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Directory of Graduates 1890-1965 of McGill University, Montreal.
This book is a compilation of graduates of McGill University who 
were living in 1965.  For more information http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-McGill-grad.html

The Acadiensis Reader
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The Nova Scotia Genealogist  http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-NS-Genealogist-16.html


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 Robertson.
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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.
Book # 758  $19.95 Contact  Ruby

My Fling On The Farm by Patricia Bredin MacCuloch. 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 and many other places. Book 760.  $19.95  Contact  Ruby


MOSS DIARY - Vital Statistics for Springhill, N.S. and area - 1918-1976 by Joseph Moss, edited and expanded by the Springhill Heritage Group.  Published 2002 by the Springhill Heritage Group.  144 pages in the book with 4 colour pictures.  The Diary has approximately 5,500 entries with name, death date, birth date, place of birth, spouse or maiden name, parents name and cemetery wherever it has been possible to find this information.  Though most entries show Springhill, N.S. as the place of death, there are a significant number with a birthplace in New Brunswick or elsewhere. Entries include those killed in the two major Springhill mine disasters as well as military deaths in World War II. The Diary is available in book format or as a CD-ROM. Price for either is $22.00 Canadian, plus $5.00 shipping or $22.00 US which includes shipping. Web site: http://www.sybertooth.ca/md/index.htm
Send inquiries to Audrey Ryan at audrey.ryan@ns.sympatico.ca

The Company Store by John Mellor.  J B McLachlan and the Cape Breton Coal Miners 1900 - 1925. Paperback. Good condition.  Published 1984.  Book 764 $19.95 Contact  Ruby

Ten Lost Years 1929-1939  
Memories of Canadians by Barry Broadfoot.
Book # 647 $24.95 Canadian Currency
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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 exclusively from: Graeme F. Somerville, 84 Beach Crescent, Saint John, NB, Canada E2K 2E4, tel. 506-632-2020
$60.00 Canadian plus shipping. Available exclusively from:
Graeme F. Somerville,
84 Beach Crescent, Saint John, NB, Canada E2K 2E4, tel. 506-632-2020

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.  $25.00 Canadian plus shipping. $25.00 Canadian plus shipping. Available exclusively from: 
Graeme F. Somerville     
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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.
Book 201 Canadian Funds $14.95  Plus shipping.  contact  Ruby

 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.
 Book 202. $24.95 Canadian Currency. Plus shipping    contact   Ruby

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.  contact   Ruby


Mount Uniake - Beyond the Estate - Historic Buildings of Mount Uniake (Nova Scotia) by Mary Kennickell. First edition 1981. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Uniake.html

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 Shipping  contact  Ruby

Bluenose Madness by Don Flick;The frustration, trials and tribulations and unexpected joys of returning to live in Nova Scotia. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Bluenose-Madness.html

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. 
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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.   Contact  Ruby

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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Barrington - These Stones Shall Be For A Memorial by Hattie A Perry. Signed copy. Copyright 1983. Printed by Sentinel Printing Ltd. Yarmouth, NS. The author spent  ten years locating family burial plots in the Barrington Township of Nova Scotia. Included are names and info on hundreds of tombstones. Several maps showing location of 70 or more cemeteries and places of burial are an excellent finding aid. 60 pages.Signed by the author.
Book # 355 $24.95 Canadian Currency   contact   Ruby

Sea Stories -  Courage Below, White Wings Above. True Tales of the Sea by Francis W. Grant. Lancelot Press, Hantsport, Nova Scotia. Published 1979.  "The  Agnes MacDonald", "Warrior", "Launburga",  "Mary Jane", "Indian Chief", "John E Shatford". Fox Harbour Mystery, Model Maker of Brule Shore, "Blythswood". A Daughter of Maitland - Helen Mary Smith, The Imposter - James Pagan, Courage of Steward Van Hoydonck, There was Gold in Guano, The Man who wouldn't drown - Robert Jollymore , "Nellie Reid", Louise - daughter of Captain and Mrs David F Douglas (Maitland). 106 pages. Book  # 358  $19.95 Canadian currency   contact    Ruby

Nova Scotia Genealogist 1997
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Nova Scotia Genealogist 1991
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Nova Scotia Genealogist 1990
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Gravestone Carving and Carvers in Nova Scotia  - "Life how short - Eternity how long". An illustrated study by Deborah Trask. The study of the gravestones gives a brief history of the gravestone tradition in the province, then takes a more detailed look at the types of stone used, historic trends, popular designs, symbolism, peculiarities of individual carvers and information on carvers of particular interest.
Book # 378. $24.95 Canadian currency.  contact   Ruby

Masters of Sail  by Stanley T. Spicer  The Era of Square-rigged Vessels in the Maritime Provinces. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Spicer.html

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) 
First edition - Good Condition Book # 422  Price - $75.00 Canadian -   Contact    Ruby

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.  http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-STEENWICK.html


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.
Book # 432  Price $49.95 Canadian.  Contact  Ruby

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,  Book #446 $15.00 Canadian.  Shipping $8.00
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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. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-leBlant.html

A Pictorial History of the Apple Blossom Festival by Harold Woodman
Black and white photos. 1992  Book #468  $12.00 Canadian.  contact    Ruby

Hungry Thirties - Max Braithwaite 1930/1940 
Canada's Illustrated Heritage. 122 pages. Hard Cover. Well illustrated. Very interesting book. Copyright 1977. 
Book # 469  $24.95 Canadian.  Shipping $10.00   Contact   Ruby

Boy from Port Hood - The Autobiography of John Francis "Lofty" MacMillan - Emery Hyslop and Peter McGahan (1996).  http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Lofty.html

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.  
Book 481 Canadian Funds $14.95   Plus shipping contact   Ruby   

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.  http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Murphy-Poor-Ignorant-Children.html 

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 on destination.  Contact    Ruby 

My Grandfather's  Cape Breton  by  Clive Doucet. A young boy spends the summer in Cape Breton Island with his grandfather. Book # 546    contact   Ruby 

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   Contact  Ruby   

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.
Book 353  $29.95 Canadian currency   Contact  Ruby   

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.     Contact Ruby   

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.   Contact  Ruby   

Vie  de nos ancêtres en Acadie 
Photos and illustrations 
Set of six 
 Book Set # 586  Set of six  $39.95.  Shipping and handling $8.00  Contact Ruby   

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. 
Book # 589  $14.95 Canadian currency   Contact  Ruby   

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. Canadian Currency $19.95. .Contact  Ruby        **

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