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Children of the Kootenays

Author : Shirley D. Stainton
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 1772031860
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Children of the Kootenays written by Shirley D. Stainton and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A warm-hearted memoir of a childhood spent living in various mining towns in the Kootenays throughout the 1930s and ’40s. When young Shirley Doris Hall and her family moved to BC’s West Kootenay region in 1927, the area was a hub of mining activity. Shirley’s father, a cook, had no problem finding work at the mining camps, and the family dutifully followed him from town to town as his services were sought after. For Shirley and her brother, Ray—described as both her confidant and her nemesis—mining camps were the backdrop of their youth. The instant close-knit communities that formed around them; the freedom of barely tamed wilderness; and the struggles of the Depression years and the war that followed created an unlikely environment for a happy childhood. Yet Shirley’s memories reveal that it was indeed a magical time and place in which to grow up. Children of the Kootenays paints a lively portrait of this forgotten period in BC history—of mining towns that are now ghost towns—told from the unique perspective of a young girl.

Children of the Kootenays

Author : Shirley D. Stainton
Publisher : Heritage House
ISBN 13 : 9781772031850
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Children of the Kootenays written by Shirley D. Stainton and published by Heritage House. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A warm-hearted memoir of a childhood spent living in various mining towns in the Kootenays throughout the 1930s and '40s. When young Shirley Doris Hall and her family moved to BC's West Kootenay region in 1927, the area was a hub of mining activity. Shirley's father, a cook, had no problem finding work at the mining camps, and the family dutifully followed him from town to town as his services were sought after. For Shirley and her brother, Ray--described as both her confidant and her nemesis--mining camps were the backdrop of their youth. The instant close-knit communities that formed around them; the freedom of barely tamed wilderness; and the struggles of the Depression years and the war that followed created an unlikely environment for a happy childhood. Yet Shirley's memories reveal that it was indeed a magical time and place in which to grow up. Children of the Kootenayspaints a lively portrait of this forgotten period in BC history--of mining towns that are now ghost towns--told from the unique perspective of a young girl.

Lost Kootenays

Author : Greg Nesteroff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781772761641
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Lost Kootenays written by Greg Nesteroff and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-07 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greg Nesteroff and Eric Brighton started the Lost Kootenays Facebook Group with the intent of preserving, promoting and sharing the history of the Kootenays and the people who lived here. Today the Lost Kootenays community is 48,000 strong and one of the most dynamic sites in British Columbia.

Small Courage

Author : Jane Byers
Publisher : Dagger Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781773860404
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Small Courage written by Jane Byers and published by Dagger Editions. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rarely do we know what life will hold. When starting the adoption process, Jane Byers and her wife could not have predicted the illuminating and challenging experience of living for two weeks with the Evangelical Christian foster parents of their soon-to-be adopted twins. Parenthood becomes even more daunting when homophobia threatens their beginnings as a family, seeping in from places both unexpected and familiar. But Jane and Amy are up for the challenge. In this moving and poetic memoir, Byers draws readers into her own tumultuous beginnings: her coming out years, finding love, and the start of her parenting journey. Love imprints itself where loneliness lived, but sometimes love, alone, is not enough to overcome trauma. Little did Byers know that her experiences when coming out was merely training for becoming an adoptive parent of racialized twins. Small Courage: A Queer Memoir of Finding Love and Conceiving Family is a thoughtful and heart-warming examination of love, queerness and what it means to be a family.

Fourteen Trumpeting Elephants

Author : Norma Kroeger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781525561030
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Fourteen Trumpeting Elephants written by Norma Kroeger and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen Trumpeting Elephants...what has that got to do with Cranbrook or the Kootenays of British Columbia? Why is there a statue of an elephant at the end of Baker Street? What is the best place to pick huckleberries? Grandpa is telling stories to an audience of Cranbrook town folk that include his 10 year old grandson. Grandpa's tales are based on the escape of a herd of elephants from a circus train in 1926. His tales include the imagined escapades of one Charlie Ed: an elephant who successfully evaded his pursuers, and in the weeks of his freedom "climbed mountains, swam rivers and worked at a logging camp. This story provides a much needed historical record suitable for children's as well as adult reading. Too often we do not know the history in our own back yard. This story will not only entertain but educate and hopefully plant seeds of curiosity in children and adults alike....

