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Directory of Graduates 1890-1965 of McGill University, Montreal.
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Acadiensis Reader
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Acadiensis: Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region of Canada.
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EATON -
THE NOVA SCOTIA EATONS
1760-1975 by Charles Ernest Eaton. Printed in 1979.
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Shifting Sands by Jack Zinck. Sable Island in the
Atlantic Ocean.
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Old Settler's Remedies by Marion
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An Earl Must Have a Wife - Will R Bird
in a blend of history and fiction recreates Joseph Frederick Wallet
DesBarres.
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The Town that died
by Michael J. Bird - a chronicle of the Halifax disaster. Dec 6, 1917
Paper back edition 1967.
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My Fling On The Farm
by
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Patricia
Bredin MacCulloch, a successful singer and actress was married to Charles
MacCulloch a wealthy Halifax, Nova Scotia financier.
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Remembrances of Rivers Past by Ernest Schwiebert - These
are the milestones of a fly-fishing life . . and stories of fishing are best
when shared. Although a former library book, this hard covered book is in
good condition. 287 pages. Published 1973 and appears to be a first edition.
A great read for all fly fisherman from Pennsylvania to the Miramichi
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The Company Store by John Mellor.
J B McLachlan
and the Cape Breton Coal Miners 1900 - 1925. Paperback. Good condition.
Published 1984. Book 764
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Ten Lost Years 1929-1939
Memories of Canadians by Barry Broadfoot.
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Tobin - Portraits of a Family
James Tobin of Tipperary Ireland migrated as a Loyalist and widower from
New York to Digby NS. He married in Digby in 1787 and had nine children.
This book traces these children, and their descendants, throughout eastern
North America and back to Britain. $60.00 Canadian plus shipping. Available
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Webb - "I take
my pen in hand" Noah Webb married Agness Sutherland in Cumberland
County, Nova Scotia in 1822 and settled in New Jerusalem Queens County New
Brunswick where their four children were born. In the 1850s Noah and two
of his sons bought land in Hainesville, outside Fredericton where ultimately
one son settled, married and raised his family. This book contains 145 letters
written from 1853 to 1893 between Noah, his four children, and some others.
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Cape Negro & Blanche - History by Joseph R. Ross. Second
edition with corrections, 1988.
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Lighthouse of Nova Scotia by David E Stephens. 80 pages.
First edition 1973. Good condition. The author states; It is intended
to acquaint the general reader with lighthouses. A very informative publication.
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Highland Heart in Nova Scotia by Neil MacNeil. Published
in 1980. Good condition. 199 pages. The MacNeils and MacLeans came from Barra,
an island in the Hebrides off the West Coast of Scotland and settled in Washabuckt,
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia in 1818. A boy from Boston learns about his
ancestors and traditions in Cape Breton Island while on a visit to there
in the late 1900s.
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Londonderry Heirs - A story of the settlement of the Townships of
Truro, Onslow and Londonderry by J M Murphy. Published 1960. 133
pages. No index but the publication has many names that will interest genealogists
and historians researching this area of Nova Scotia.
Book 204 $39.95 Canadian currency Plus shipping.
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Mount Uniake -
Beyond the Estate - Historic Buildings
of Mount Uniake (Nova Scotia) by Mary Kennickell. First edition
1981.
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Bluenose Spitfires by Arthur Thurston. Heroic exploits of
five RCAF Pilots in World War II
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Guysboro Railway 1897 - 1939 by Bruce MacDonald. Published
1973. 58 pages.
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Glimpses into Nova Scotia History by Bruce Fergusson and
William Pope. Fourth printing 1979. 96 pages. Early Settlers, Government,
Noted Buildings, Historic Churches, Famous Ships, Sporting Glimpses and other
topics. Illustrated with many photos. Book 211. $19.95 Canadian. Plus
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Bluenose Madness by Don Flick;The frustration,
trials and tribulations and unexpected joys of returning to live in Nova
Scotia.
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Making of the Nation - A Century of Challengeby
William Kilbourn. Copyright 1965. First edition. - The Canadian Centennial
Library. 1867-1914, 1914-1945, 1945 - 1967. 126 pages. Hard Cover.
Lots of illustrations - Book # 214.
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Great Canadians - A Century of Achievement - The Canadian
Centennial Library. Copyright 1965. First edition.
Book # 215 $15.95 Canadian currency
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Cape Breton - Book of the Night - Stories of Tenderness and
Terror. Edited by Ronald Caplan.
28 tales
of ghosts, folklore, and other stories from Nova Scotia's Cape Breton. Appears
to be a first edition published in 1991. 162 pages
Good condition. Book # 633 $15.95 Canadian currency.
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More Essays In Cape Breton History. Edited by R J Morgan.
Informative Essays that deal with early and modern times in Cape Breton.
