Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Biography    3. Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Pictorial works    8. Social life and customs    9. Toronto (Ont.)    10. History / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)    11. Toronto (Ont.) - History - 20th century - Pictorial works   

Subjects:  1. 1771-1820    2. 19th century    3. Belfast    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Canada    6. Canada - General    7. Earl of,    8. General    9. History    10. History: World    11. Pioneers    12. Prince Edward Island    13. Red River Settlement    14. Scots    15. Selkirk, Thomas Douglas,    16. American history    17. Immigration & emigration    18. Scotland   

Subjects:  1. 1918-    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Canada    4. Correspondence    5. Grant, George Parkin,    6. History & Surveys - Modern    7. Philosophers    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Biography & Autobiography / Philosophers    10. Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present    11. Other prose: from c 1900 -    12. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT   

Subjects:  1. Bella Coola Indians    2. Biography    3. British Columbia    4. Canada - General    5. Fiction - General    6. General    7. History    8. History: American    9. Hunting guides    10. Native American    11. Native Americans    12. Social life and customs    13. Mack, Clayton   

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Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Canada - General    3. Constitutions    4. General    5. Bourassa, Robert    6. Political Science / Constitutions    7. quebec politics sovereignty separatism constitution meech lake accord   

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. General    5. Biography & Autobiography / General    6. Biography: general    7. Lake Louise at its Best,Roger Patillo,ISBN 1-55212-370-7,Lake Louise,Rockies,Canada,national parks,Canadian,Alberta,B.C.,British Columbia,Outdoors,Mountaineering,Fly fishing,adventure,nature,BC    8. Patillo, Roger W    9. Historical    10. Travel    11. Essays & Travelogues    12. Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alt    13. Banff National Park (Alta.)    14. Canada    15. Alberta    16. Louise, Lake, Region (Alta.)   

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Well written, informative, and entertaining
This book is well written and it satisfies one's craving for learning more about the Queen Charlottes.As a salmon fisherman, I felt the chapter titled "Old John" was worth the price of the book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1921-    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. British Columbia    6. Canada - General    7. Description and travel    8. General    9. Homes and haunts    10. Houston, James A.,    11. Queen Charlotte Islands    12. Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.)    13. Travelers    14. Biography & Autobiography / General    15. Houston, James A   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. British Columbia    3. Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    4. Congresses    5. Discrimination & Racism    6. Ethnic Issues    7. Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies    8. Ethnic Studies - General    9. Ethnic identity    10. History    11. Japanese    12. Japanese Americans    13. Northwest, Pacific    14. Social Science    15. Sociology    16. United States - 20th Century    17. United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest    18. ASIA    19. American history    20. American studies    21. Social & cultural anthropology    22. The Americas   

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Well-researched Portrait of a Ground-breaking Entertainer
Before Ellen DeGeneres, there was kd lang and Melissa Etheridge who were the most famous "Out" entertainers. This is the only comprehensive biography of kd lang to date. It was published 10 years ago, so it is not current, but it is an excellent, detailed biography, nonetheless. Starr traces Lang's history starting with her childhood, her teenage years, and her struggle to break into the music business. Talented but strongly individualistic and proudly Out, it is not surprising "the Old Boy's Network" in Nashville boycotted lang and her "country punk" music, even though she had great songs, a tremendous voice and a huge fan base. Of course, kd did nothing to endear herself to the country radio DJ's or to the powers-that-be, which is unfortunate.
A must-read for all my sisters in St. Louis
The life story of a famous singer.
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Subjects:  1. (Kathy Dawn),    2. 1961-    3. Biography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Canada    7. Composers & Musicians - Country & Folk    8. Country And Western Music    9. Lang, K. D.    10. Singers    11. Women And Music    12. Lang, K. D   

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography / Historical   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Canada - General    3. Genealogy    4. Guidebooks    5. History    6. History: American    7. Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Toron    8. Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Toronto, Ont.)    9. Reference    10. Toronto (Ont.)    11. Canada    12. History / Canada    13. Local history    14. Travel & holiday guides   

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A fascinating life journey
This is a fascinating book. Tara Singh is an interesting individual with a strong belief system. The book describes this man's life journey. He has included his life in the Punjab, being brought up by a very harsh father, his travails serving in the Indian Army and the challenges that he faced. In so doing he presents a history of the Punjab over a number of decades, all presented through one man's personal experiences. These included suffering from illnesses with no money for getting treatment; and having to transport his pregnant wife from West Punjab to East Punjab during the partition of India. He proceeds to tell about his times in Canada which are equally fascinating. My parents emigrated to England in the 1960s so I empathized with Tara Singh immensely. However, the true character of the man comes out in the book. It is well worth reading.

The reality of hardship
The Four Quarters of the Night is a creatively scripted bibliography of an immigrant Sikh facing many hardships.Tara Singh Bains takes the reader into a timecapsule to the racial era of the 50's and 60's.In this unbias book we see how Mr.Bains dealt with having to leave behind his wife and little children in India while trying to makea living in Canada.Living with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr.Bains takes the reader through a journey of juggling several manual labour jobs to survive and how he kept his religious faith alive when faced against the pressures of trying to "fit in."Mr. Bains kept his religious spirit alive by praying and turning spritual.I was so engulfed in Mr. Bains' journey of life, I could barely put the book down.It is definately something all immigrants should read.And all those who don't know the dept of the hardships of immigrants.A book well done! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1923-    2. Bains, Tara Singh,    3. Biography    4. British Columbia    5. Immigrants    6. India    7. Punjab    8. Religion    9. Sikhs    10. Sociology    11. Sociology - General    12. Biography: general    13. Canada    14. Civil rights & citizenship    15. Ethnography    16. Immigration & emigration    17. Sikhism   

