Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Your daughter, Fanny Your daughter, Fanny Frances Cluett xxxi, 172 p. : 22 cm OL12178146W
The wedge in the door The wedge in the door Everett L. Baudoux 221 p. : 22 cm OL12938547W
The Spitfire Smiths The Spitfire Smiths R. I. A. Smith viii, 216 p., [16] p. of plates : 23 cm OL13784085W
A bloody war A bloody war Hal Lawrence Naval actions against U boats during WW2.A firsthand account. It is not to be missed ! Clearly written, exciting, full of human interest and technical details. You can feel the salt water in your lip… OL15396809W
Unflinching Unflinching Jody Mitic "Elite sniper Jody Mitic loved being a soldier. His raw, candid, and engrossing memoir follows his personal journey into the Canadian military, through sniper training, and firefights in Afghanistan,… OL20478104W
Ghosts have warm hands Ghosts have warm hands Will R. Bird its about a Canadian Soldier in WW!, a sniper for awhile. very good book OL2165895W
The patrol The patrol Ryan Flavelle The patrol is a gritty, boots-on-the-ground memoir of a soldier's experience in the Canadian Forces in the twenty-first century. This book isn't merely about the guns and the glory, it is about why w… OL24291080W
Lest we forget Lest we forget n/a Previous edition published as: True Canadian war stories. OL24427378W
Bravely into battle Bravely into battle Strome Galloway Dieppe. World War II. OL27689402W
Captivity Captivity James Loney "The powerful account of the remarkable peace activist kidnapped while leading a peace delegation and held for ransom by Iraqi insurgents until his paradoxical release by a crack unit of special forc… OL27738924W
The Survivor The Survivor Blake Heathcote In The Survivor: Scruffy's War, Heathcote tells how Toronto-born Weir, the son of investment dealer Gordon Weir, went on to become a World War II fighter pilot, POW, participant in the Great Escape -… OL28591103W
Joining the grey funnel line Joining the grey funnel line Frank Saies-Jones The true story of a young boy with a burning desire to join the Royal Navy, and who had made plans to enter the training ship HMS Conway as a Naval Cadet at the age of fifteen. OL28607544W
Corvettes Canada Corvettes Canada Mac Johnston The Canadian escort group C 2 was comprised of the RCN destroyers Gatineau and Chaudiere, the frigate St. Catharines, the Corvettes Chilliwack and Fennel, and the RN destroyer Icarus. these six and t… OL3621092W
And No Birds Sang And No Birds Sang Farley Mowat The harrowing account of young Farley Mowat's transformation form a patriotic boy into a hardened, weary soldier of World War II. OL479133W
I fought Riel I fought Riel Charles Arkoll Boulton An eyewitness account of the clash between Metis and "Canadians" over the destiny of the British North-West, by Major Charles Arkoll Boulton, a proud soldier pitted against the equally proud "rebel c… OL5292437W
Red soil Red soil Felix Perry It is the story of a simple Prince Edward Island farmer who enters the army to fight for the King and country in the Second World war and his travels. I am the author of this book and that soldier wa… OL6244580W
Empty Casing Empty Casing Fred Doucette Very amazing my hand went all the way up OL9815138W