Chapter
1) John A. MacAulay - "Sydney in the 1880s". 2) Dr D.F. Arseneau - "Science
and Technology in Old Sydney". 3) Terrence D. MacLean - "The Co-Operative
Commonwealth Federation in Nova Scotia, 1938-56". 4) Commander R.B. Mitchell
- "Sydney Harbour - The War Years 1939-1945". 5) Leo McIntyre - "The Cape
Breton Highlanders". 6). Franklynn MacLean - "The Reverend Ranna Cossitt".
Published 1977 and appears to be a first edition. 75 pages. Very
good condition with former owner's name stamped on first page. Book
# 649
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Eleven Exiles
Accounts of Loyalists of the
American Revolution edited
by Phyllis R Blakely and John N Grant. 1982.
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Baptist -
These Impossible Women 100
years The Story of
the United Baptist Woman's Missionary Union of the Atlantic Provinces
by Earl C. Merrick. Copyright 1970.
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Hattie Perry -
Barrington
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These Stones Shall Be For A
Memorial and
FINEST KIND AND OTHER SHORE LINES FROM MANLEY
AND EXPERIENCE and
MRS MARY AND OTHERS: WOMEN OF BARRINGTON
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Nova Scotia Genealogist 1997
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Nova Scotia Genealogist 1991
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Nova Scotia Genealogist 1990
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Masters of Sail by Stanley T. Spicer
The
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True Blue - The Loyalist Legend by Walter Stewart
In "True Blue", the author challenges the traditional vision of Loyalists.
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Genung - Ganong - Ganung -
A History of the Descendants of Jean
Guenon of Flushing, Long Island"
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Loutre - ABBE LE LOUTRE - THE CAREER OF
THE ABBE LE LOUTRE IN NOVA SCOTIA with a translation of his autobiography
by John Clarence Webster. Privately printed. Shediac, NB. 1933 (50 pages)
NONE ON HAND - AT THE PRESENT
BOISHBERT MEMORIAL - Paris - 1763. Translated by Miss Louise
Manny.
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"CORNELIUS STEENWICK" - Dutch Governor of Acadie by John
Clarence Webster. 12 pages. Privately printed in 1929.
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CANADA'S SOLDIERS 1604-1954. The Military History
of an Unmilitary People. By George F G Stanley. It follows the development
of Canada's Military tradition and military organization over four hundred
years, from the days of marauding Indians to the action in Korea. First edition.
1954. Dust jacket in good condition with fading to spine and small edge tears.
(400 pages)
Hard cover book in good condition.
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SIX WAR YEARS 1939-1945. Memories of Canadians at Home and
Abroad by Barry Broadfoot.
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SOMEONE BEFORE US - OUR MARITIME INDIANS
by George Frederick Clarke
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Local History in Atlantic Canada by William
B. Hamilton.
Is designed to provide the focal point for a secondary school course in local
history. It follows the basic view that all too often history has been
presented the wrong way round. Rather than concentrating on the remote past,
a better beginning may be made in ones own community by studying topics closer
to personal experience. (A great book for home schooling) As new condition.
Previous owner's name written on first page. Hardcover. 241 pages,
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London Brook Lodge in Goose Hills (NS)
by Don Flick
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DIARY OF A FRENCHMAN - FRANCOIS LAMBERT BOURNEUF'S ADVENTURES
FROM FRANCE TO ACADIA 1787-1871 - Edited and Translated by J. Alphonse
Deveau. Francois Lambert Bourneuf was an MLA for Digby County, Nova Scotia
who began writing his autobiography in 1859 to redeem himself in the eyes
of his constituents. His memoirs provide a vivid picture of a critical period
in our history. 114 pages.
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Acadian Expulsion - "The True Story (documented) EXPULSION of the
ACADIANS" by George Frederick Clarke. The purpose of the author
has been primarily, to do justice to the memory of the Acadian People, by
revealing some little known facts of history. 30 pages 5 ½ inches
by 7 ½ inches. Staple stitch binding. First published in 1955.
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Robert Le Blant -
Seminal Researcher and Historian of Early New France. A Commented Bibliography
by M A MacDonald.
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A Pictorial History of the Apple Blossom Festival by Harold
Woodman
Black and white photos. 1992 Book #468 $12.00 Canadian.
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Hungry Thirties - Max Braithwaite 1930/1940
Canada's Illustrated Heritage. 122 pages. Hard Cover. Well illustrated. Very
interesting book. Copyright 1977.
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Boy from Port Hood
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The Autobiography of John Francis "Lofty" MacMillan - Emery
Hyslop and Peter McGahan (1996).
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When Rum Was King
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The Wanton Troopers by Alden
Nowlan
A book describing the world of brute poverty set in an isolated village in
Nova Scotia. This first novel of the New Brunswick poet Alden Nowlan was
published eight years after his death. It will remain in the memory of the
reader, long after the book has been closed. (1988). One swallow (1980) by
Alex Colville is pictured on the cover.171 pages 6 x 9.
