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61.
Series: Voyageur Classics The Letters and Journals of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808 Paperback W. Kaye Lamb 9781550027136 $24.99 HISTORY May 30, 2007

B.C. journalist Stephen Hume has said that fur trader and explorer Simon Fraser should be celebrated as the founder of British Columbia. Certainly, the achievements of the Scottish-descended United Empire Loyalist adventurer were impressive. During three extraordinary years, 1805-1808, Fraser undertook the third major expedition (after Alexander Mackenzie’s and Lewis and Clark’s) across North America, culminating in his famous journey down the river in British Columbia that now bears his name. Employed by the Montreal-based North West Company, ... + Read More
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Series: A Very Fine Class of Immigrants Prince Edward Island's Scottish Pioneers, 1770-1850 2nd edition Paperback Lucille H. Campey 9781550027716 $23.99 HISTORY May 15, 2007

Scots who opted for pioneer life in Prince Edward Island are the subject of this book. Being the first of the "northern" colonies to be sold off in its entirety to proprietors in the late eighteenth century, P.E.I. acquired its Scots earliest, doing so even before the start of the American War of Independence in 1775. The colonization of Prince Edward Island by Scots takes us back to a period when the process of emigration and settlement were in their infancy. The Pioneer Scots of Prince Edward Island should command our respect. They showed tre... + Read More
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Series: After the Hector The Scottish Pioneers of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, 1773-1852 2nd edition Paperback Lucille H. Campey 9781550027709 $27.99 HISTORY May 15, 2007

This is the first fully documented and detailed account, produced in recent times, of one of the greatest early migrations of Scots to North America. The arrival of the Hector in 1773, with nearly 200 Scottish passengers, sparked a huge influx of Scots to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. Thousands of Scots, mainly from the Highlands and Islands, streamed into the province during the late 1700s and the first half of the nineteenth century. Lucille Campey traces the process of emigration and explains why Scots chose their different settlement locat... + Read More
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Series: F.H. Varley Portraits into the Light/Mise en lumière des portraits Hardcover Katerina Atanassova 9781550026757 $60.00 ART Mar 30, 2007

Frederick Horsman Varley was unique among the members of the Group of Seven. One of the greatest Canadian portraitists of the twentieth century, he is an intriguing example of an artist who, despite his fame as a portrait painter, remains better known for his landscapes. This is due mainly to his position as one of the founding members of the Group of Seven and their deliberate attempt to raise awareness of our national identity by depicting the Canadian landscape. Even though many public collections across the country, including the National G... + Read More
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Series: I've Got a Home in Glory Land A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad Hardcover Karolyn Smardz Frost 9780887622502 $32.95 HISTORY Jan 19, 2007

Winner of the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction, 2007 It was the day before Independence Day, 1831. As his bride, Lucie, was about to be "sold down the river" to the slave markets of New Orleans, young Thornton Blackburn planned a daring – and successful – daylight escape from Louisville. But they were discovered by slave catchers in Michigan and slated to return to Kentucky in chains, until the black community rallied to their cause. The Blackburn Riot of 1833 was the first racial uprising in Detroit history.
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Series: Scotland Farewell The People of the Hector Revised Edition; 5th Printing Paperback Donald MacKay 9781896219127 $24.99 HISTORY Aug 30, 2006

This is the story of the Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1773 aboard the brig Hector. These intrepid emigrants came for many reasons: the famine of the previous spring, pressures of population growth, intolerable rent increases, trouble with the law, the hunger of landless men to own land of their own. Upon arrival at Pictou, after an appalling storm-tossed crossing, they found they had been deceived. The promised prime farming land turned out to be virgin forest. Only the kindness of the Mi’kmaq and the few New Englanders ... + Read More
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Series: Les Écossais The Pioneer Scots of Lower Canada, 1763-1855 Paperback Lucille H. Campey 9781897045145 $26.95 HISTORY Jun 05, 2006

This is the first fully documented account, produced in modern times, of the migration of Scots to Lower Canada. Scots were in the forefront of the early influx of British settlers, which began in the late eighteenth century. John Nairne and Malcolm Fraser were two of the first Highlanders to make their mark on the province, arriving at La Malbaie soon after the Treaty of Paris in 1763. By the early 1800s many Scottish settlements had been formed along the north side of the Ottawa River, in the Chateauguay Valley to the southwest of Montreal, a... + Read More
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Series: The Women of Beaver Hall Canadian Modernist Painters Hardcover Evelyn Walters 9781550025880 $60.00 ART Nov 12, 2005

