Atlantic Canada

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Second Year in Java From: Bamboo Cage View Goose Lane Editions	This section of the diary describes Wyse’s second year in a Janaese prison camp. He begins to experience problems with his eyes; sometimes there is a month between entries. Wyse was …	Jonathan F. Vance	32	2009	$3.20 Add
From NEW! Appendices From: Bottoms Up View Breakwater Books	Appendices include: Alcohol-Related Crimes and Court Cases, Eighteenth Century Tavern Owners in St. John’s, St. John’s Alcohol-Related Businesses from the Nineteenth Century until …	Sheilah Roberts Lukins	25	2020	$2.50 Add
From Atlantic Canada in the TwentyFirst Century: Prospects for Regional Integration From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition View Emond Montgomery	2004 article by Robert Finbow examining the institutional, economic, cultural and historical distinctions between the Atlantic provinces, and assessing prospects for integration or cooperation in …	Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell	10	2015	$1.00 Add
Bamboo Cage The P.O.W. Diary of Lieutenant Robert Wyse, 1942-1943 Goose Lane Editions	In 1942, RAF flight controller Robert Wyse became a Japanese prisoner of war on the island of Java in Indonesia. Starved, sick, beaten, and worked to near-death, he wasted away until he weighed …	Jonathan F. Vance	147	2009	View
NEW! Black Loyalists in New Brunswick The lives of eight African Americans in colonial New Brunswick 1783-1834 Formac Publishing	Among the Loyalists who were transported to the shores of New Brunswick by the British after their defeat by revolutionary Americans were several hundred African Americans. Like their …	Stephen Davidson	146	2020	View
NEW! Bottoms Up A History of Alcohol in Newfoundland and Labrador Breakwater Books	In 1617, Lord Falkland’s colonists in Newfoundland were instructed to bring, among other things, 20 barrels of caske (ale), 90 bushels of malt, a malt mill, 4500 pounds of hops, 1 firkin of …	Sheilah Roberts Lukins	272	2020	View
From NEW! Conclusion An Advantage to the Community From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Formac Publishing	The conclusion summarizes the long lasting effect that the arrival of the Black Loyalists had on New Brunswick, an effect that continues to be felt today.	Stephen Davidson	4	2020	$0.40 Add
From Conclusion From: Bamboo Cage View Goose Lane Editions	The conclusion notes that Wyse buried his diary for fear of being discovered. He spent the rest of the war on Java, and was able to retrieve his diary and type up the manuscript.	Jonathan F. Vance	4	2009	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Control Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea From: Bottoms Up View Breakwater Books	Chapter 4 explores early attempts to regulate and control alcohol production and consumption in Newfoundland.	Sheilah Roberts Lukins	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From Darmo Camp From: Bamboo Cage View Goose Lane Editions	This part of the diary covers Wyse’s time at Darmo Camp, which was purported to have better sanitary conditions. Wyse believed that the English officers were not treating the Japanese …	Jonathan F. Vance	24	2009	$2.40 Add
From NEW! Edward Burr Fiddler and Gravedigger From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Formac Publishing	This chapter tells the story of Edward Burr, a black loyalist who, against all odds became prosperous and successful.	Stephen Davidson	16	2020	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Excess How a Culture of Alcohol Gave Birth to the Binge From: Bottoms Up View Breakwater Books	Chapter 3 explores the birth and evolution of alcohol culture with particular focus placed on the idea of drinking to excess, and how that behaviour has been regarded in Newfoundland throughout …	Sheilah Roberts Lukins	21	2020	$2.10 Add
From Into Battle From: Bamboo Cage View Goose Lane Editions	In the introduction, Vance provides background on the journal’s author, Robert Wise, a flight controller in the Royal Air Force.	Jonathan F. Vance	8	2009	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Introduction Laying the Foundation for the Black Experience in Canada From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Formac Publishing	In the Introduction, Davidson outlines the arrival of the Black Loyalists in Canada and describes the experience they would have had upon arrival.	Stephen Davidson	12	2020	$1.20 Add
From NEW! John Patterson Eyewitness to History From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Formac Publishing	This chapter tells the story of John Patterson, a black loyalist who inadvertently became the subject of a bestselling book when he became involved in the capture of a fugitive.	Stephen Davidson	12	2020	$1.20 Add
From Lyceum Camp, Soerabaja From: Bamboo Cage View Goose Lane Editions	This section of the diary details Wyse’s time at the Lyceum Camp in Soerabaja, on the island of Java. Here he found little solidarity among the prisoners; food was always in short supply, …	Jonathan F. Vance	30	2009	$3.00 Add