Talking About Freedom explores the history and significance of this freedom festival in Canada. Discover the main features of Emancipation Day celebrations, learn about the people of African ancestry's struggle for freedom, and the victories achieved in the push for equality into the 21st century.
Canada's First Nations and Cultural Genocide (Bearing Witness: Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Modern)
by Robert Cohen
An exciting account of the War of 1812 told through the stories of the heroes who helped defend Canada, such as Mohawk chief John Norton and Red George Macdonnell. With descriptions of the battle at Lundy's Lane, adventures of the Sea Wolves, and the antics of James Fitzgibbon, the war is revealed as it has seldom been seen.
The name James FitzGibbon struck terror in the hearts of U.S. soldiers and this is the dramatic story of his life and his daring exploits. Irish-born James FitzGibbon came to Canada with the 49th Regiment to serve under his hero, Major-General Sir Isaac Brock. After the death of Brock at Queenston Heights and the capture of Fort George in the War of 1812, FitzGibbon spied on the enemy encampment, disguised as a settler selling butter. Armed with his intelligence report, the British launched a...
Long Shot (Lorimer Recordbooks, #11) (Recordbooks (Lorimer))
by Eric Zweig
Samuel de Champlain has long been known as the founder of Quebec and as a tireless explorer. His efforts to establish a colony encountered setbacks in France, and since he was not of the nobility, he was therefore unfit for patronage. Without Champlain's detailed records, the years 1600 to 1640 in Canada would almost be a blank slate.
The Underground Railroad
by Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper, and Karolyn Smardz Frost
Canada was young. Twenty thousand underage soldiers left their homes to serve in the Great War. Jim, at seventeen, was one of them. His letters home gloss over the horrors of war, focusing on issues of the home front: of harvesting, training horses, and the price of hogs. His letters rested ninety-five years in a shoebox decorated by his mother.
1st Square Fish paperback edition
Choice of Colours (Lorimer Recordbooks) (Recordbooks (Lorimer))
by John Danakas
For 200 years people have sought the treasure buried on Oak Island on Canada's East Coast. Bob Restall got his chance, but it ended in tragedy. A fabulous treasure lies buried deep within an island on Canada's East Coast. Or so they say. For more than 200 years, treasure-hunters have come to Oak Island, spent fortunes, worked long and hard, and left empty-handed. When Bob Restall and his family got their chance to search for treasure on Oak Island, they believed they soon would succeed where...
The Voyages of Jacques Cartier (Exploration Through the Ages S.) (Exploration Through the Ages)
by Richard Humble
Part of a series telling the stories of important voyages of discovery. The books describe challenges and hardships faced by those who set out to discover new lands, new ocean passages, to open up new trade routes or to win fame and fortune. This book tells the tale of the French explorer, Jacques Cartier, who voyaged up the St Lawrence River to reveal the vast and fertile land of Canada. The author portrays his meetings with the Indians, his adventures and achievements which led to the establis...
World In View: Canada