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Above the Troubled Fray

PART ONE: THE ATTIC

From: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge

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Chapter Four  focuses on  abolitionist activities and gatherings in the urban centres of Canada West. Topics discussed include abolitionist John Brown and Harriet Tubman, the … 18 $1.80 Add
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Basic Income Comes to Ontario – But Briefly

From: The Case for Basic Income

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This chapter covers the short-lived basic income project in Ontario, from it’s inception to its cancellation by the newly-elected Ford government. ; ; 23 $2.30 Add
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Improvising a Navy

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

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Details the response to the Fenian attack of 1866 and how a navy was brought together in the 1860s to defend Canada. 35 $3.50 Add
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My Grandmother The Bootlegger

From: The Ward

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Part III: Class Conflict

From: Cobalt

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Part III contains Chapter 9: Class War in Cobalt, Chapter 10: A Place Called Hell, Chapter 11: Empire Ontario and Temagami, and Chapter 12: The Birth of an Industry. 45 $4.50 Add
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Take Me Away to Another World

From: Any Other Way

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Rebecka Sheffield recalls the role that Ellen Degeneres and Anne Heche played in her life and an encounter she had with Heche after moving to Toronto from Saskatoon. 2 $0.20 Add
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“A Trifling Difference of Opinion”

PART TWO: A HOUSE TORN ASUNDER

From: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge

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Chapter Five  focuses on the lead up to the Civil War in the United States. Topics discussed include William Seward and Abraham Lincoln, changing politics in the United States, the idea of a … 18 $1.80 Add
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Against All Odds

The Chinese Laundry

From: The Ward

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I Was Miss General Idea

From: Any Other Way

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Derek McCormack describes how he adopted the identity of Miss General Idea, a character created by the Toronto art collective, and made her real. 2 $0.20 Add
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Lindsay

The Saturation Site

From: The Case for Basic Income

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In this chapter, Swift and Power outline the Basic Income pilot project that took place in Lindsay, Ontario, and the various groups of ativists who made the project possible. ; ; 27 $2.70 Add
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Part IV: Spectacle

From: Cobalt

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Part IV contains Chapter 13: The Fight of the Century, Chapter 14: The Canadian Holy Grail, and Chapter 15: Cobalt as a Vaudeville Production. 28 $2.80 Add
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The Gunboats Arrive

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

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Details the arrival of the British gunboats — Britomart, Heron, Cherub — to Ontario in the summer of 1866. 20 $2.00 Add
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Canadians in Union Blue and Rebel Grey

PART TWO: A HOUSE TORN ASUNDER

From: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge

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Chapter Six  explores the role Canadians played in the Civil War. Topics discussed include the Wolverton boys, Canadian participation in both the Union and the Confederacy, Sarah Edmonds, … 21 $2.10 Add
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Jolly Jack Tar

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

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Describes the citizens response to the British gunboats in 1866 and details the citizenry’s interaction with sailors. 21 $2.10 Add