol of Canadian identity? Tim Cook, Canada’s foremost military historian and a Charles Taylor Prize winner, examines the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the way the memory of it has evolved over 100 years. The operation that began April 9, 1917, was the first time the four divisions of the Canadian Corps fought together. More than 10,000 Canadian soldiers were killed or injured over four days—twice the casualty rate of the Dieppe Raid in August 1942. The Corps’ victory solidified its reputation among allies and opponents as an elite fighting force. In the wars’ aftermath, Vimy was chosen as the site for the country’s strikingly beautiful monument to mark Canadian sacrifice and service. Over time, the legend of Vimy took on new meaning, with some calling it the “birth of the nation.” The remarkable story of Vimy is a layered skein of facts, myths, wishful thinking, and conflicting narratives. Award-winning writer Tim Cook explores why the battle continues to resonate with Canadians a century later. He has uncovered fresh material and photographs from official archives and private collections across Canada and from around the world. On the 100th anniversary of the event, and as Canada celebrates 150 years as a country, Vimy is a fitting tribute to those who fought the country’s defining battle. It is also a stirring account of Canadian identity and memory, told by a masterful storyteller.

Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

Dan Black
Harry Livingstone s Forgotten Men Book PDF

Author : Dan Black
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459414327

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Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men by Dan Black Pdf

During the WWI, more than 80,000 Chinese labourers were secretly transported from China across Canada to the Western Front where they built bridges and roads, repaired tanks, unloaded supplies, and then, after the war, cleaned up the grisly battlefields. Though the use of Chinese labourers for the war has been known, the story of their journey and their work, and the role of Canadians in recruiting and transporting them, has not been fully told — until now. In Veil of Secrecy, Dan Black describes the perilous journey taken by the Chinese labourers from their remote villages in China, across the North Pacific, the vast country of Canada from Vancouver to Halifax, and across the North Atlantic to the battlefields of Europe, and then back again. For political reasons and to prevent them from escaping, the Chinese labourers were locked into cattle cars and forbidden to disembark during the journey. The Canadian public, too, was kept in the dark about the trains. But their experience is indelibly evident — in graves across the country from Vancouver Island to Thunder Bay, and Petawawa to Halifax. One Canadian plays a central role in this story — Captain Harry Livingstone, a small-town doctor from Listowel, Ontario. Livingstone joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1917, at the age of 28. His first assignment was to go to northeast China to a recruitment depot, where he examined poor, young Chinese men to ensure they were fit for service. He later joined them on their journey across the North Pacific to a quarantine station on Canada's West Coast. Drawing on the diaries written by Livingstone, and the letters of the Canadian missionaries who served as temporary officers with the corps in Europe, Dan Black traces the experience of the Chinese Labour Corps and sheds new light on the mistreatment and racism they faced in Canada and in wartime Europe.

Atlantic Canada's Irish Immigrants

Lucille H. Campey
Atlantic Canada s Irish Immigrants Book PDF

Author : Lucille H. Campey
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781459730243

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Atlantic Canada's Irish Immigrants by Lucille H. Campey Pdf

Challenging the commonplace view that the Irish immigration saga was primarily driven by dire events in Ireland, Lucille Campey’s groundbreaking work redraws the picture of early Irish settlement in Atlantic Canada. Extensively documented, and drawing on all known passenger lists of the period, the book is essential reading.

Camping Chaos

L. M. Nicodemo
Camping Chaos Book PDF

Author : L. M. Nicodemo
Publisher : Formac Publishing Company
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459505834

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Camping Chaos by L. M. Nicodemo Pdf

Meet Maximus Todd! He's the kid who can't sit still. Max and his friends are on a camping trip at Camp Friendly Pines when he's stung by a wasp. Max gets a case of the Super Fidgets and devises a counting game to distract himself. If he loses, he will have to forfeit his campfire treats! It's not easy being a kid. And Max discovers that his games don't always work out the way he wants them to. But no matter what, he has the love and understanding of his friends.

Lost in the Blizzard

Grace Gilmore
Lost in the Blizzard Book PDF

Author : Grace Gilmore
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481447515

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Lost in the Blizzard by Grace Gilmore Pdf

Logan must venture out into the blizzard to rescue his brother Drew in this fifth book in the Tales from Maple Ridge series. While Pa is away working in Sherman, Logan’s older brother Drew is determined to be the man of the house. As winter sets in, Drew decides to go out into the forest to chop some firewood. Soon after, a blizzard descends on Maple Ridge and Logan’s mother gets worried when her oldest son doesn’t return. Will Logan be able to navigate the storm, find his brother, and save the day? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Tales from Maple Ridge chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

Atlantic Canada

Margaret Conrad,James Hiller
Atlantic Canada Book PDF

Author : Margaret Conrad,James Hiller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Atlantic Provinces
ISBN : 0199013268

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Atlantic Canada by Margaret Conrad,James Hiller Pdf

Atlantic Canada: A History reflects on the region's diversity and provides students with a concise and up-to-date history of the east coast of Canada. This edition includes new coverage of Atlantic Canada up to 2014, allowing readers to make connections between the past and present andreflect on the region's diversity and future.

100 Things You Don't Know About Nova Scotia

Sarah Sawler
100 Things You Don t Know About Nova Scotia Book PDF

Author : Sarah Sawler
Publisher : Nimbus+ORM
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781771083782

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100 Things You Don't Know About Nova Scotia by Sarah Sawler Pdf

The author of 100 Things You Don’t Know About Atlantic Canada for Kids shares 100 intriguing facts about the Bluenoser Province. Did you know that the Halifax–Dartmouth ferry was once operated by a team of nine horses? Or that Babe Ruth used to visit Yarmouth regularly for hunting and fishing vacations? Enter journalist Sarah Sawler: your guide to discovering 100 fascinating things you don’t know about Nova Scotia—from robberies and murders to famous landmarks, events, and people. Inspired by the success of her popular Halifax Magazine column “50 Things You Don’t Know about Halifax,” Sawler has expanded her focus to include interesting anecdotes and facts about the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the entire province. Arranged in chronological order, each “thing” is accompanied by a contextual write-up explaining its historical significance. Includes twenty-five black and white photos.