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Giants of Nova Scotia

Author : Shirley Irene Vacon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Giants of Nova Scotia written by Shirley Irene Vacon and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This double biography depicts the lives of the famed Nova Scotia giantess Anna Swan (1846-88) and the celebrated Cape Breton giant Angus McAskill (1825-63). These two splendid and singular celebrities toured the world entertaining royalty and impressing audiences from town halls to palaces. Angus and Anna's Scottish influences were deeply embedded from childhood and although it was unlikely the two ever met, the similarities in their lives were uncanny. During their adventures, both giants worked with and met many unusual characters. Both met Queen Victoria. Anna married an American giant and the two toured as "The Tallest Married Couple in the World." The book explores the causes of gigantism and how this rare condition shaped the lives and personalities of these two Nova Scotians. Anna and Angus were born to normal-sized, hard-working parents and grew up in rural surroundings but rose to great stardom on the world stage. Both were regarded for their kind hearts and compassion for others. They have left a meaningful message for readers that resonates more than a century after their deaths. Both are honoured at museums in Nova Scotia that house their artifacts. Thousands of people flock to these sites to learn about these great giants.

True Tale of a Giantess, The

Author : Anne Renaud
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1771383763
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book True Tale of a Giantess, The written by Anne Renaud and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Swan dreamed of a life as big as she was. –When I was small, I was already big news,” begins this picture book biography of Anna Swan. –Because when I was small, I was already TREMENDOUS.” Anna was thirteen pounds at her birth in Nova Scotia in 1846. She grew steadily until she was nearly eight feet tall, and never felt that she fit into her small country life. Then, at age seventeen, Anna moved to New York City to be part of P. T. Barnumês Gallery of Wonders ã and her life changed forever. Fame, world travel, true love! This real-life giantess lived a real-life storybook adventure!

Giants

Author : Charles DeLoach
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810829718
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Giants written by Charles DeLoach and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the role that giants have played in the history of humankind. ...style is breezy and accessible...a pleasant browse. --BOOKLIST ...will likely be of interest to the general reader as well as serve as a useful reference tool. Recommended for all collections. --PUBLIC LIBRARY QUARTERLY

Legends In Their Time

Author : George Sherwood
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1554882087
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book Legends In Their Time written by George Sherwood and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2006-02-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable cast of past and present young Canadians stride across the pages of Legends In Their Time, each having a significant role to play in Canadian history. Beginning in the 1500s and moving on into the 20th century, each chapter contributes insights into the evolution of Canada as a nation. Author George Sherwood’s thorough research and his scene setting bring to life the heroic accomplishments and tragic exploits that make Canada’s story a fascinating and entertaining account. Included are explorer Etienne Brule; Osborne Anderson, survivor of Harper’s Ferry; inventor Armand Bombardier; human rights activist Toy Jin "Jean" Wong; and the heroic Terry Fox, to name but a few of the extraordinary lives that are chronicled. Complementing the text are historic photographs and original artwork by award-winning artist Stewart Sherwood. "For those who think Canada lacks heroes or Canada does not honour its heroes, Legends In Their Time is the book for you. Extensively researched and written in an engaging style, it recognizes that heroes and heroines come in many forms, as shown in the richness of our history.” - John Myers, Teacher Educator, OISE/UT

Speculative Fictions

Author : Herb Wyile
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773523159
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Speculative Fictions written by Herb Wyile and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2002 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the proliferation of historical novels in English-Canadian literature over the last thirty years.

Dictionary of Cape Breton English

Author : William John Davey
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442669500
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Cape Breton English written by William John Davey and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biff and whiff, baker’s fog and lu’sknikn, pie social and milling frolic – these are just a few examples of the distinctive language of Cape Breton Island, where a puck is a forceful blow and a Cape Breton pork pie is filled with dates, not pork. The first regional dictionary devoted to the island’s linguistic and cultural history, the Dictionary of Cape Breton English is a fascinating record of the island’s rich vocabulary. Dictionary entries include supporting quotations culled from the editors’ extensive interviews with Cape Bretoners and considerable study of regional variation, as well as definitions, selected pronunciations, parts of speech, variant forms, related words, sources, and notes, giving the reader in-depth information on every aspect of Cape Breton culture. A substantial and long-awaited work of linguistic research that captures Cape Breton’s social, economic, and cultural life through the island’s language, the Dictionary of Cape Breton English can be read with interest by Backlanders, Bay byes, and those from away alike.

Re-Writing Pioneer Women in Anglo-Canadian Literature

Author : Conny Steenman-Marcusse
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004490965
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Re-Writing Pioneer Women in Anglo-Canadian Literature written by Conny Steenman-Marcusse and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the connections between nineteenth-century pioneer women in Canada and their putative twentieth-century biographers in Anglo-Canadian women’s fiction by Carol Shields (Small Ceremonies, 1976), Daphne Marlatt (Ana Historic, 1988), and Susan Swan (The Biggest Modern Woman of the World, 1983). These three texts reveal definite problems in the formation of Canadian female identities, but they also revalorise the traditionally underprivileged halves of binary structures such as: female/male, other/self, body/intellect, subjectivity/objectivity, and Canada/imperial centres.

