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They’ll Never Take Mad Dog Alive

They’ll Never Take Mad Dog Alive

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about his hiding spot being Dead Man’s Drop and a fear of needles leading him to hide there for a day 7 $0.70 Add
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Throwing Money at Disease

Throwing Money at Disease

From: A Lucky Life

Talks about issues involved with believing that if you give enough funding a cure will happen and discusses the face that medical professionals will not run out of "new" conditions to … 7 $0.70 Add
To Wawa with Love

To Wawa with Love

When Tom Douglas’s father returned home after the Second World War, he was forced to move his family from Sault Ste. Marie north to Wawa, where he was the timekeeper at the Helen Mine. … 160 View
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Today We're Northerners

Today We’re Northerners

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … 15 $1.50 Add
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Tommy Got His Gun

Tommy Got His Gun

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about getting a BB gun for Christmas one year, his father not approving but his mother always interested in seeing her children happy, then his father training him on how to shoot accurately 7 $0.70 Add
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Touring Prime Minister Trudeau

Touring Prime Minister Trudeau

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Three of this title, entitled "Emperor of the North" discuss Hodgson’s growing power and influence in the communities of the Northwest Territories. Topics … 3 $0.30 Add
Tracking the Caribou Queen
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Tracking the Caribou Queen

Memoir of a Settler Girlhood

In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the ’60s and ’70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexamined … 296 View
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Tragedy and Clarity

Tragedy and Clarity

From: Walking Away from Hate

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Treaty Day in Rainbow Valley

Treaty Day in Rainbow Valley

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Four of this title, entitled "Turf Wars" discuss the challenges and conflicts faced by communities in the Northwest Territories during Stuart Hodgson’s career. … 7 $0.70 Add
Umingmak

Umingmak

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

In 1967, Stuart Hodgson, a pugnacious British Columbia labour leader, was the newly-appointed Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, responsible for establishing a fledgling government in the … 326 View
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Uncle Harry Flips His Wig

Uncle Harry Flips His Wig

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about his Great Uncle Henry who was wealthy and like his mother 6 $0.60 Add
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Unforgettable Persons and Moments

Unforgettable Persons and Moments

From: "At the Barricades"

Anecdotes about memorable persons and events. 17 $1.70 Add
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Unorthodox Jewish Atheist

Unorthodox Jewish Atheist

From: A Lucky Life

Talks about his experience with the Jewish faith that he was raised in, and how his unorthodox views were shaped by medical teachers in the 1940s 8 $0.80 Add
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Vision
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Vision

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter reflects on Margie’s recounting of the 1964 Caribou Carnival and the Caribou Queen, learning what stretching formula meant, her relationships with her mother, a baby in a parka, … 7 $0.70 Add
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Wake Up Call

Wake Up Call

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … 6 $0.60 Add