Ten women artists, counterparts of the Group of Seven, are finally being given their due. Long overlooked by critics and historians, they are today amongst the most sought-after Canadian painters. The Beaver Hall Group ventured into a male-dominated art world, lived remarkable lives, and produced exceptional work. This beautifully produced book portrays the life and work of Emily Coonan, Nora Collyer, Prudence Heward, Mabel Lockerby, Mabel May, Sarah Robertson, Anne Savage, and Ethel Seath. Long-lost catalogues, old newspaper reviews, and perso... + Read More
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Series: The Scottish Pioneers of Upper Canada, 1784-1855 Glengarry and Beyond Paperback Lucille H. Campey 9781897045015 $29.99 HISTORY May 16, 2005

Glengarry, Upper Canada’s first major Scottish settlement, was established in 1784 by Highlanders from Inverness-shire. Worsening economic conditions in Scotland, coupled with a growing awareness of Upper Canadas opportunities, led to a growing tide of emigration that eventually engulfed all of Scotland and gave the province its many Scottish settlements. Pride in their culture gave Scots a strong sense of identity and self-worth. These factors contributed to their success and left Upper Canada with firmly rooted Scottish traditions. Individual... + Read More
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Series: The Canada Company and the Huron Tract, 1826-1853 Personalities, Profits and Politics Paperback Robert C. Lee 9781896219943 $26.95 HISTORY Aug 20, 2004

The Canada Company was responsible for the opening and settling of over two million acres of land in Upper Canada. Author Robert C. Lee focuses his attention on the extensive parcel of land on the shores of Lake Huron that became known as the Huron Tract. His comprehensive research explores the underlying forces leading to the formation of the Company, the intriguing mix of people charged with responsibilities for the Company and the overall impact of its operations, leading to its present-day legacy. The politics of the day, coupled with diver... + Read More
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Series: The Silver Chief Lord Selkirk and the Scottish Pioneers of Belfast, Baldoon and Red River Paperback Lucille H. Campey 9781896219882 $24.95 HISTORY May 20, 2003

Belfast, Prince Edward Island, founded in August 1803, owes its existence to Lord Selkirk. Its bicentennial is a timely reminder of Selkirk’s work in Canada, which extended beyond Belfast to Baldoon (later Wallaceburg) in Ontario, as well as to Red River, the precursor to Winnipeg. Aptly named "The Silver Chief" by the five Indian chiefs with whom he negotiated a land treaty at Red River, the fifth Earl of Selkirk spent an immense fortune in helping Scottish Highlanders relocate themselves in Canada. Selkirk has been well observed through the e... + Read More
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Series: Vanished Villages of Middlesex Paperback Jennifer Grainger 9781896219516 $26.95 HISTORY Jul 10, 2002

Once home to over 60 flourishing villages, Middlesex County, in the heart of southwestern Ontario, has a rich history just waiting to be discovered. Anthropologist and local history enthusiast Jennifer Grainger has, through extensive research and much personal exploration, produced a valuable document chronicling the "rise and fall" of these pioneering settlements, truly the foundation of all that exist in the area today. Nostalgia buffs, armchair adventurers, genealogists and curious daytrippers alike will welcome the arrival of this timely pu... + Read More
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Series: Fast Sailing and Copper-Bottomed Aberdeen Sailing Ships and the Emigrant Scots They Carried to Canada, 1774-1855 Paperback Lucille H. Campey 9781896219318 $23.95 HISTORY May 20, 2002

The days when Aberdeen’s "fast sailing and copper-bottomed" ships carried emigrant Scots to Canada are brought to life in this fascinating account of the northern Scotland exodus during the sailing ship era. Taking readers through new and little-used documentary sources, Lucille H. Campey finds convincing evidence of good ships, sailed by experienced captains and managed by reputable people, thus challenging head on the perceived imagery of abominable sea passages in leaking old tubs. And by considering the significance of ship design and size,... + Read More
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Series: The War of 1812 The War That Both Sides Won 2nd edition Paperback Wesley B. Turner 9781550023367 $16.99 HISTORY May 01, 2000

