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  • Bryan Prince's Underground Railroad 2-Book Bundle

    My Brother's Keeper / One More River to Cross

    de Bryan Prince ...
    Award-winning author Bryan Prince portrays the experiences of slaves and former slaves in these compelling histories of the Underground Railroad and American Civil War. This special two-book collection includes:My Brother’s Keeper: African Canadians and the American Civil WarThe stirring story of African Canadians who had fled slavery and oppression in the United States but returned to enlist in ... Leer más

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  • My Brother's Keeper

    African Canadians and the American Civil War

    de Bryan Prince ...
    The story of African Canadians who fled slavery in the United States but returned to enlist in the Union forces during the American Civil War.On New Year’s Eve in 1862, blacks from across British North America joined in spirit with their American fellows in silent vigils to await the enactment of President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The terms declared that slaves who were held in the ... Leer más

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  • One More River to Cross

    de Bryan Prince ...
    In the early to mid-nineteenth century, Isaac Brown, a slave, was accused of the attempted murder of a prominent plantation owner, despite there being no evidence of his guilt. Brown, after enduring two brutal floggings, was shipped to a New Orleans slave pen. From there the resourceful Brown was able to make a daring escape to Philadelphia in the free state of Pennsylvania. His biggest error was ... Leer más

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  • A Shadow on the Household

    One Enslaved Family's Incredible Struggle for Freedom

    de Bryan Prince ...
    The extraordinary story of one couple’s determination to free themselves and their children from slavery and make a new life in CanadaPrior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and children made the perilous trip north from enslavement in the United States to freedom in Canada. Many were aided by networks that came to be known as the Underground Railroad. And the stories that emerge ... Leer más

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    The Fight for Upper Canada, August 1814—March 1815

    Series Libro 6 - Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812
    The end of the War of 1812 brought with it great political, economic, and social upheaval.The sixth and final book of the Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812 series, The Ashes of War examines in detail the closing stages of the war on the Northern Frontier, including the two-month siege of Fort Erie, the engagement at Cook’s Mills, the American attempt to recapture Michilimackinac (Mackinac), the ... Leer más

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  • Inside the Dream Palace

    The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel

    Winner of the National Award for Arts Writing: “If there were a course in Chelsea Hotel-iana, this would be the textbook” (The New York Times).It’s where Dylan Thomas lived his last days, Bob Dylan wrote Blonde on Blonde, and Arthur C. Clarke wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is memorialized by many of its famous inhabitants: Andy Warhol filmed Chelsea Girls there, and Leonard Cohen wrote Chelsea ... Leer más

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  • Beethoven

    Anguish and Triumph

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    A Memoir of Sorts

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    The Battle of Lundy's Lane, July 25, 1814

    Series Libro 5 - Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812
    From the Battle of Chippawa to Lundy’s Lane, A Crucible of Fire focuses on the period of the War of 1812 leading up to the siege on Fort Erie in September 1814.Following their invasion at Fort Erie and decisive victory at the Battle of Chippawa, an American army of over 5,000 men seemed poised to sweep across the Niagara frontier to Lake Ontario, link up with the American fleet, and complete the ... Leer más

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  • Canadians

    A Portrait of a Country and Its People

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