Difference and Community

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004484744
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Difference and Community written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-03-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together essays which suggest that the relationship between Canada and Europe is a two-way process, as historically the traffic between them has been: either may have something to offer the other. Europe too acknowledges situations today in which difference and community are hard terms to reconcile. Difference refers to gender, sexuality, race, nationality, or language. Community is the collective understanding which must continually be renegotiated and reconstructed among these factors. The Canadian-European connection is one in which it seems especially appropriate to explore such circumstances. The topics covered include pioneer women's writing, transcultural women's fiction, canonical taxonomy of the contemporary novel, the city poem in Confederate Canada, poetry of the Great War, various ethno-cultural perspectives (Jewish, South Asian, Italian; Native reappropriations; Quebec cinema), literature and the media, and small-press publishing. Some of the authors treated: Sandra Birdsell, Nicole Brossard, Jack Hodgins, Henry Kreisel, Robert Kroetsch, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Archibald Lampman, Malcolm Lowry, Lesley Lum, Daphne Marlatt, Susanna Moodie, Bharati Mukherjee, Alice Munro, Frank Paci, and Susan Swan.

Advances in Human Genetics

Author : Harry Harris
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461307856
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Human Genetics written by Harry Harris and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest volume in this respected series considers chromosome instability and overgrowth syndromes, lacticacidemia, the molecular basis of HLA disease association, and the genetics of growth hormone and its disorders. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The Rhetoric of Canadian Writing

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004489134
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Rhetoric of Canadian Writing written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixteen articles in The Rhetoric of Canadian Writing are a welcome contribution to the growing interest in Canadian culture, indicating its variety - Aboriginal, Anglo-Canadian and French-Canadian culture and their interrelationships are all represented. In classical oratory the term “rhetoric” signifies the art of influencing the thought and conduct of readers and listeners, and this concept is used as an underlying current of debate in this volume. Contributors address the theme of identity and post-colonial disputation in their explorations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century writing by Elizabeth Simcoe, Catharine Parr Traill and Lucy Montgomery as well as contemporary works by Margaret Atwood, Nancy Huston, Wayne Johnston, Susan Swan, Jacques Poulin and Rudy Wiebe. Quebecoise writer Louis Dupré contributes a compelling reflection on women's writing in Quebec.

100 More Canadian Heroines

Author : Merna Forster
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459700856
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book 100 More Canadian Heroines written by Merna Forster and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the bestselling 100 Canadian Heroines, Merna Forster presents 100 more stories of amazing women who changed our country. In this second installment of the bestselling Canadian Heroines series, author Merna Forster brings together 100 more incredible stories of great characters and wonderful images. Meet famous and forgotten women in fields such as science, sport, politics, war and peace, and arts and entertainment, including the original Degrassi kids, Captain Kool, hockey star Hilda Ranscombe, and the woman dubbed "the atomic mosquito." This book is full of amazing facts and trivia about extraordinary women. You’ll learn about Second World War heroine Joan Fletcher Bamford, who rescued 2,000 Dutch captives from a prison camp in a Sumatran jungle while commanding 70 Japanese soldiers. Hilwie Hamdon was the woman behind the building of Canada’s first mosque, and Frances Gertrude McGill was the crime fighter named the "Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan." Read on and discover 100 more Canadian heroines and how they’ve changed our country.

Salute to Sid; the Story of Dr. Sidney Gilchrist

Author : Frank E. Archibald
Publisher : Windsor, N.S : Lancelot Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Salute to Sid; the Story of Dr. Sidney Gilchrist written by Frank E. Archibald and published by Windsor, N.S : Lancelot Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Men Against the Sea

Author : Cyril Robinson
Publisher : Windsor, N.S : Lancelot Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Men Against the Sea written by Cyril Robinson and published by Windsor, N.S : Lancelot Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Canadian Books in Print

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Subject Guide to Canadian Books in Print

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Subject Guide to Canadian Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Canadian Who's who

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1532 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Who's who written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 1532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cape Breton and the Jackson Kith and Kin

Author : Elva E. Jackson
Publisher : Windsor : N. S., Lancelot Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Cape Breton and the Jackson Kith and Kin written by Elva E. Jackson and published by Windsor : N. S., Lancelot Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mainly the story of the Loyalists, disbanded soldiers, and other venturesome British subjects who, between 1784 and 1800, settled the fertile lands around Sydney Harbour and other coastal areas of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Among these were the Jackson family of Upper North Sydney which soon penetrated into Ingonish, Cape North, and Port Hood. Though Part II contains the names of about 2500 descendants of William Jackson, to the ninth generation, it also traces the settlement and family origins of over one hundred other early Cape Breton families.