History
Cobalt: The Making of a Mining Superpower by Charlie Angus
Heroines Revisited: Photographs by Lincoln Clarkes
Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians, Words by Lindsay Ruck, Art by James Bentley
Rough Justice: Policing, Crime, and the Origins of the Newfoundland Constabulary, 1729-1871 by Keith Mercer
A Canadian Nurse in the Great War: The Diaries of Ruth Loggie, 1915-1916 Edited by Ross Hebb
A Journey Back to Nature: A History of Strathcona Provincial Park by Catherine Marie Gilbert
Nova Scotia Shaped By the Sea: A Living History by Lesley Choyce
Pinkerton’s and the Hunt for Simon Gunanoot by Geoff Mynett
The Days That Are No More: Tales of Kent County New Brunswick by Loney Hudson
Somewhere in Flanders: Letters from the Front by Heather McBriarty
The North-West is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the MĂ©tis Nation by Jean Teillet
Some books are there to offer the kinds of stories that can light on our paths and help us figure out a way forward. The North-West is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the MĂ©tis Nation by historian … Continue reading
Wounded Hearts: Memories of the Halifax Protestant Orphans’ Home by Lois Legge
Neither King Nor Country by Alan Kay (From The Picton Gazette)
[The following article appeared in The Picton Gazette on July 15, 2019. I am reproducing the full article as a favour to the author. While I haven’t read the book myself, it does come with some great recommendations, which are … Continue reading
Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson By Mark Bourrie
Bourrie has written a classic Canadian historical biography. The best-selling author, and award-winning journalist, lays bare the mottled myths of colonial settlement. He weaves a compelling, sometimes lurid, but always enlightening narrative of the legendary adventurer, scoundrel, Pierre-Esprit Radisson. Bush … Continue reading