Tragedy and farce, bravery and cowardice, intelligence and foolishness, sense and nonsense - all these contradictions and more have characterized the War of 1812. The real significance of the series of skirmishes that collectively made up the war between 1812 and 1814 is the enormous impact they have had on Canadian and American views of themselves and of each other. The publication of The War of 1812: The War That Both Sides Won in 1990 provided a contemporary look at the period, and included such developments as the 1975 discovery of the Hami... + Read More
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Series: To Go Upon Discovery James Cook and Canada, from 1758 to 1779 Paperback Victor Suthren 9781550023275 $35.99 HISTORY Feb 01, 2000

To Go Upon Discovery begins with Cook’s arrival in Canada in 1758 and ends with his appointment to take Endeavour to the South Pacific. In between these dates, we witness the siege of Louisbourg during the Seven Years’ War, where Cook made his almost accidental discovery of the surveying techniques that distinguished him and gave him a prominent place in history. We see the development of his abilities while based in Halifax (1759-62), a port he knew better than any but his home port of Whitby, England. We are also party to the detailed descrip... + Read More
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Series: The History of Fort St. Joseph Paperback Graeme Mount 9781550023374 $14.99 HISTORY Jan 05, 2000

In early 1812, as the British and the Americans were on the brink of war in North America, Fort St. Joseph was not thought to be of much importance to the British cause. It was disregarded as a useless, poorly located post. But when war was delcared, the garrison at Fort St. Joseph pulled off a miracle: it captured the American Fort Mackinac, and for the remainder of the War of 1812 the British never relinquished control of the Upper Great Lakes. Built in the aftermath of the American Revolution, Fort St. joseph played an important role in the ... + Read More
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Series: Canada A Millennium Portrait Paperback Desmond Morton 9780888666475 $24.99 HISTORY Nov 30, 1999

Morton, one of Canadas most respected historians has given us a short celebration of Canada with a depth of insight that truly helps us to know one another and all the regions of the country.
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Series: The Consummate Canadian A Biography of Samuel Weir Q.C. Hardcover Mary Willan Mason 9781896219400 $49.95 ART Jan 15, 1999

Samuel Edward Weir Q.C. (1898-1981), a man both loved and reviled with scorn, was born in London, Ontario. Descended from pioneer stock, with roots in both Ireland and Germany, Samuel Weir possessed incisive wit, exceptional intelligence and a passionate zest for any subject that caught his eye. Over a period of sixty years he built an extraordinary collection of approximately one thousand works of outstanding art and sculpture. This extensively researched biography of a talented yet quixotic lawyer who contributed much to Canada’s heritage beg... + Read More
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Series: 200 Years Yonge A History 2nd Edition Paperback Ralph Magel 9781896219493 $24.95 HISTORY Dec 10, 1998

The Yonge Street as conceived by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe is celebrated, from its beginning as a First Nation’s Trail, to the Yonge Street we know today, extending from Toronto to Innisfil. Augustus Jones, the surveyor assigned by Simcoe, the French, the German pioneers, the Loyalists – all were to influence the building of Yonge Street. With the building of a route came tolls, inns, villages, more immigrants and ultimately an avenue of economy serving as the key transportation route for the people, goods and services that represe... + Read More
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Series: Treasures Of Canada 2nd edition Hardcover Alan Samuel 9780888666420 $135.00 ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Nov 01, 1998

This tome is an extensive record of Canadas treasures including art, architecture, historical sites, and spots of natural beauty.
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Series: A Grand Eye for Glory A Life of Franz Johnston Hardcover Roger Burford Mason 9781550023053 $29.99 ART Sep 01, 1998

Winner of the 1999 International Gallery of Superb Printing Gold Award for Superb Craftsmanship in Production Franz Johnston is the missing man of Canadian painting. The most prolific and financially successful of the original Group of Seven, Johnston’s paintings were among the most sought after in Canada in the years between the mid-1920s and his death in 1949. They appear in the collections of dozens of discriminating private collectors, and in institutions such as the National Gallery, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the McMichael Canadian Col... + Read More
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Series: Props on Her Sleeve The Wartime Letters of a Canadian Airwoman Paperback Carolyn Gossage 9781550022940 $19.99 HISTORY Oct 29, 1997