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one of the greatest women's adventures of all time
This is one of the greatest women's adventures of all time, and for sure, one of the greatest womens memoirs of the gold rush era. Anna de Graf is a favorite of all our readers of Gold Rush Women. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1839-1930    2. Biography    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. DeGraf, Anna,    5. Frontier and pioneer life    6. General    7. History - General History    8. History - United States/State & Local    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. People & Places - Canada    12. Pioneers    13. Women pioneers    14. Yukon River Valley (Yukon and    15. Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)    16. Biography: general    17. Canada    18. DeGraf, Anna    19. USA   

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Highly Recommended
This book is a gem.It is published by an obscure publisher, and is a diamond in the rough.The author must be a remarkable person.He ends up becoming a psychiatrist, and it shows:his memoir is written with compassion and insight. It is one of the best medical memoirs I've ever read (I read a lot!)The book was full of substance (sometimes these memoirs are very light, and can be read in a couple of hours.Not this book.)But I have to emphasize that I thought it was a page-turner and I could *not* put it down. I don't usually write reviews but took the time to do so for this book because I thought it was so extraordinary.

Great read
Country Doctor is a great read.It's fun, interesting, and fast reading.It tells about life in frigid Canada when times were tough (snow blowing in under the door!).Ben tells of himself and others in a way that comes across as truthful--the good and the bad.It's a bit like All Creatures Great and Small in a completely different setting and the multiple stories surround Ben's growing from a kid through adulthood in medical school and beyond.

pioneer of public health in addition to country doctor
Many people do not know that Dr Dlin in addition to his abilities as a doctor, veternarian, dentist etc. was perhaps an unwitting pioneer in the area of "Public Health Crisis Management". The complete story is detailed in the book about a health crisis that threateded to wipe out an amimal (instead of human) community. Dr. Dlin's intervention pre-saged the operations of the modern day M.A.S.H unit -or better, (I'm not sure of the exact name) National Health - Contageous Disease (CDC? - in Atlanta) Center's emergency protocols that have only been in existance for perhaps the last 30 years or so. To whit: Isolation and triage of the sick; team approach (in this case he drafted the local community); assembly line (lined up the animals in rows - each with a nurse/caretaker); got people to bring commercial oxygen cylinders from throughout the community (most farmers had oxygen tanks for welding); Dr.Dlin brought anitbiotics, face masks and other emergency materials in bulk from the local (clinic/hospital?). Then, training everyone in the necessary emergency procedures andbuilding bonfires all around the "operating theatre" for both heat and light through the night (no electric lights then) brought the whole herd thru the crsis losing only the animals who were already dead before Dr. Dlin's intervention - quite simply, as remarkable a "generalship" as any war story I've ever read. There are many other lessons in the book which I feel every medical student in the country would do well to learn - plus these stories are fascinating to the laynan. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1924-    2. Alberta    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Canada    8. Dlin, Ben,    9. Medical - General    10. Personal Memoirs    11. Physicians   

Subjects:  1. 1940-    2. 20th century    3. Authors, Canadian    4. Biography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Butala, Sharon,    7. English Canadian Prose    8. General    9. Homes and haunts    10. Natural history    11. Naturalists/Gardeners    12. Nature / Field Guide Books    13. Saskatchewan    14. Women In Literature    15. Butala, Sharon   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Biography    3. British Columbia    4. Canada - General    5. Canada - History - 20th Century (General)    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Sawmills    10. Telegraph Cove    11. Telegraph Cove (B.C.)    12. Local history    13. Maritime history   

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    2. Caswell, Maryanne,    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Correspondence    6. Frontier and pioneer life    7. Historical - Other    8. History - Canada - General    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. People & Places - Canada    12. Pioneer children    13. Saskatchewan    14. b. 1873    15. Caswell, Maryanne    16. Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / Canada   

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Fort Langley Journals, 1827-30
I discovered this book while researching my family history.The bulk of it is daily entries by me who lived and worked at Fort Langley between 1827 and 1830.Fort Langley, constructed over the summer of 1827, was built for trading not military purposes, and was the first such construction on the Fraser River in what would become, in Nov 1858, British Columbia.If your family history has roots in the West Coast fur trade era, it is a valuable source of what life was like for those ancestors.Most of the fort's employees between 1827 and 1830 are mentioned by name in the assorted journals presented in this book.
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Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Canada - General    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History: American    6. United States - State & Local - General    7. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    8. Anthropology    9. Biography: general    10. Cultural studies    11. Local history    12. North America    13. Social history    14. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. (Georges Philias),    2. 1888-1967    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Campaigns    8. Canada    9. Canada - General    10. Correspondence    11. Diaries    12. General    13. Military    14. Personal narratives, Canadian    15. Soldiers    16. Vanier, Georges P    17. Western Front    18. World War, 1914-1918    19. First World War, 1914-1918    20. History / Canada    21. Other prose: from c 1900 -    22. World history: First World War   

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Terrible Tragedy in the North
This is an incredible tale of a Canadian Mountie patrol that disappeared in the northern wilderness under frightful freezing conditions.No one knew what really happened until the author -- many decades too late -- found the wrong turn the patrol took.You'll gain a new appreciation of the Canadian Mounties and all they stand for in North's The Lost Patrol. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Canada - General    3. Criminology    4. History    5. History: World    6. Military    7. Canada