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| Battling for a Better Manitoba |
Jon Gerrard with
Gary Girard |
11.99
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Heartland Publications |
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208 pages, paperback.
From the birth of the province, through periods of boom and bust, this sweeping history weaves the legends and legacies of the Liberal Party through the story of Manitoba. |
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Between Earth and Sky
- Steinbach the first fifty years |
Ralph Friesen |
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Steinbach's history is a deeply rooted one: perhaps in earlier books undue attention was given to the town's 1947 incorporation, its retail and manufacturing accomplishments, and lists of its modern day achievers. This book is about Steinbach's pioneers and the genius of the first generations. It is a tribute to those who created the foundation for Steinbach of today, a welcoming and caring place, a place to serve others, develop one's gifts and embrace the joys of life.
- from Royden Loewen's Foreword |
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| Blackships/Thanadelthur |
Rick Book |
13.99
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Heartland Publications
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108 pages, hardcover, CD included.
Blackships: Two brothers, sons of the noted Iroquois leader Donnacona, are taken to France by Jacques Cartier in 1534. They learn French, are presented at court and return to save Cartier’s men. But disaster looms…
Thanadelthur: In 1716, when her companions are exhausted and afraid to continue, a young Dene teen strikes out on her own across the tundra, determined to make peace between two warring nations.
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| Crossroads of the Continent |
Barbara Huck |
22.98
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Heartland Publications
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176 pages, hardcover.
A history of the Forks of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. |
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Exploring the Fur Trade Routes
of North America |
Barbara Huck |
29.95
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Heartland Publications
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288 pages, paperback.
Europeans in search of furs penetrated the continent from the St. Lawrence to the Columbia, aided by native North Americans who shared the secrets of its bounty. Today’s modern highways trace those ancient trade routes, taking time travelers on a journey of rediscovery. With its full-colour maps, hundreds of photographs and detailed driving directions to every site, this guide unlocks a world of adventure, when spirited men and women shaped one of the continent’s central dramas and determined its destiny. |
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| Fashioning Fabric |
Adriemne D. Hood |
19.95
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Lorimer Publishers
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93 pages, paperback.
In this book, Adrienne Hood explores the methods, tools, and patterns used by early Canadians to create homemade textiles. The Acadians, Québécois, Scots, English, American Loyalists, and German Mennonites all brought with them traditions that were reflected in their beautiful handiwork. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, this book describes all the stages in making fabric and offers striking examples of clothing, quilts, and coverlets. |
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| Great Forests and Mighty Men |
David Lee |
24.95
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Lorimer Publishers
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2007 paperback, 96 pages
The colourful and dangerous days of the loggers and lumbermen in the old-growth forests of Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. Shanty men, river drivers, timber men, lumber barons -- the words evoke a bygone world of hardy men of mythic strength and daring, of wilderness and trees as far as the imagination could stretch. Immortalized in folk song and tale, the logger in "the age of wood" wielded axe and saw to deliver a raw landscape into the twentieth century. The mighty timbers he hewed and trees he felled were the means to build and fuel a country.
From Lake of the Woods in northern Ontario to Nova Scotia's old-growth Acadian forests, Canada offered a vast and rich resource of timber. The early entrepreneurs made fortunes from the harvest while thousands of men lived in primitive conditions and risked their lives in this dangerous work. David Lee has written a colourful and fascinating story of the men who worked in eastern Canada's early forest industry. He describes their work in shanties and caboose camps, in the woods, on the river and in the sawmills of Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. With many colour and black and white illustrations and photographs from leading historic sites in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, Great Forests and Mighty Men is a very human history of almost legendary figures. |
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Mennonites in Early Modern
Poland & Prussia |
Peter J. Klassen |
50.00
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Description: Hard Cover - 260 pages.
At a time when religious conflicts and persecution plagued early modern Europe, Poland and Prussia were havens for Mennonites and other religious minorities. Noted Anabaptist scholar Peter J. Klassen examines this extraordinary example of religious tolerance.
Through extensive archival research in Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands, Klassen unearths rich material that has rarely, if ever, been studied. He demonstrates how the interaction of religious, political, and economic factors created a situation in Poland and Prussia that permitted a diversity of religious beliefs and practices.
Mennonites in Early Modern Poland and Prussia focuses on the large Mennonite community in these countries. Klassen reveals how the Anabaptist groups were treated and explores whether the uncommon religious freedom they enjoyed gave rise to a flourishing of their faith or a falling away from its central tenets. |
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| Mistehay Sakahegan: The Great Lake |
Frances Russel |
23.95
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Heartland Publications
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184 pages, paperback.
Lake Winnipeg is truly, as the Cree termed it, Mistehay Sakahegan – The Great Lake. Much larger than Lake Ontario, the hub of North America’s heartland, Manitoba’s great lake helped determine the shape of Canada. And throughout its long history, few have been unaffected by its beauty and treachery. This beautifully illustrated book begins with the geology of Manitoba’s great lake and traces its fascinating history through the lives and legends of its people, from the first humans to see its enormous glacial ancestor to the thousands who vacation about its shores every year. |
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| Power of the Press, The |
Chris Raible |
19.95
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Lorimer Publishers
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95 pages, paperback.
Illustrated throughout with photos of printing presses and techniques of the letterpress era drawn from many historic sites and museums across Canada, this book brings to life the colourful figures behind the fight for the freedom of the press in Canada. |
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| Sacagawea: The Making of a Legend |
Rick Book |
13.99
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Heartland Publications
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96 pages, paperback.
This book is the story of a courageous young woman who changed the course of American history, told from her own perspective. Woven from archival records and the journals of Lewis and Clark, this account of her adventures draws readers into a time of boundless horizons and sweeping change. Author Rick Book combines cultural sensitivity with an ear for age-related nuances, producing a manuscript with a fine balance between the historical record and imagination. |
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| Street of Dreams |
Marjorie Gillies |
17.99
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Heartland Publications
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128 pages, paperback.
The story of Broadway is the story of Manitoba. From the Governor’s Gate, the last remnant of Upper Fort Garry, to the Manitoba Legislature – deemed one of the two finest public buildings in North America – much of our history can be told through the boulevard’s remarkable buildings. French artist Paul Maze called the view down the avenue from Union Station “one of the most beautiful sights in Canada”. In Street of Dreams, Marjorie Gillies tells the story of Broadway, with its hopes and ambitions, its scandals and failures. |
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