A first-hand account of the experiences of a young Canadian airwoman who served both in Canada and on overseas duty, this series of 150 letters brings home the day-to-day immediacy of life in uniform during the Second World War. Moments of hilarity interspersed with impatience and frustration are recorded verbatim, along with an underlying sense of urgency about winning a war that hung in the balance for too long. Written to the Dead of Women at Macdonald College in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Mary Buch’s letters lay untouched for over fifty years a... + Read More
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Series: The Heritage Strategy Planning Handbook Paperback Marc Denhez 9781550022834 $8.99 HISTORY Oct 10, 1997

Strategies for the conservation and revitalization of buildings and districts have preoccupied the international community for decades. This book summarizes the five major legislative approaches, the treaties and international declarations (including The Habitat Agenda 1996), outlining how to deal with these properties, e.g. in light of "sustainable development." Positive and negative examples from some twenty jurisdictions are cited, but they are seldom "place specific." Indeed, most of the problems and their solutions could occur in almost an... + Read More
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Series: D'une Rive A L'autre: L'histoire Du Pont De La Confederation Abridged edition Paperback Copthorne Macdonald 9781550022957 $32.99 HISTORY Jan 09, 1997

Bridging the Strait celebrates the creation of Confederation Bridge, connecting Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. Opened in June 1997, the bridge is one of the most innovative engineering projects undertaken in Canada. It’s also the longest bridge ever constructed over ice-covered water. Bridging the Strait provides a fitting tribute to the engineers and designers who created it.
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Series: Opportunity Road Yonge Street 1860-1939 Paperback F.R. (Hamish) Berchem 9781896219158 $19.95 HISTORY Oct 15, 1996

This important original work with stylish illustrations by the author/artist F.R. (Hamish) Berchem, promises to be a worthy sequel to his earlier book on Yonge Street, The Yonge Street Story 1793-1860 (now out of print). The fascinating story of Yonge Street has involved an endless array of memorable personalities including the young reporter Charles Dickens; publisher J. Ross Robertson; successful Scots merchants John MacDonald, John Catto, Robert Simpson and Irishman Timothy Eaton; coal and wood merchant Elias Rogers; Hessian officer Frederic... + Read More
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Series: I Remember Sunnyside Paperback Mike Filey 9781550022742 $18.99 HISTORY Oct 01, 1996

First published in 1982, I Remember Sunnyside is a mine of golden memories, bringing back to life an earlier Toronto, only hints of which remain today. Like the city itself, Sunnyside was an everchanging landscape from its heady opening days in the early 1920s to its final sad demolition in the 1950s. The book captures the spirit of the best of times a magical era which can only be recaptured in memory and photographs. It also presents the reality of a newer Toronto where change, although necessary, is sometimes regrettable.
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Series: The Capital Years Niagara-on-the-Lake 1792-1796 Paperback Nancy Butler 9781550021493 $19.99 HISTORY Aug 08, 1996

The Capital Years is being published to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the opening of the first parliament of Upper Canada. Nine scholars have contributed to this book, which explores the daily life of the inhabitants during the time period 1792-1796 when the area served as the capital of Upper Canada. Their knowledge and expertise give the book depth and breadth of scholarship.
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Series: His Majesty's Indian Allies British Indian Policy in the Defence of Canada 1774-1815 Paperback Robert S. Allen 9781550021844 $24.99 HISTORY Aug 08, 1996

His Majesty’s Indian Allies is a study of British-Indian policy in North America from the time of the American Revolution to the end of the War of 1812, with particular focus on Canada.
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Series: Scrum Wars The Prime Ministers and the Media Hardcover Allan Levine 9781550021912 $29.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Aug 08, 1996

The image of the scrum – a beleaguered politican surrounded by jockeying reporters – is central to our perception of Ottawa. The modern scrum began with the arrival of television, but even in Sir John A. Macdonald’s day, a century earlier, reporters in the parliamentary press gallery had waited outside the prime minister’s office, pen in hand, hoping for a quote for the next edition. The scrum represents the test of wills, the contest of wits, and the battle for control that have characterized the relationship between Canadian prime ministers a... + Read More
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Series: Scrum Wars The Prime Ministers and the Media Paperback Allan Levine 9781550022070 $19.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Aug 08, 1996

