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  • Something Has Gone Wrong

    Dealing with the Brighton Bomb

    by Steve Ramsey ...
    On 12 October 1984, an IRA bomb exploded inside Brighton's Grand Hotel, killing five people and injuring thirty. It was an assassination attempt on Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet, who were staying there for the Conservative party conference. While the bombing was deplorable, the story of how people reacted to it is an inspiring one. People refused to be beaten by what had happened; they got on ... Read more

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  • Realms Of Horror

    Series Book 2 - Genre Writers of Atlantic Canada
    This anthology of thirteen horror stories from the Genre Writers of Atlantic Canada will frighten you for hours, terrorize your dreams, and make you wonder what might be waiting for you in that darkened room.Table of Contents"Family Trait" by A. F. Stewart"The Inevitable" by Ali House"Insurance" by Chantal Boudreau"Anchored" by Jeff Slade"The Chosen" by Jon Dobbin"Airborne" by Kerry Campbell"The ... Read more

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  • Realms Of Fantasy

    Series Book 1 - Genre Writers of Atlantic Canada
    Inspired by real world myth and folklore, fourteen members of the Genre Writers of Atlantic Canada will showcase their talent with this collection of fantasy short stories that will thrill and amaze.Included in this short story anthology are the works of:Jennifer ShelbyMatt JohnSherry D. RamseyAli HousePeter J. FooteSteve VernonA.F. StewartPeter GilletBelinda FergusonMary J. DaleyNancy SM Waldman ... Read more

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  • William F. Tolmie at Fort Nisqually

    Letters, 1850-1853

    Edited by Steve A. Anderson ...
    Scottish-born Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) Chief Trader William Fraser Tolmie took charge of Fort Nisqually and its outstations in 1843. The first white settlement on Puget Sound, it functioned as a vital communications, banking, and shipping center, as well as a commodities and livestock broker, annually exporting tons of hides and produce. The International Boundary Treaty of 1846 between Great ... Read more

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  • Scugog Carrying Place

    A Frontier Pathway

    by Grant Karcich ...
    The story of Scugog Carrying Place, the ancient aboriginal trails connecting Lake Ontario with Lakes Scugog and Simcoe and the Kawartha lakes is a multifaceted one. In tracing its documented history from the 1790s to the 1850s, author Grant Karcich unravels mysteries; explores the lifestyles of early First Nations; provides background on local archaeological sites; and introduces the intrepid ... Read more

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    The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago

    " S ets the record straight about the War of 1812's Battle of Fort Dearborn and its significance to early Chicago's evolution . . . informative, ambitious" ( Publishers Weekly).In August 1812, Capt. Nathan Heald began the evacuation of ninety-four people from the isolated outpost of Fort Dearborn. After traveling only a mile and a half, they were attacked by five hundred Potawatomi warriors, who ... Read more

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    Guide and Interpreter of Lewis and Clark

    Series series Native American
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  • The Voyageur Canadian History 2-Book Bundle

    The Refugee / The Letters and Journals of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808

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    Voyageur Classics is a series that issues special new versions of Canadian classics, with added material and special introductions. In this bundle we find two classic works of Canadian historical writing. During three extraordinary years, 1805-1808, Simon Fraser undertook the third major expedition across North America, culminating in his famous journey down the river in British Columbia that now ... Read more

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    This is the remarkable story of the trail that became the longest street in the world, as officially recognized by The Guinness Book of Records. Begun in 1794, Yonge Street was planned by the ambitious Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe as a military route between Lake Ontario and Lake Huron. Anxious to bolster Upper Canada’s defences against the new republic to the south, which he heartily ... Read more

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  • Thompson's Highway

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    Series Book 3 - The Literary Origins of British Columbia
    For his third volume about BC literary history, Alan Twigg traces the writings of David Thompson, Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser and thirty of their peers, mainly Scotsmen, who founded and managed more than fifty forts west of the Rockies prior to 1850. After the failure of Alexander Mackenzie and Simon Fraser to find a navigable route to the Pacific Ocean, it was the remarkable mapmaker, David ... Read more

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