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Download or read book Selkirk's Island written by Diana Souhami and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alexander Selkirk was abandoned by his shipmates on the remote island of Juan Fernandez in 1704 he could not have know that he wouldn't see another human soul for four long years, could not have anticipated the lonely and fierce existence to which he had been condemned, nor could he have ever guessed that his plight - recreated in the form of Robinson Crusoe - would be immortalised by Daniel Defoe. In this startlingly original book, award-winning author Diana Souhami brings new life to this story, evoking the abandoned sailor's struggle with solitude, God and the savage new home into which he had been so brutally thrust.
Book Synopsis Wet Prairie by : Shannon Stunden Bower
Download or read book Wet Prairie written by Shannon Stunden Bower and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian prairies are often envisioned as dry, windswept fields; however, much of southern Manitoba is not arid plain but wet prairie, poorly drained land subject to frequent flooding. Shannon Stunden Bower brings to light the complexities of surface-water management in Manitoba, from early artificial drainage efforts to late-twentieth-century attempts at watershed management. She engages scholarship on the state, liberalism, and bioregionalism in order to probe the connections between human and environmental change in the wet prairie. This account of an overlooked aspect of the region’s environmental history reveals how the biophysical nature of southern Manitoba has been an important factor in the formation of Manitoba society and the provincial state.
Book Synopsis The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists. The Pioneers of Manitoba by : George Bryce
Download or read book The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists. The Pioneers of Manitoba written by George Bryce and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists. The Pioneers of Manitoba,' George Bryce delves into the history of the early settlers in Manitoba, focusing on their experiences, challenges, and triumphs. Through detailed accounts and vivid descriptions, Bryce captures the essence of the romanticized settlement period, shedding light on the struggles and resilience of these pioneers. His prose is elegant and engaging, providing readers with a sense of the time and place that shaped Manitoba's early history. The book is a valuable resource for those interested in Canadian pioneer history, offering a unique perspective on the hardships and adventures faced by the settlers in the region. George Bryce's meticulous research and captivating storytelling make this book a must-read for anyone interested in the roots of Manitoba's settlement and the individuals who paved the way for future generations.
Download or read book AB Bookman's Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Literary World written by and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book AB Bookman's Yearbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The North Star State by : Anne J. Aby
Download or read book The North Star State written by Anne J. Aby and published by Minnesota Historical Society Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culled from the best of Minnesota History magazine, these essays on 200 years of Minnesota history encompass a wide range of its past, from frontier life to the age of technological innovation, from Dakota and Ojibwe history to the story of a Chinese family in St. Paul, from lumber workers' and truckers' strikes to the women's suffrage movement.
Book Synopsis Pemmican Empire by : George Colpitts
Download or read book Pemmican Empire written by George Colpitts and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pemmican Empire explores the fascinating and little-known environmental history of the role of pemmican (bison fat) in the opening of the British-American West.
Download or read book The Publisher written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Subject Guide to Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 1514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Searching for Crusoe by : Thurston Clarke
Download or read book Searching for Crusoe written by Thurston Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They inspire feelings of great passion, serenity, and sometimes fear . . . they give people the opportunity to find themselves--or to lose their minds . . . they are revered as paradise or treated as junkyards . . . both haunted by and respectful of history . . . they are central to the myths and religions of many peoples throughout time . . . they provide a real, friendly community or the hell of repetitive social encounters . . . What is it about islands that has captivated millions of people around the world and through the centuries? In a penetrating, brilliantly written book that weaves sociology, history, politics, personality, and ancient and popular culture into one compelling narrative, Thurston Clarke island-hops around the oceans of the world, searching for an explanation for the most passionate and enduring geographic love affair of all time--between humankind and islands. Along the way Clarke visits the remote and silent Mas À Tierra, the island off the coast of Chile that inspired Defoe to write Robinson Crusoe; tropical Banda Neira, one of the Spice Islands, where its self-crowned prince hopes for nothing less than nutmeg's complete and glorious revival; sleepy, simple Campobello, the Canadian island where Franklin D. Roosevelt spent his boyhood summers; Patmos, with its imposing mountaintop monastery; Malekula, once the most notorious cannibal island in the world; and Jura in Scotland's Hebrides, where George Orwell wrote 1984--the island that turned Clarke into a islomane, someone Lawrence Durrell says experiences an "indescribable intoxication" at finding himself in "a little world surrounded by the sea." Despite colonialism and missionary conversions, wartime scars and shrinking coasts, islands have thrived. Though each island is unique in its own way, Clarke discovers that the islanders themselves are a distinct people-- tranquilized by their watery horizons yet sensitive to the first shift in weather, conservative yet more likely to drop their inhibitions because no one is looking. And over every island falls the shadow of Robinson Crusoe, persuading us that islands are more liberating than confining, more contemplative than lonely, more holy than barbaric because we have been "removed from all the wickedness of the world." In a stunning work of wit, adventure, and incisive exploration, Thurston Clarke brings a unique passion to dazzling life.
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Book Synopsis "The Whole Country was ... 'one Robe'" by : Nicholas Curchin Vrooman
Download or read book "The Whole Country was ... 'one Robe'" written by Nicholas Curchin Vrooman and published by Riverbend Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lord Selkirk written by J.M. Bumsted and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Douglas, the Fifth Earl of Selkirk (1770–1820), was a complex man of his times, whose passions left an indelible mark on Canadian history. A product of the Scottish Enlightenment and witness to the French Revolution, he dedicated his fortune and energy to the vision of a new colony at the centre of North America. His final legacy, the Red River Settlement, led to the eventual end of the dominance of the fur trade and began the demographic and social transformation of western Canada. The product of three decades of research, this is the definitive biography of Lord Selkirk. Bumsted’s passionate prose and thoughtful analysis illuminate not only the man, but also the political and economic realities of the British empire at the turn of the nineteenth century. He analyzes Selkirk’s position within these realities, showing how his paternalistic attitudes informed his “social experiments” in colonization and translated into unpredictable, and often tragic, outcomes. Bumsted also provides extensive detail on the complexities of colonization, the Scottish Enlightenment, Scottish peerage, the fur trade, the Red River settlement, and early British-Canadian politics.
Book Synopsis The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record by :
Download or read book The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc by :
Download or read book The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Minnesota, a State Guide by : Minnesota Federal Writers' Project
Download or read book Minnesota, a State Guide written by Minnesota Federal Writers' Project and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1938 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. Rev. ed.