The image of the scrum – a beleaguered politican surrounded by jockeying reporters – is central to our perception of Ottawa. The modern scrum began with the arrival of television, but even in Sir John A. Macdonald’s day, a century earlier, reporters in the parliamentary press gallery had waited outside the prime minister’s office, pen in hand, hoping for a quote for the next edition. The scrum represents the test of wills, the contest of wits, and the battle for control that have characterized the relationship between Canadian prime ministers a... + Read More
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Series: Whisky and Ice The Saga of Ben Kerr, Canada's Most Daring Rumrunner Paperback C.W. Hunt 9781550022490 $19.99 HISTORY Jul 26, 1996

During the Roaring Twenties, Ben Kerr was known as the "King of the Rumrunners." The U.S. Coast Guard put him at the top of the most-wanted list and offered a reward of $5,000. But ending up in Club Fed was not Kerr’s only worry - he had to contend with Hamilton crime lords Rocco and Bessie Perri. Whisky and Ice takes the reader back to the Prohibition era, when Canada and the United States were obsessed with "demon liquor" (not to mention the endless posturing by politicians). As Hunt aptly writes, the U.S. during Porhibition "was about as dry... + Read More
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Series: Death at Snake Hill Paperback Paul Litt 9781550021868 $12.99 HISTORY Jul 26, 1996

In 1987, archaeologists working on a number of waterfront lots in Fort Erie, Ontario, discovered bones that turned out to be the remains of soldiers who had died during the American occupation of Fort Erie 173 years before. They had uncovered a U.S. military graveyard from the War of 1812. The archaeological dig that followed attracted great public interest and media attention on both sides of the border. Historical research and scientific analysis of the bones combined to produce a remarkably detailed profile of anonymous victims in a half-for... + Read More
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Series: More Battlefields of Canada Paperback Mary Beacock Fryer 9781550021899 $16.99 HISTORY Jul 26, 1996

More Battlefields of Canada is a sequel to Mary Beacock Fryers bestselling Battlefields of Canada. Like it’s predecessor, this volume covers nearly three hundred years of history and covers the most significant - as well as some of the most comic and bizarre - Canadian battles. Illustrated with sketches, photographs and detailed maps, the individual chapters begin by setting the context of the battle in terms of the larger struggle. The reader is then taken on to the battlefield with an hour by hour account. A brief conclusion to each chapter a... + Read More
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Series: Newmarket The Heart of York Region Paperback Robert Terence Carter 9781550022223 $22.99 HISTORY Jul 26, 1996

In the early 1800s, Timothy Robers, a Quaker millwright from Vermont, drew a flourishing community of fellow Quakers to the area which became the new-market for settles and traders. It soon became the commercial hub of a rich farming area. By the mid-1800s it was a central point on the Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron Railway. Over the following decades, gas deposits were confirmed there and a barge canal was built along with a street railway. In the early 20th century Newmarket languished through a long period of slow growth — wars and the Depressi... + Read More
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Series: Red Coats & Grey Jackets The Battle of Chippawa, 5 July 1814 Paperback Donald E. Graves 9781550022100 $28.95 HISTORY Jul 25, 1996

"… the definitive analysis of the battle of Chippawa. Donald Graves establishes its historical background, describes the opposing armies, brings them into battle, and assesses the results, without wasting a word yet his account of the battle combines high colour and exact detail. You find yourself alternately in the generals’ boots and the privates’ brogans, in all the smoke, shock and uproar of a short-range, stand-up fire fight." - John Elting, author of Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon’s Grande Armee
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Series: Sudbury Rail Town to Regional Capital Paperback C.M. Wallace 9781550021707 $19.99 HISTORY Jul 25, 1996

At the turn of the century Sudbury was a town set on the railway line, with a population of about 2,000. The community was smaller than Sault Ste. Marie and Copper Cliff to the west, and to the east, North Bay and Pembroke. Now, nearly 100 years later, Sudbury is the largest city in northeastern Ontario. it is also the centre of many governmental, business, social, educational, media, medical, and other professional services in the region. Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital, which honours the centenary of the community’s incorporation as a... + Read More
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Series: A Deep Sense of Wrong The Treason, Trials and Transportation to New South Wales of Lower Canadian Rebels Hardcover Beverley Boissery 9781550022421 $36.99 HISTORY Jan 11, 1995

