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Those were the days that I lived and loved: a biography of Gus d'Aoust, a professional barrenland trapper
Par Gus D'Aoust, Alix Harpelle. 1984
An autobiography of Gus d'Aoust, a trapper in the North-West Territories. Known as a resourceful and sometimes wily man, Gus…
was not above trading in tobacco and alcohol to supplement his income from furs. For many years, working though a series of winter line camps, Gus ably survived in the harsh northern wilderness until his retirement in the late 1930's. 1984.Things that go squeak in the night and other stories
Par Gregory Clark. 1976
The world outside
Par Donald L Woodcock. 2005
From a secluded cottage on Vancouver Island, Woodcock wrote for newspapers and magazines all across the country, winning various awards.…
This is a collection of his nature writing which has appeared in Reader's Digest, Outdoor Canada, and Canadian Geographic. 2005.The unfinished Canadian: the people we are
Par Andrew Cohen. 2007
Cohen delves into our past and present in search of our defining national characteristics. He questions hoary shibboleths, soothing mythologies,…
and old saws with irreverence and humour, unencumbered by our proverbial politeness or political correctness. He argues that our mythology, our jealousy, our complacency, our apathy, our amnesia, and our moderation are all part of the unbearable lightness of being Canadian. Some strong language. 2007.The strangers next door
Par Edith Iglauer. 1991
Collection of writings by the author of 'Fishing with John', covers fifty years and a range of subjects including wartime…
press meetings with Eleanor Roosevelt, stories from the buildings of New York, visits to Inuit cooperatives, and interviews with several Canadians, including Pierre Trudeau, Hubert Evans, M. Wylie Blanchet, Arthur Erickson, and Bill Reid. 1991.The snow geese: a story of home
Par William Fiennes. 2002
Every spring, millions of geese embark on an arduous three-thousand-mile migration from their winter quarters in the southern United States…
to their breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic. One year William Fiennes decided to go with them. Intrigued by what he'd read about the birds' amazing annual journey, Fiennes was also desperate to emerge from a period of illness and from the belief that, at age twenty-six, his life had ground to a halt. 2002.The sinking of the Princess Sophia: taking the North down with her
Par Kenneth Coates, William R Morrison. 1990
In 1918, the steamer Princess Sophia left Alaska for Vancouver, but during a storm she ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef.…
There were no survivors. Tracing the stories of many of the 353 aboard the Sophia - how they had gone to the north, what they did there, why they were leaving that fall - Coates sheds light on a little-known aspect of our history. 1990.The remarkable world of Frances Barkley, 1769-1845
Par Beth Hill, Frances Barkley. 1978
Frances Barkley was the first European woman to set foot on the coast of B.C. In 1786, she embarked from…
Europe on a trade and exploration voyage with her husband, Captain Charles W. Barkley. Her reminiscences contain her descriptions of their life at sea, and visits to South America, India, China, and what is now known as Alaska and British Columbia. 1978.The RCMP Musical Ride
Par Maxwell Newhouse. 2004
The thundering hooves, the skilled riders, and the dazzling pageantry of the Musical Ride have thrilled audiences young and old…
since it was first performed in 1887. The author tells the history of the Ride and the story of the spectacular black horses, their arduous training and sparkling equipment, and their Mountie riders in bright scarlet. Grades 4-7. 2004.The outport people
Par Claire Mowat. 1983
The new North: an account of a woman's 1908 journey through Canada to the Arctic
Par Agnes Deans Cameron, D. R Richeson. 1986
In 1908, Agnes Deans Cameron and her niece Jessie Cameron Brown embarked on a journey to the Arctic. Travelling for…
six months by stagecoach, scow, and steamboat, they were among the first women to visit the Far North. "The New North" is the record of their extraordinary voyage. Originally published in 1909, c1986.The New Founde Land: A Personal Voyage Of Discovery
Par Farley Mowat. 1989
This special edition of Mowat's collected writings commemorates the fortieth anniversary of Newfoundland's entrance into the Canadian confederation. Revised excerpts…
from Westviking, Sea of Slaughter, The Boat Who Wouldn't Float and other works, as well as new writing, capture the island's physical environment and reflect the author's passion for the Rock and its history. 1989.The middle of nowhere: rediscovering Saskatchewan
Par Dennis Gruending. 1996
A collection of short pieces illustrating the history of Saskatchewan. Chronicles of the land before European settlement, recollections of aboriginal…
people, and excerpts from fur-trade diaries provide historical background. Accounts of Mounties, explorers, and settlers are mixed with stories of the often raucous political life of the province, and some of Saskatchewan's favourite pastimes. c1996.The inheritance of shame: a memoir
Par Peter Gajdics. 2017
Author Peter Gajdics spent six years in a bizarre form of conversion therapy that attempted to “cure” him of his…
homosexuality. Kept with other patients in a cult-like home in British Columbia, Canada, Gajdics was under the authority of a rogue psychiatrist who controlled his patients, in part, by creating and exploiting a false sense of family. Juxtaposed against his parents’ tormented past--his mother’s incarceration and escape from a communist concentration camp in post-World War II Yugoslavia, and his father’s upbringing as an orphan in war-torn Hungary--Gajdics explores the universal themes of childhood trauma, oppression, and intergenerational pain. 2017.Ike's mystery man: the secret lives of Robert Cutler
Par Peter Shinkle. 2018
This Cold War narrative takes listeners from top secret Cabinet Room meetings to exclusive social clubs, and into the pages…
of a powerful man's intimate diary to bring new dimension to our understanding of the inner workings of the Eisenhower White House. 2018.In search of pure lust: a memoir
Par Lise Weil. 2018
When Lise Weil came out in 1976, lesbian desire was the pulsing center of an entire way of life, a…
culture, a movement. The air throbbed with possibility. But after fifteen years of torrid but ultimately failed relationships, Weil had to admit that desire was also a conduit for childhood wounds--and it tended to trump love, over and over again. When a friend invited her to attend a Zen retreat in the mid-'80s, she was desperate enough to say yes. Her first day of sitting zazen was mostly hell--but, smitten with the (female) roshi, she stuck with it. Ultimately, the dive into Zen practice became a turning point in her quest for love. 2018.Jimmy Neurosis: a memoir
Par James Oseland. 2019
Before James Oseland was a judge on Top Chef Masters, he was a teenage rebel growing up in the California…
suburbs. Diving headfirst into the churning mayhem of punk, he renamed himself Jimmy Neurosis and journeyed into a vibrant underground world of visionary musicians and artists. With humor and verve, Oseland brings to life the effervescent cocktail of music, art, drugs, and sexual adventure that characterized the end of the seventies. Through his account of how creativity saved his life, he tells a thrilling and uniquely American coming-of-age story. 2019.Yukoners: true tales of the Yukon
Par H Gordon-Cooper. 1978
Magnetic north: a trek across Canada
Par David Halsey, Diana Landau. 1990
At the age of twenty, David Halsey dropped out of college to pursue his dream : to be the first…
person in modern times to cross Canada, west to east, by a wilderness route, travelling by foot, dogsled, and canoe. He tells of his journey, shared by a young photographer and a half-wild coyote-dog, through the wilds of Canada from 1977 to 1979. c1990.Once upon a schooner
Par Silver Donald Cameron. 1983
The author recounts his participation in a 1983 voyage from Lunenburg to New Jersey aboard the legendary schooner, Bluenose II.…
Interwoven in the voyage's tale is a rich and detailed account of the vessel's history. First published as "Schooner". 1992, c1983.