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Van Hornes Road An Illustrated Account Of The Construction And First Years Of Operation Of The Canadian Pacific
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Book Synopsis Van Horne's Road; an Illustrated Account of the Construction and First Years of Operation of the Canadian Pacific .... by : Omer Lavallee
Download or read book Van Horne's Road; an Illustrated Account of the Construction and First Years of Operation of the Canadian Pacific .... written by Omer Lavallee and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Van Horne's Road written by Omer Lavallée and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Van Horne's Road written by Omer Lavallée and published by Railfare Books (Fifth House). This book was released on 2007 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Cornelius Van Horne and the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. For armchair railroaders, historians, students - anyone fascinated by Canadian history - Van Horne's Road is a pictorial history of the railroad that forged a nation. Widely hailed as one of the most informative and important histories of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific Transcontinental Railway, this vibrant new edition of Van Horne's Road has been reformatted and redesigned for a new generation of readers as a permanent tribute to the people responsible for the building of what has been called Canada's National Highway. Containing more than 450 photographs, illustrations, and historic documents - supplemented by 40 maps and diagrams designed by the author - the book presents a coast-to-coast recreation of what indisputably stands as one of the most important and historic undertakings in the history of this nation.
Book Synopsis From Telegrapher to Titan by : Valerie Knowles
Download or read book From Telegrapher to Titan written by Valerie Knowles and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Van Horne, general manager of the CPR, pushed through construction of the transcontinental line and went on to become company president.
Book Synopsis William C. Van Horne by : Valerie Knowles
Download or read book William C. Van Horne written by Valerie Knowles and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2010-05-31 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William C. Van Horne was one of North America's most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, Van Horne started working in the railway business at a young age. In 1881 he was lured north to Canada to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Ralway. The railroading general pushed through construction of the CPR's transcontinental line and then went on to become the company's president. During his time with the CPR, Van Horne developed a telegraph service, launched the Empress line of Pacific steamships in 1891, and founded CP Hotels. He capped his career by opening up Cuba's interior with a railway. A man of prodigious energy and many talents, he also became Canada's foremost art collector and one of the country's leading financiers. For all of his amazing accomplishments, Van Horne was knighted in 1894. When he died church bells throughout the length and breadth of Cuba tolled to mark his passing, and when his funeral train made its way across Canada, all traffic on the CPR system was suspended for five minutes.
Book Synopsis Whatever Happened To-- ? by : Mark Kearney
Download or read book Whatever Happened To-- ? written by Mark Kearney and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2006-09-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining where-are-they-now look at the fate of some 100 celebrities, newsmakers, and artifacts from this countrys past.
Book Synopsis Eye on the Future by : Henry Cornelius Klassen
Download or read book Eye on the Future written by Henry Cornelius Klassen and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible business history that considers the dynamic interplay between economic climate and the personal determination of business people in the late 1800s. The book provides insight into how entrepreneurs, retailers, manufacturers, bankers, farmers, and ranchers pioneered a booming business city. It discusses the people and activities that helped to create the conditions in which Calgary emerged as a city and the Bow Valley an important agricultural centre. Historical figures such as Isaac G Baker, Agnes K Bedingfeld, and James A Lougheed in the context of business in Calgary. The author also talks about the obstacles that faced business and civic leaders: how to promote economic growth of the city; how to create demand for goods and services; how to finance transportation improvements; how to assimilate substantial social and political change.
Book Synopsis Concise Historical Atlas of Canada by : Geoffrey J. Matthews
Download or read book Concise Historical Atlas of Canada written by Geoffrey J. Matthews and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distillation of sixty-seven of the best and most important plates from the original three volumes of the bestselling of the Historical Atlas of Canada.
Book Synopsis Canada's Rocky Mountains by : Faye Reineberg Holt
Download or read book Canada's Rocky Mountains written by Faye Reineberg Holt and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2010 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The grandeur of the Canadian Rockies has captivated hearts and minds, challenged the daring and athletic and fired the imaginations of writers, photographers and other artists. In this book, images ranging from simple to iconic to surprising capture that rich heritage. Discover the people, legends and little-known facts of this area's past. Meet the men and women who conquered peaks and built lives in mountain communities. Through narrative and image, revel in the parks and hinterlands that have endlessly fascinated tourists. Faye invites locals and tourists alike to marvel at the photos, consider the science of the mountain landscape and catch glimpses of yesterday in the sports, culture and real-life adventure of Canada's Rocky Mountains.
