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My Community Long Ago My Community Long Ago Bobbie Kalman This book shows children how past communities were different from those of today by pairing modern photographs with illustrations of life in pioneer times. Topics include malls and general stores, fa… OL17513217W
Dear Canada Dear Canada Carol Matas Isobel thinks that she and her family will find their fortune in Canada. But Isobel's mother dies before they even cross the ocean, and other misfortunes follow their every step. Isobel's family and … OL18010801W
West-fever West-fever Brian W. Dippie Published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary year of the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles, California, this book explores the mythical and factual West through the art, artifacts … OL1855842W
Family life Family life Jill Foran Describes family life and their work during Canada's pioneer days. OL20941439W
The post office The post office Christine Webster Describes the importance of the post office and the handling of mail during Canada's pioneer days. OL20942533W
Les frères Sisters Les frères Sisters Patrick DeWitt "Hermann Kermit Warm doit mourir. Le Commodore qui en a décidé ainsi a envoyé aux trousses du chercheur d'or les frères Eli et Charlie Sisters, tueurs à gages aux tempéraments radicalement opposés ma… OL22094647W
Angel in the snow Angel in the snow Cora Taylor In 1870 in the Métis settlement of Batoche, Angelique must take on more responsibilities at home after a snow storm strands her mother and new baby sister at the midwife's house. OL24248179W
The blacksmith The blacksmith Rennay Craats Describes the importance of the blacksmith and their work during Canada's pioneer days. OL24251279W
The RCMP The RCMP Erinn Banting Describes the importance of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police during Canada's pioneer days. OL24294673W
Mason & Dixon Mason & Dixon Thomas Pynchon Told from the focal point of one Rev. Wicks Cherrycoke – a clergyman of dubious orthodoxy – who attempts to entertain and divert his extended family on a cold December evening (partly for amusement, … OL2636672W
Des pas sur la neige Des pas sur la neige Carol Matas In 1815, after immigrating from Scotland to Canada, thirteen-year-old Isobel chronicles her family's experiences as they adjust to their new home in Rupert's Land, Manitoba, with the help of their Cr… OL26439573W
La vie de la ferme La vie de la ferme Megan Kopp Learn about the lives of the hard working people who first settled Canada. OL26446620W
Le mythe de l'Ouest Le mythe de l'Ouest Daniel Royot,Philippe Jacquin Les auteurs étudient sous divers angles l'histoire de la migration américaine vers l'Ouest jusqu'au Pacifique. OL28962983W
The Far Western frontier, 1830-1860 The Far Western frontier, 1830-1860 Ray Allen Billington This history presents a pageant of westward exploration, military conquest, commercial penetration, exploitation and settlement. It also considers the various types of frontiersmen, fur trappers, mis… OL3577028W
Forth to the wilderness Forth to the wilderness Dale Van Every The first American frontier along the Appalachian barrier was a drama terrible to be part of, magnificent to look back on. Its components were full measures of horror, war, confusion, and supercharge… OL4620758W
Wilderness and the American mind Wilderness and the American mind Roderick Nash "Roderick Nash's classic study of America's changing attitudes toward wilderness has received wide acclaim since its initial publication in 1967. The Los Angeles Times has listed it among the one hu… OL48315W
Drawing the Line Drawing the Line Edwin Danson THE FIRST POPULAR HISTORY OF THE MAKING OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE The Mason-Dixon line-surely the most famous surveyors' line ever drawn-represents one of the greatest and most difficult scientific … OL5738749W
Writing the pioneer woman Writing the pioneer woman Janet Floyd "Focusing on a series of autobiographical texts published and private, well known and obscure, Writing the Pioneer Woman examines the writing of domestic life on the nineteenth-century North American… OL5955941W
Hobnobbing with a countess and other Okanagan adventures Hobnobbing with a countess and other Okanagan adventures Alice Barrett Parke "At the turn of the nineteenth century, the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia's interior was still a relatively new destination for white settlers. The discovery of gold and the promise of a succes… OL6003369W
Dear Canada Dear Canada Julie Lawson Kate's father is a builder for the Canadian Pacific Railway as it snakes across the mountains and through the Fraser Canyon. Everyone is excited about the "Iron Horse", but building the railroad is a… OL871354W
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