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Summers Long Agoby William H. McNeill; Ruth J. McNeill; Roger Van Koughnett
Berkshire Publishing 2009; US$ 23.94This book is for families for grandparents to read aloud to their grandchildren, for beginning readers to read to their parents, and for parents and children to read together. It is also for teachers and young students who want to know what life was like on a family farm before furnaces, running water, and electricity changed housekeeping and before cars, trucks, and tractors changed work in the fields, a time when cows had to be milked by hand every day and when almost all of what chickens, pigs, cows, horses, and people ate came directly from the farm. These stories of a city boys learning to fish for trout in the brook, gather wild blueberries and mushrooms in the back pasture, and dig clams on the shore are an introduction... more...
Identity And Powerby Jose Cruz
Temple University Press 2010; US$ 29.95On the surface, identity politics appears to promote polarization. To the contrary, political scientist Jose E. Cruz argues that, instead, fragmentation and instability are more likely to occur only when the differences are ignored and nonethnic strategies are employed. Cruz illustrates his claim by focusing on one group of Puerto Ricans and how they mobilized to demand accountability from political leaders in Hartford, Connecticut. The activities of the Puerto Rican Political Action Committee from 1983 to 1991 illustrate the power of ethnic mobilization and strategy in an urban setting. Cruz examines their insistence on their right to be included in the political process in the context of both a typical mid-sized American city and the unique... more...
Oak Island Obsessionby Lee Lamb
Dundurn Press 2006; US$ 24.99For nearly six years the Restall family lived on Oak Island digging for the treasure of the infamous Money Pit. In 1965 their quest ended in tragedy. more...
Scotland Farewellby Donald MacKay
Dundurn Press 2006; US$ 14.95This is the story of the first Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1773 aboard the brig Hector ? their hardships, resourcefulness, and ultimate success. more...
To Go Upon Discoveryby Victor Suthren
Dundurn Press 2000; US$ 35.99This biography begins with Cook?s arrival in Canada in 1758 and ends with his appointment to take the Endeavour to the South Pacific. more...
With Axe and Bibleby Lucille H. Campey
Dundurn Press 2007; US$ 21.99Lucille H. Campey traces the progress of Scottish colonization and its ramifications for New Brunswick?s early development. This book is a must for genealogists. more...
McCully's New Brunswickby Dan Soucoup
Dundurn Press 2005; US$ 24.99A collection of aerial photographs that offer rare glimpses of the Maritimes in the Depression era. more...
After the Hectorby Lucille H. Campey
Dundurn Press 2007; US$ 27.99The arrival of the Hector in 1773 sparked a huge influx of Scots to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. This extensively documented book is a must for historians and genealogists. more...
A Very Fine Class of Immigrantsby Lucille H. Campey
Dundurn Press 2007; US$ 23.99P.E.I. was the first Canadian area to acquire Scottish pioneers. Its colonization by Scots occurred when the process of immigration and settlement was in its infancy. more...
Africa's Childrenby Sharon Robart-Johnson
Dundurn Press 2009; US$ 11.99This extensively researched history traces the lives of black families of the Yarmouth area of Nova Scotia who, still enslaved at the time, arrived with the influx of black loyalists and landed in Shelburne in 1783. more...









