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  • The History of Canada Series: War in the St. Lawrence

    The Forgotten U-boat Battles On Canada's Shores

    by Roger Sarty ...
    Series series History of Canada
    From 1942 to 1944, 15 German submarines destroyed or severely damaged 27 ships, including three Canadian warships, a U.S. Army troop transport, and the Newfoundland ferry Caribou. More than 250 lives were lost. It was the only battle of the twentieth century to take place within Canada’s boundaries, and the only battle to be fought almost exclusively by Canadian forces under Canadian, rather than ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Catastrophe

    Stories and Lessons from the Halifax Explosion

    by T. Joseph Scanlon ...
    Catastrophe weaves together compelling stories and potent lessons learned from the calamitous Halifax explosion—the worst non-natural disaster in North America before 9/11.On December 6, 1917, the Canadian city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was shattered when volatile cargo on the SS Mont-Blanc freighter exploded in the bustling wartime harbour. More than nineteen hundred people were killed and nine ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • A War Guest in Canada

    by W.A.B. Douglas ...
    Series series Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
    During the Second World War, hundreds of children were sent from the UK to stay with family and friends in Canada as “war guests.” This book collects the letters of one such war guest, young W.A.B (Alec) Douglas, who wrote from his wartime home in Toronto to his mother back home in London.Alec wrote home every week, although sometimes he forgot to post his letters, and they were delayed, and some ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Loyal Gunners

    3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company) and the History of New Brunswick's Artillery, 1893-2012

    by Lee Windsor, Roger Sarty, Marc Milner ...
    Series Book 1 - Canadian Unit, Formation, and Command Histories
    Loyal Gunners uniquely encapsulates the experience of Canadian militia gunners and their units into a single compelling narrative that centres on the artillery units of New Brunswick. The story of those unitsis a profoundly Canadian story: one of dedication and sacrifice in service of great guns and of Canada.The 3rd Field Regiment (The Loyal Company), Royal Canadian Artillery, is Canada’s oldest ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • Saint John Fortifications, 1630-1956

    by Roger Sarty, Doug Knight ...
    Series Book 1 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    Saint John became a gateway to what is now Canada in the early 1600s, and Fort La Tour, built in 1632, was one of the three main forts of Acadie. In Saint John Fortifications, Roger Sarty and Doug Knight trace the history of the port's defences, from the earliest log palisades to the bunkers, gun emplacements, and communications stations built during World War II. Put to the test during the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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  • The History of Canada Series: Three Weeks in Quebec City

    The Meeting That Made Canada

    by Christopher Moore ...
    Series series History of Canada
    In 1864, thirty-three delegates from five provincial legislatures came to Quebec City to pursue the idea of uniting all the provinces of British North America. The American Civil War, not yet over, encouraged the small and barely defended provinces to consider uniting for mutual protection. But there were other factors: the rapid expansion of railways and steamships spurred visions of a continent ... Read more

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  • Rise to Greatness

    The History of Canada From the Vikings to the Present

    by Conrad Black ...
    Masterful, ambitious, and groundbreaking, this is a major new history of our country by one of our most respected thinkers and historians -- a book every Canadian should own.From the acclaimed biographer and historian Conrad Black comes the definitive history of Canada -- a revealing, groundbreaking account of the people and events that shaped a nation.Spanning 874 to 2014, and beginning from ... Read more

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  • Unbroken

    A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

    by Laura Hillenbrand ...
    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of Seabiscuit comes the incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.“Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal**“Hillenbrand’s writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so ... Read more

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  • War Brides

    The Stories of the Women Who Left Everything Behind to Follow the Men They Loved

    by Melynda Jarratt ...
    For thousands of young British girls, the influx of Canadian soldiers conscripted to Britain during the Second World War meant throngs of handsome young men. The result was over 48,000 marriages to Canadian soldiers alone, and a mass emigration of British women to North America and around the world in the 1940's.For many brides, the decision to leave their family and home to move to a country ... Read more

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  • Captured Hearts

    New Brunswick's War Brides

    by Melynda Jarratt ...
    Series Book 12 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    Imagine you're a young woman caught up in the ugly reality of war. You meet and fall in love with a young soldier from a foreign country. You marry and your world is upended: when the war ends, you leave all you've ever known behind — your family, friends, and way of life — to begin a new life in Canada.This is the story of hundreds of women who made their way to New Brunswick at the end of the ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Heard Amid the Guns

    True Stories from the Western Front, 1914-1918

    by Jacqueline Larson Carmichael ...
    "Carmichael captures the anguish and the wonder of war in flashes of colour, humour, and gems of human detail mined from letters, diaries, interviews, [and] her own family history." —Halifax Chronicle HeraldA rich and varied tapestry of the First World War, highlighting the personal stories of over 150 men and women from across North America who served overseas.After receiving a bundle of worn ... Read more

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  • The Volunteers

    How Halifax Women Won the Second World War

    by Lezlie Lowe ...
    The long-awaited narrative history of the women who volunteered in Nova Scotia during the Second World War by award-winning journalist and author of No Place to Go. ... Read more

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