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37 produkter
Klondike
The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899
Häftad, 2001
198 kr
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With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway; …
Great Depression
1929-1939
E-bok, 2012
310 kr
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Over 1.5 million Canadians were on relief, one in five was a public dependant, and 70,000 young men travelled like hoboes. Ordinary citizens were rioting in the streets, but their demonstrations met with indifference, and dissidents were jailed. Canada emerged from the Great Depression a different …
Wild Frontier
More Tales from the Remarkable Past
E-bok, 2012
289 kr
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Canada’s wild frontier — a land unsettled and unknown, a land of appalling obstacles and haunting beauty — comes to life through seven remarkable individuals, including John Jewitt, the young British seaman who became a slave to the Nootka Indians; Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, the eccentric missionary; …
Cats I Have Known and Loved
E-bok, 2010
314 kr
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Who would have guessed that one of the great historian’s passions in life is cats? Over the course of his eighty-two years, and from his birthplace in Dawson City, Yukon, to his home in Kleinburg, Ontario, Berton has known and loved many cats. In this charming collection of stories, he has chosen …
My Country
The Remarkable Past
E-bok, 2010
248 kr
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Berton brings the past alive with true stories of mystery and romance, tragedy and heroism, from the piracy of Bill Johnston, scourge of the St. Lawrence, to the weird saga of Brother XII and his mystic cult on Vancouver Island.
Last Spike
The Great Railway, 1881-1885
E-bok, 2010
211 kr
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In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the incredible story of how some 2,000 miles of steel crossed the continent in just five years — exactly half the time stipulated in the contract. …
National Dream
The Great Railway, 1871-1881
E-bok, 2011
310 kr
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In 1871, a tiny nation, just four years old — it''s population well below the 4 million mark — determined that it would build the world''s longest railroad across empty country, much of it unexplored. This decision — bold to the point of recklessness — was to change the lives of every man, woman …
Joy of Writing
A Guide for Writers Disguised as a Literary Memoir
E-bok, 2010
229 kr
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Drawing on his fifty years as an award-winning journalist and author of some of the finest books on Canadian history, Pierre Berton has written a witty and practical guide for writers. With almost every book a bestseller, clearly this writer knows what it takes to succeed in the publishing world. …
Prisoners of the North
E-bok, 2011
290 kr
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Canada’s master storyteller returns to the North to chronicle the extraordinary stories of five inspiring and controversial characters. Canada’s master storyteller returns to the North to bring history to life. Prisoners of the North tells the extraordinary stories of five inspiring and …
Flames Across the Border
1813-1814
E-bok, 2011
211 kr
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The Canada–U.S. border was in flames as the War of 1812 continued. York''s parliament buildings were on fire, Niagara-on-the-Lake burned to the ground and Buffalo lay in ashes. Even the American capital of Washington, far to the south, was put to the torch. The War of 1812 had become one of the …
Invasion of Canada
1812-1813
E-bok, 2011
310 kr
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To America''s leaders in 1812, an invasion of Canada seemed to be "a mere matter of marching," as Thomas Jefferson confidently predicted. How could a nation of 8 million fail to subdue a struggling colony of 300,000? Yet, when the campaign of 1812 ended, the only Americans left on Canadian soil …
Vimy
E-bok, 2010
248 kr
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One chill Easter dawn in 1917, a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France went over the top of a muddy scarp knows as Vimy Ridge. Within hours, they held in their grasp what had eluded both British and French armies in over two years of fighting: they had …
Klondike
The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899
E-bok, 2011
253 kr
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With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway; …
Niagara
A History of the Falls
E-bok, 2011
282 kr
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Full of heroes and villains, eccentrics and daredevils, scientists, and power brokers, Niagara has a contemporary resonance: how a great natural wonder created both the industrial heartland of southern Ontario and the worst pollution on the continent. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Promised Land
Settling the West 1896-1914
E-bok, 2011
253 kr
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After the pioneers described in The National Dream , The Last Spike and Klondike came the settlers — a million people who filled a thousand miles of prairie in a single generation. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Pierre Berton's War of 1812
E-bok, 2011
399 kr
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To commemorate the bi-centenary of the War of 1812, Anchor Canada brings together Pierre Berton''s two groundbreaking books on the subject. The Invasion of Canada is a remarkable account of the war''s first year and the events that led up to it; Pierre Berton transforms history into an engrossing …
Dionne Years
A Thirties Melodrama
Häftad, 2007
296 kr
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The story of the Dionne identical quints, born in Ontario Canada in May 1934.
Zazà
A Lyric Comedy in Four Acts
Av Pierre Berton, Ruggiero Leoncavallo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
401 kr
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Zazà
A Lyric Comedy in Four Acts
Av Pierre Berton, Ruggiero Leoncavallo m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
213 kr
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Priests in the Firing Line, by René Gaëll
Av H Hamilton Gibbs, Pierre Berton
Inbunden, 2023
402 kr
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Priests in the Firing Line, by René Gaëll
Av H Hamilton Gibbs, Pierre Berton
Häftad, 2023
273 kr
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