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Poor Ignorant
Children
In 1994, Peter Murphy - a New Brunswick historian and genealogist - gained
access to an old ledger of the admittance records of the "Orphan Asylum Established
by His Excellency Sir William George Colebrook, 25 Octob. 1847" (In Saint
John, New Brunswick, Canada). Mr. Murphy transcribed this ledger and meticulously
searched for any tracks that were left behind by these orphans in compiling
the publication "Poor Ignorant Children." He charted the fate of Irish orphans
(310) in a strange unwelcoming land.
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Crime & Policing in Maritime Canada - Chapters From The Urban
Records - Peter McGahan. Dr. McGahan introduces his book with
"To visit 'police circles' in Maritime towns and cities of the past is to
enter a world of drama, of humour, of ambiguity. It is a world filled with
discord, more often than not on a minor scale, though not unimportant to
the participants." 245 pages 6 x 9.
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HERITAGE of CANADA (Reader's Digest) - Our Storied Past and Where
To Find It. The Story of Canada comes excitedly alive in this book
with vivid text, detailed maps and a treasure house of photographs, paintings
and specially commissioned art take you to where Canadian History was made.
376 pages. Hard Cover, dust jacket. (A beautiful book crammed full with information)
Book # 545 Heavy Book. Canadian $14.95. Shipping price will depend
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My Grandfather's Cape Breton by Clive
Doucet. A young boy spends the summer in Cape Breton Island with his grandfather.
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Memoirs of a Canadian Doctor by Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan
Paperback 1977. Setting is Cape Breton.
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Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan.
177 pages. Dr. MacMillan began his practice as a company doctor in 1928,
serving the area around Badeck, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. In the course
of his forty years of service, he travelled the length and breadth of the
island, through all sorts of weather. The events of which he writes covers
a time span of more than a hundred years. A very interesting book of an area
that retains its Scottish heritage and character. Book # 547
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IMMIGRANT YEARS - From Europe to Canada 1945 - 1967 by Barry Broadfoot.
Book # 548
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St. Ann's -
The Hidden Heritage - Buried Romance
at St. Ann's Nova Scotia by James B. Lamb. Lancelot Press.
Published 1975. Information on the village, shipbuilding, scandal and several
black and white photos. 99 pages.
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Brinton
- WORKING WITH GOD by Myron O. Brinton
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Canadian History for Boys and Girls - Emily P. Weaver. Copyright,
Canada 1919 by S.W. Fallis and the Copp Clark Company, Limited. The
Preface states: "This short history of our country, prepared especially for
Canadian boys and girls, has been revised, brought up to date and considerably
enlarged. Good Condition. 412 pages. 5" by 7 1/2". Lots of illustrations.
Book # 572 $24.95 Canadian.
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Whitebone -"SHOWMAN - The Russ Whitebone
Story". 1986. His own story that follows his career from carnival
circuit of the 1920s - when he performed as "Baby Russell, World's Youngest
Trapese Artiste" through the war years in Europe, where he travelled as an
Army Show ventriloquist and comedian. Soft cover. 118 pages.
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Story of Canada - The Copp Clark Publishing Co. Limited,
Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal. Authors: George W. Brown, Eleanor Harman and
Marsh Jeanneret. Copyright Canada 1950. A school text book. A very interesting
history of Canada. Hard cover. 434 pages. Good Condition with some
underlining of text.
Book 579. $24.95 Canadian.
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Vie de nos ancêtres en Acadie
Photos and illustrations
Set of six
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Quick Canadian Facts
1975 30th Edition
Also known as the
Canadian Pocket Encyclopdeia.
Includes 27-page summary of Canadian history.
Filled with facts on Canada: climate, government, geography, people, trade,
and lots more!
Book # 587 $14.00 Canadian currency
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HEROES - Stars of Hockey's Golden Era - Frank Pagnucco (1985)
Between 1945 and 1967, only six teams made up the National Hockey League.
Book explores the experiences of players during those years and briefly recounts
what has happened to them since. Players such as: Alex Delvecchio, John Ferguson,
Doug Harvey, Henri Richard, Andy Bathgate, Red Hay, Andy Hebenton and Tom
Johnson.
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Rum Running Years- Ted R. Hennigar
Second printing 1984. A colourful account of the liquor trade that flourished
along the Atlantic Coast. 131 pages.
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Memory Is My Diary - Volume One "The First Thirty 1912
- 1942" by Angus James MacQueen. Angus MacQueen grew up in a coal miner's
family in Cape Breton and went on to become Moderator of the Unite Church
of Canada.
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Memory Is My Diary - Volume Two by Angus James MacQueen.
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Murphy, Steve - Live at 5 - The Story Behind Its Success. Copyright
2002. Book in almost as new condition. Meet the people who have been
involved with this ATV Halifax News Broadcast as well as the stories
they have covered. If you have watched LIVE AT 5 on ATV since its inception
in 1982, this is one book you will want to add to your bookshelf. Book 678.
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