Book Synopsis North of the Color Line by : Sarah-Jane Mathieu
Download or read book North of the Color Line written by Sarah-Jane Mathieu and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North of the Color Line examines life in Canada for the estimated 5,000 blacks, both African Americans and West Indians, who immigrated to Canada after the end of Reconstruction in the United States. Through the experiences of black railway workers and their union, the Order of Sleeping Car Porters, Sarah-Jane Mathieu connects social, political, labor, immigration, and black diaspora history during the Jim Crow era. By World War I, sleeping car portering had become the exclusive province of black men. White railwaymen protested the presence of the black workers and insisted on a segregated workforce. Using the firsthand accounts of former sleeping car porters, Mathieu shows that porters often found themselves leading racial uplift organizations, galvanizing their communities, and becoming the bedrock of civil rights activism. Examining the spread of segregation laws and practices in Canada, whose citizens often imagined themselves as devoid of racism, Mathieu historicizes Canadian racial attitudes, and explores how black migrants brought their own sensibilities about race to Canada, participating in and changing political discourse there.
Book Synopsis Railway Nation by : David Laurence Jones
Download or read book Railway Nation written by David Laurence Jones and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting, visually engaging collection of vignettes highlighting the rich heritage of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Since its founding in 1881, Canadian Pacific has made an indelible mark on the lives of Canadians. Most commonly associated with its iconic railway, at its height CP also ran hotels, steamships, and an airline, and had myriad involvements in immigration, irrigation, resource development, war contributions, and international trade. It has been said that no other single corporation has shaped Canadian national identity as much as CP. Railway Nation: Tales of the World’s Greatest Travel System is a compilation of more than fifty thrilling and historically significant stories based on colourful anecdotes and archival sources dating back to the company's golden era. From the construction of the ground-breaking Spiral Tunnels on what was previously the most dangerous and accident-prone stretch of railway track in the Rockies, to the CPR-manufactured Valentine tanks that helped the Soviet Union fight off the Nazis in World War II, to the long and frustrating struggle of CP stewardesses fighting against sexist employment policies, this lively and nuanced portrait of an iconic company is illustrated with fascinating archival photography and will be an essential addition to any Canadian history buff's library.
Book Synopsis Southwest Cultural Resources Center Professional Papers by :
Download or read book Southwest Cultural Resources Center Professional Papers written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Steam Over Scranton by : Gordon S. Chappell
Download or read book Steam Over Scranton written by Gordon S. Chappell and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gentlemen Engineers by : Richard White
Download or read book Gentlemen Engineers written by Richard White and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study is an important contribution to our understanding of the professionalization of civil engineering, and to the modernization of business practices in nineteenth-century Canada."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 26–30 by : Wayne Larsen
Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 26–30 written by Wayne Larsen and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: nineteenth century railway builder William C. Van Horne; early nineteenth century governor and fur baron George Simpson; legendary Group of Seven-associated landscape painter Tom Thomson; intrepid early frontiersman Simon Girty; and Canada’s first world-famous movie star, Mary Pickford. Includes William C. Van Horne George Simpson Tom Thomson Simon Girty Mary Pickford
Author :Francess G. Halpenny Publisher :Springer Science & Business Media ISBN 13 :9780802034601 Total Pages :1346 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (346 download)
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Canadian Biography / Dictionaire Biographique Du Canada by : Francess G. Halpenny
Download or read book Dictionary of Canadian Biography / Dictionaire Biographique Du Canada written by Francess G. Halpenny and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1990-05 with total page 1346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These biographies of Canadians are arranged chronologically by date of death. Entries in each volume are listed alphabetically, with bibliographies of source material and an index to names.
Book Synopsis Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle by : Judith Fitzgerald
Download or read book Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle written by Judith Fitzgerald and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 4324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world. Some of these figures are truly famous, while others were quietly influential. Among the wide variety of people we meet are: prime ministers (Mackenzie King, Macdonald, Laurier, and more); artists (Emily Carr, Tom Thomson); explorers (David Thompson, Samuel de Champlain), politicians (René Lévesque, Joey Smallwood), writers (Robertson Davies, Gabrielle Roy), entertainers (Emma Albani, Mary Pickford), activists (Nellie McClung, Louis Riel, Harriet Tubman), and many, many more. Let this series be your primer on the greatest figures in Canadian history. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker John Franklin Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier William Lyon Mackenzie King René Lévesque Samuel de Champlain John Grierson Lucille Teasdale Maurice Duplessis David Thompson Mazo de la Roche Susanna Moodie Gabrielle Roy Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas William C. Van Horne George Simpson Tom Thomson Simon Girty Mary Pickford Harriet Tubman Laura Secord Joey Smallwood Prince Edward, Duke of Kent John A. Macdonald Marshall McLuhan
