Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster
by Melissa Fay Greene
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One evening in late October 1958, the deepest coal mine in North America "bumped" — its rock floors heaved up and smashed into rock ceilings. Most of the men on the shift perished. But nineteen men were trapped alive a mile below the earth's surface,...
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Coasts of Canada (The)a History
by Lesley Choyce
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-292) and index....
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Roughing It in the Bush
by Susanna Moodie
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Betty had plenty of potatoes, without the trouble of planting, or the expense of buying; she never kept a cow, yet she sold butter and milk; but she had a fashion, and it proved a convenient one to her, of making pets of the cattle of her neighbours...
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Memoirs: 1939-1993
by Brian Mulroney
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Politics was always Brian Mulroney’s real love. As an undergraduate in Nova Scotia he amazed his friends by getting Prime Minister Diefenbaker on the phone, and he rose fast in the Tory ranks in Quebec as a young Montreal lawyer. He tried for the...
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On the Front Line of Life
by Alan Bowker
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In the last decade of his life, Leacock turned to writing informal essays that blended humour with a conversational style about topics such as education, literature, economics, Canada and its place in the world, and the joys and sorrows of his own life...
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Why Canadian Unity Matters
by Charles F Doran
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Charles Doran examines why Canadian unity is important; what drives Quebec separatism in the American view; the concern that after Quebec secession the rest of Canada could unravel; and the nature of the historical era that has shaped and conditioned...
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Luther H Holton a Founding Canadian I
by Henry Klassen
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Canadian entrepreneur Luther H. Holton rose from humble origins to
play a significant role in the development of a steamboat line and
the building of a railway. He helped establish important businesses
in marine engines, banking, and real estate, and...
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Looking for Old Ontario
by Thomas F Mcilwraith
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Every Year, Thousands of Tourists Drive Along country roads, past farmyards, and through hamlets, en route to popular vacation spots. Thomas McIlwraith, in Looking for Old Ontario, shows that many destinations are closer at hand than one might imagine...
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Salmon
by Geoff Meggs
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Salmon: The Decline of the British Columbia Fishery is about both the fishery and the resource, as the one depends on the other. And that story — from the beginnings of the industry with the export of salted salmon in the 1830s and the canning for...
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The light of nature and the law of God :antislavery in Ontario, 1833-1877
by Allen P Stouffer
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Stouffer examines the antislavery movement in central British North
America, and argues that proximity to the US was only one element in
Canadian abolitionism. More important, he maintains, was the
influence of British institutions and ideals brought...
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