Ghosts Of The Canadian National Exhibition

Author : Richard Palmisano
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-21
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781459700703

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Ghosts of the Canadian National Exhibition by Richard Palmisano Pdf

The Canadian National Exhibition grounds are so richly steeped in history that there are spirits that dwell there who like to come out and play and work. When one thinks of Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition, memories of bright lights, cotton candy, the rush of people, and the excitement of rides spring to mind. But when the lights go down and the people head home, the fairground takes on a life of its own. The spirits that dwell there from the exhibition’s long history come out to play and work, even to scare the occasional employee. The grounds and buildings of the CNE are so richly steeped in history that they are a magnificent storehouse of energy. This area has been in continuous use since before the 18th century, starting with Fort Rouille in 1750 and Fort York in 1793. From murders to accidents, it is no surprise that Exhibition Place is haunted. There are many reasons for spirits to dwell in that site, but it may be the joy and excitement that tempts them to linger. These spirits carried the pride and accomplishment of being part of something grand, something that will live on beyond them. That’s the true spirit of the Canadian National Exhibition.

Author : Mark Leslie
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-04
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781459704015

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Haunted Hamilton by Mark Leslie Pdf

From the Hermitage ruins to Dundurn Castle, from Customs House to Stoney Creek Battlefield Park, the city of Hamilton, Ontario, is steeped in a rich history and culture. This title offers a collection of tales compiled from the files of the paranormal group Haunted Hamilton, which has been investigating Hamilton's historic haunted past since 1999.

Author : Richard Palmisano
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781459728462

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Meeting Place of the Dead by Richard Palmisano Pdf

Paranormal investigator Richard Palmisano recounts the most sinister case he has ever faced. Join him in discovering the hidden secrets of malicious ghosts who lash out against the living, beings who mask themselves in false innocence, and a house so haunted Palmisano was forced to walk away forever.

Author : Lee Shimano
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781525501449

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Treasures of the CNE by Lee Shimano Pdf

"One of the leading collectors of memorabilia from the Canadian National Exhibition tells the stories of 'The Ex.' Photos of the author's extensive collection of cherished memorabilia from the CNE bring to life a bygone era, and anecdotes from fellow fans of Canada's great fair evoke a simpler time when CNE treats cost just pennies. Treasures of the CNE will give readers a chance to reminisce and enjoy tales of the fair's music, sports, events and amusements from days gone by."--

Author : John Robert Colombo
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-22
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781554889839

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Jeepers Creepers by John Robert Colombo Pdf

Here are over 40 scary, hair-raising, and frightening stories of the supernatural and the paranormal. These are first-person narratives that are unexplained and possibly inexplicable. All of them have been reported to John Robert Colombo, Canada’s Master Gatherer of the Arcane, by men and women from various parts of the country, and they’re published here in the words of the informants themselves, the witnesses to these wonders. Here, you will have the opportunity to read about: A woman from Ottawa who is visited nightly by her dead husband. A man from Quebec who is haunted by visions of the past. The couple from Regina, Saskatchewan, who commune with spirits through a Ouija board. The woman from Newcastle, Ontario, who finds the house of her dreams with a terrible secret.

Author : Ronald W. Hawker
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780774850865

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Tales of Ghosts by Ronald W. Hawker Pdf

The years between 1922 and 1961, often referred to as the “Dark Ages of Northwest Coast art,” have largely been ignored by art historians, and dismissed as a period of artistic decline. Tales of Ghosts compellingly reclaims this era, arguing that it was instead a critical period during which the art played an important role in public discourses on the status of First Nations people in Canadian society. Hawker’s insightful examination focuses on the complex functions that Northwest Coast objects, such as the ubiquitous totem pole, played during the period. He demonstrates how these objects asserted the integrity and meaningfulness of First Nations identities, while simultaneously resisting the intent and effects of assimilation enforced by the Canadian government’s denial of land claims, its ban of the potlatch, and its support of assimilationist education. Those with an interest in First Nations and Canadian history and art history, anthropology, museology, and post-colonial studies will be delighted by the publication of this major contribution to their fields.

Author : Rody Kenny Courtice,Linda Jansma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015064981643

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Rody Kenny Courtice by Rody Kenny Courtice,Linda Jansma Pdf

Author : Peter J. Roe
Publisher : Quagmire Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1926695445

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Haunted Town Halls by Peter J. Roe Pdf

Town halls stand as tangible representations of community prosperity. They are gathering places for social interaction and serve as hubs for countless activities and events over many years. Should it come as any surprise that ghosts may call these familiar edifices home after they've left this mortal coil?Join renowned Canadian paranormal investigation team The Searcher Group as they embark on a chilling--often thought-provoking--two-and-a-half-year Town Hall Tour, exploring the council chambers, courtrooms, prison cells, basements, auditoriums and theatres located within these iconic landmarks:* A long-dead caretaker believed to be still doing his job is but one of several spirits the team encounters in a town hall saved from the wrecker's ball* A supposedly ghost-free town hall quickly proves to be anything but as a social hierarchy is uncovered, led by a spirit upset by the team's presence* A popular entertainment complex invites The Searcher Group to investigate reports of malfunctioning equipment and disembodied footfalls* Reports of poltergeist-like activity in a rural theatre are overshadowed by the presence of a possible spirit portal and photographic evidence of...a Dementor?* The prospect of a clearing ritual inside a still-active town hall provokes an otherworldly outburst that further enforces the team's position regarding "ghost-busting"* In the heart of Ontario's capital, dozens of curious guests watch as The Searcher Group joins them on a tour of Toronto's first city hall. Do they detect something supernatural? It's Hallowe'en after all--how could they not?Maybe your local town hall is haunted too...