The Human Side of the Indian

Author : Alexander Francis Chamberlain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (949 download)

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Download or read book The Human Side of the Indian written by Alexander Francis Chamberlain and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Our Backs Warmed by the Sun

Author : Vera Maloff
Publisher : Caitlin Press
ISBN 13 : 9781773860398
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Our Backs Warmed by the Sun written by Vera Maloff and published by Caitlin Press. This book was released on 2020-10-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, the Doukhobor story is a sensational one: arson, nudity and civil disobedience once made headlines. But it isn't the whole story. Our Backs Warmed by the Sun: Memories of a Doukhobor Life is an intricately woven, richly textured memoir of a family's determination to live in peace and community in the face of controversy and unrest. When author Vera Maloff set out to find the truth about her family's history, she knew something of the struggles of living a pacifist, agrarian life in a world with opposing values. To find the bones of that history she turned to her mother Elizabeth, who, in her nineties, had forgotten nothing. In Our Backs Warmed by the Sun, the author, through the stories of her mother, describes a wholly activist life. The Doukhobors--both the Sons of Freedom and moderate sects--led anti-military protests throughout the early 1900s, harboured draft dodgers in the 60s, and stood up for their beliefs. In response, they were hosed down, arrested, and jailed. Vera learns of the confusion and fear when, as a child, Elizabeth and her family were interned in an abandoned logging camp while their father served time in Oakalla prison for charges related to a peaceful protest, and of her loneliness when, later, she was institutionalized--one of a series of Canadian government efforts in assimilation. By removing the children, it was believed, the cycle of protest and resistance could be broken. Tracing the Doukhobor movement from Russia, the author explores the spiritual influence of its leaders. She does not shy away from the controversial actions of the Sons of Freedom in the darkest days of bombings and arson, or the toll on families and communities, probing with a historian's curiosity and a daughter's tenderness. Elizabeth's story is also one of a small but thriving Kootenay community, and of the experiences of a family who stood by their beliefs. Laughter, ingenuity and tenacity are offered up in the pages of Our Backs Warmed by the Sun, an important and engaging window into our collective history.

Regulating Lives

Author : John McLaren
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774808866
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Regulating Lives written by John McLaren and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine essays investigate the history of law as an instrument of social control, moral regulation, and the government, focusing primarily on British Columbia, Canada, where most of the contributors work as scholars in law or criminology. Among the areas they tackle are the sex trade, the spread of venereal disease, the use and abuse of liquor, child welfare, mental disorder, intrafamily sexual abuse, Aboriginal culture and traditions, and Doukhobor beliefs and customs. The studies rely on forays into archival material at the national, provincial, and local levels. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Bulletin

Author : Canadian Film Institute
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by Canadian Film Institute and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Working on Earth

Author : Christina Robertson
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874179645
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Working on Earth written by Christina Robertson and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays examines the relationship between environmental injustice and the exploitation of working-class people. Twelve scholars from the fields of environmental humanities and the humanistic social sciences explore connections between the current and unprecedented rise of environmental degradation, economic inequality, and widespread social injustice in the United States and Canada. The authors challenge prevailing cultural narratives that separate ecological and human health from the impacts of modern industrial capitalism. Essay themes range from how human survival is linked to nature to how the use and abuse of nature benefit the wealthy elite at the expense of working-class people and the working poor as well as how climate change will affect cultures deeply rooted in the land. Ultimately, Working on Earth calls for a working-class ecology as an integral part of achieving just and sustainable human development.

Children's Literature and Imaginative Geography

Author : Aïda Hudson
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1771123265
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Children's Literature and Imaginative Geography written by Aïda Hudson and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do children travel when they read a story? In this collection, scholars and authors explore the imaginative geography of a wide range of places, from those of Indigenous myth to the fantasy worlds of Middle-earth, Earthsea, or Pacificus, from the semi-fantastic Wild Wood to real-world places like Canada’s North, Chicago’s World Fair, or the modern urban garden. What happens to young protagonists who explore new worlds, whether fantastic or realistic? What happens when Old World and New World myths collide? How do Indigenous myth and sense of place figure in books for the young? How do environmental or post-colonial concerns, history, memory, or even the unconscious affect an author's creation of place? How are steampunk and science fiction mythically re-enchanting for children? Imaginative geography means imaged earth writing: it creates what readers see when they enter the world of fiction. Exploring diverse genres for children, including picture books, fantasy, steampunk, and realistic novels as well as plays from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland from the early nineteenth century to the present, Children’s Literature and Imaginative Geography provides new geographical perspectives on children’s literature.