In 1839 fifty-eight men left Montreal for the penal colony of New South Wales. They were ordinary people who had been caught up in the political whirlwind of the 1838 rebellion. Even though they were all civilians, they had been tried by court martial. Convicted of treason, their properties forfeited to the crown, they paid a heavy price for rebellion. And as convicts in Australia, they were considered the lowest of a bad lot. During their years there, however, they earned the respect of Sydney’s citizens.
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Series: The Canadian Home From Cave to Electronic Cocoon Hardcover Marc Denhez 9781550022025 $39.99 ART Sep 01, 1994

Would you want to live in a factory-molded cube made of plastic, asbestos, and UFFI? With an "H-bomb shelter" and the nuclear furnace underneath? Or a house designed by God to harmonize with the cosmic Muzak? The Canadian Home explains how our housing came to be including the pagan origins of "colonial" homes, why "Tudor" is not Tudor, and where so many predictions went wrong. But the book is not just about tastes and floor plans; it also celebrates technological innovation, from prehistoric Inuit windows (of stretched seal guts) to the R-2000 ... + Read More
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Series: More Toronto Sketches The Way We Were Paperback Mike Filey 9781550022018 $14.99 HISTORY Sep 01, 1993

Mike Filey’s "The Way We Were" column in the Toronto Sun continues to be one of the paper’s most popular features. In More Toronto Sketches, the second volume in Dundurn Press’s Toronto Sketches series, Filey brings together some of the best of his columns. Each column looks at Toronto as it was, and contributes to our understanding of how Toronto became what it is. Illustrated with photographs of the city’s people and places of the past, Toronto Sketches is a nostalgic journey for the long-time Torontonian, and a voyage of discovery for the ne... + Read More
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Series: The Consummate Canadian A Biography of Samuel Weir Q.C. Paperback Mary Willan Mason 9781896219387 $29.95 ART Jan 15, 1990

Samuel Edward Weir Q.C. (1898-1981), a man both loved and reviled with scorn, was born in London, Ontario. Descended from pioneer stock, with roots in both Ireland and Germany, Samuel Weir possessed incisive wit, exceptional intelligence and a passionate zest for any subject that caught his eye. Over a period of sixty years he built an extraordinary collection of approximately one thousand works of outstanding art and sculpture. This extensively researched biography of a talented yet quixotic lawyer who contributed much to Canada’s heritage beg... + Read More
101.
Series: Old Ontario Essays in Honour of J M S Careless Hardcover David Keane 9781550020601 $36.99 HISTORY Jan 06, 1990

In ten original studies, former students and colleagues of Maurice Careless, one of Canada’s most distinguished historians, explore both traditional and hitherto neglected topics in the development of nineteenth-century Ontario. Their papers incorporate the three themes that characterize their mentor’s scholarly efforts: metropolitan-hinterland relations; urban development; and the impact of ’limited identities’ — gender, class, ethnicity and regionalism — that shaped the lives of Old Ontarians. Traditional topics — colonial-imperial tension a... + Read More
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Series: Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology Revised Edition Paperback Frederick H. Armstrong 9781550025439 $34.99 HISTORY Sep 01, 1985

A revised and greatly expanded edition of this important and long out of print reference book on Upper Canada to 1841. Similar in format to A Handbook of British Chronology, this work is a listing of all legislative councilors, and assemblymen, all officials, dates of all parliaments, and judges and court officials. It gives as well, a complete picture of local government: legislation relating to local territorial authorities, lists of counties, districts, cities and townships, and all major officials. The new edition includes the basic popula... + Read More
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Series: King's Men The Soldier Founders of Ontario Hardcover Mary Beacock Fryer 9780919670518 $40.00 HISTORY Jan 01, 1980

King’s Men is the story of the Loyalist regiments who became the soldier founders of the Province of Ontario, the Loyal Colonials who joined the Provincial Corps of the British Army, Canadian Command, during the American revolution. Mythology on the United Empire Loyalists who founded two Canadian provinces is ingrained. We often envisage loyal families marching out of the victorious United States at the close of the American Revolution. But these myths lead us to overlook a fascinating period in the lives of one group of Loyalists – the soldi... + Read More
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Series: Reply to the Report of the Earl of Durham Paperback Thomas Chandler Haliburton 9780919614192 $4.95 HISTORY Jan 01, 1976

One of his most famous works was his controversial Reply to Lord Durham’s Report, written at white heat and originally published in 1839, at first in the form of seven letters to the Times. This edition also includes an introduction from Alfred G. Bailey, a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of New Brunswick.