Author : Cynthia Sugars
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781783160006

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Canadian Gothic by Cynthia Sugars Pdf

This book explores the Gothic tradition in Canadian literature by tracing a distinctive reworking of the British Gothic in Canada. It traces the ways the Gothic genre was reinvented for a specifically Canadian context. On the one hand, Canadian writers expressed anxiety about the applicability of the British Gothic tradition to the colonies; on the other, they turned to the Gothic for its vitalising rather than unsettling potential. After charting this history of Gothic infusion, Canadian Gothic turns its attention to the body of Aboriginal and diasporic writings that respond to this discourse of national self-invention from a post-colonial perspective. These counter-narratives unsettle the naturalising force of this invented history, rendering the sense of Gothic comfort newly strange. The Canadian Gothic tradition has thus been a conflicted one, which reimagines the Gothic as a form of cultural sustenance. This volume offers an important reconsideration of the Gothic legacy in Canada.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electric lighting
ISBN : UVA:X001908002

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Lighting Design & Application by Anonim Pdf

Author : Martin Avery,Phyllis Avery
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780557018888

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Big Phyl's Ashes by Martin Avery,Phyllis Avery Pdf

Big Phyl's Ashes is a memoir channeled from mother to son a quarter century after death. It is rooted in the Highland Clearances and The Great Hunger, or Potato Famine, in Scotland and Ireland, and covers World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. It is Herstory set in Sudbury, Muskoka, and Toronto.

Author : Gregory Betts
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442696914

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Avant-Garde Canadian Literature by Gregory Betts Pdf

In Avant-Garde Canadian Literature, Gregory Betts draws attention to the fact that the avant-garde has had a presence in Canada long before the country's literary histories have recognized, and that the radicalism of avant-garde art has been sabotaged by pedestrian terms of engagement by the Canadian media, the public, and the literary critics. This book presents a rich body of evidence to illustrate the extent to which Canadians have been producing avant-garde art since the start of the twentieth century. Betts explores the radical literary ambitions and achievements of three different nodes of avant-garde literary activity: mystical revolutionaries from the 1910s to the 1930s; Surrealists/Automatists from the 1920s to the 1960s; and Canadian Vorticists from the 1920s to the 1970s. Avant-Garde Canadian Literature offers an entrance into the vocabulary of the ongoing and primarily international debate surrounding the idea of avant-gardism, providing readers with a functional vocabulary for discussing some of the most hermetic and yet energetic literature ever produced in this country.

Author : Joel Baetz
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781771123211

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Battle Lines by Joel Baetz Pdf

For Canadians, the First World War was a dynamic period of literary activity. Almost every poet wrote about the war, critics made bold predictions about the legacy of the period’s poetry, and booksellers were told it was their duty to stock shelves with war poetry. Readers bought thousands of volumes of poetry. Twenty years later, by the time Canada went to war again, no one remembered any of it. Battle Lines traces the rise and disappearance of Canadian First World War poetry, and offers a striking and comprehensive account of its varied and vexing poetic gestures. As eagerly as Canadians took to the streets to express their support for the war, poets turned to their notebooks, and shared their interpretations of the global conflict, repeating and reshaping popular notions of, among others, national obligation, gendered responsibility, aesthetic power, and deathly presence. The book focuses on the poetic interpretations of the Canadian soldier. He emerges as a contentious poetic subject, a figure of battle romance, and an emblem of modernist fragmentation and fractiousness. Centring the work of five exemplary Canadian war poets (Helena Coleman, John McCrae, Robert Service, Frank Prewett, and W.W.E. Ross), the book reveals their latent faith in collective action as well as conflicting recognition of modernist subjectivities. Battle Lines identifies the Great War as a long-overlooked period of poetic ferment, experimentation, reluctance, and challenge.

Author : Joe Nickell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0813123585

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Secrets of the Sideshows by Joe Nickell Pdf

"Joe Nickell - once a carnival pitchman, then a magician, private detective, and investigative writer - has pursued sideshow secrets for years and has worked the famous carnival midway at the Canadian National Exhibition. For this book, he interviewed showmen and performers, collected carnival memorabilia, researched published accounts of sideshows and their lore, and even performed some classic sideshow feats, such as eating fire and lying on a bed of nails as a cinderblock was broken on his chest. The result of these varied efforts, Secrets of the Sideshows tells the captivating story of the magic, tricks - real or illusory - and performers of the world's midway shows."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : John Robert Colombo
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1996-09-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781459726529

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Haunted Toronto by John Robert Colombo Pdf

Unearthing Toronto's spectral and paranormal secrets, Haunted Toronto takes readers to sixty-six ghostly sites, from haunted stairwells in Queen's Park to otherworldly presences on the Toronto Islands. Fans of the supernatural will love this richly-illustrated guide to walking and driving tours of the city's spooky side.