Epic Wanderer

Author : D'Arcy Jenish
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803224520
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book Epic Wanderer written by D'Arcy Jenish and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic Wanderer, the first full-length biography of mapmaker David Thompson (1770?1857), is set in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries against the broad canvas of dramatic rivalries between the United States and British North America, between the Hudson?s Bay Company and its Montreal-based rival, the North West Company, and among the various First Nations thrown into disarray by the advent of guns, horses, and alcohol. Less celebrated than his contemporaries Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Thompson spent nearly three decades, beginning in 1784, surveying and mapping more than 1.2 million square miles of largely uncharted Indian territory. Traveling across the prairies, over the Rockies, and on to the Pacific, Thompson transformed the raw data of his explorations into a map of the Canadian West. Measuring ten feet by seven feet and exhibiting astonishing accuracy, the map became essential to the politicians and diplomats who would decide the future of the rich and promising lands of the West. Yet its creator worked without personal glory and died in penniless obscurity. Drawing extensively on Thompson?s personal journals and illustrated with his detailed sketches, intricate notebook pages, and the map itself, Epic Wanderer charts the life of a man who risked everything in the name of scientific advancement and exploration.

Recollecting

Author : Sarah Carter
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
ISBN 13 : 1897425821
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (974 download)

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Download or read book Recollecting written by Sarah Carter and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recollecting is a rich collection of essays that illuminate the lives of late eighteenth-century to the mid twentieth-century Aboriginal women, who have been overlooked in sweeping narratives of the history of the West. Some essays focus on individual women - a trader, a performer, a non-human woman - while others examine cohorts of women - wives, midwives, seamstresses, nuns. Authors look beyond the documentary record and standard representations of women, drawing also on records generated by the women themselves, including their beadwork, other material culture, and oral histories.

Children’s Health Issues in Historical Perspective

Author : Cheryl Krasnick Warsh
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 088920912X
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Children’s Health Issues in Historical Perspective written by Cheryl Krasnick Warsh and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From sentimental stories about polio to the latest cherub in hospital commercials, sick children tug at the public’s heartstrings. However sick children have not always had adequate medical care or protection. The essays in Children’s Issues in Historical Perspective investigate the identification, prevention, and treatment of childhood diseases from the 1800s onwards, in areas ranging from French-colonial Vietnam to nineteenth-century northern British Columbia, from New Zealand fresh air camps to American health fairs. Themes include: the role of government and/or the private sector in initiating and underwriting child public health programs; the growth of the profession of pediatrics and its views on “proper” mothering techniques; the role of nationalism, as well as ethnic and racial dimensions in child-saving movements; normative behaviour, social control, and the treatment of “deviant” children and adolescents; poverty, wealth, and child health measures; and the development of the modern children’s hospital. This liberally illustrated collection reflects the growing academic interest in all aspects of childhood, especially child health, and originates from health care professionals and scholars across the disciplines. An introduction by the editors places the historical themes in context and offers an overview of the contemporary study of children’s health.

Welcome to Resisterville

Author : Kathleen Rodgers
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 077482736X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Welcome to Resisterville written by Kathleen Rodgers and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1965 and 1975, thousands of American migrants traded their established lives for a new beginning in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. Some were non-violent resisters who opposed the war in Vietnam. But a larger group was inspired by the ideals of the 1960s counterculture and the New Left and, hoping to flee the restrictive demands of their parents’ world and the pressures of city life, they set out to build a peaceful, egalitarian society in the Canadian wilderness. Even today, their success is evident, as values like equality, sustainability, and creativity still define community life. This fascinating history draws on interviews and archival records to explore the root causes of this bold migration and its role in creating a region that continues to be a hotbed of social and environmental experimentation. Welcome to Resisterville is both an important look at an untold chapter in Canadian history and a compelling story of enduring idealism.

Canada

Author : Michael Ivory
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780792262015
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Canada written by Michael Ivory and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a comprehensive guide to Canada, featuring background information and descriptions of interesting sites; providing essays on the history, culture, and contemporary life of the country; and including maps, walking and driving tours, and advice for visitors on hotels, restaurants, shopping, and activities.

The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories

Author : Hugh Aylmer Dempsey
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806128214
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories written by Hugh Aylmer Dempsey and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wise old ones -- A friend of the beavers -- The reincarnation of Low Horn -- The amazing death of Calf Shirt -- Peace with the Kootenays -- A messenger for peace -- The orphan -- Black white man -- The wild ones -- The last war party -- The snake man -- Man of steel -- Deerfoot and friends -- Scraping high and Mr. Tims -- The transformation of Small Eyes.