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Epilogue: Toronto and a fresh start

Epilogue: Toronto and a fresh start

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Life in Toronto after the camp and the reunion with his family ; 5 $0.50 Add
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First weeks at Angler

First weeks at Angler

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Outlines the first few weeks at Angler ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Flirtations in a Snowbank

Flirtations in a Snowbank

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about his Mother’s conversations being istaken for flirtation and an incident involving a half-native man 3 $0.30 Add
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Free at Last

Free at Last

From: To Wawa with Love

Discusses a forest fire in the area and how his dad was involved. Outlines the next step in their family journey when his father is offered a new job 5 $0.50 Add
Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

The British Navy's show of force at the time of Confederation

This book describes British gunboat diplomacy practiced on the Great lakes in the aftermath of the US Civil War when Canada was negotiating Confederation and under Fenian attack. Cheryl MacDonald … 192 View
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Hot Potato Boogie

Hot Potato Boogie

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about his first love and having his first baked potato 4 $0.40 Add
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Improvising a Navy

Improvising a Navy

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

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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Jolly Jack Tar

Jolly Jack Tar

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

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

Lest We Forget

From: To Wawa with Love

Outlines traditions in place in Sinterville for Rememberance Day 5 $0.50 Add
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Lord Durham’s “Radical” Intervention (1839) and Reaction’s Revenge (1849)

Lord Durham’s “Radical” Intervention (1839) and Reaction’s Revenge (1849)

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890

This chapter looks at the policies of Lord Durham which created the Province of Canada under the Act of Union of 1840 and implemented a common commercial system and punitive measures particularly … 7 $0.70 Add
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Oedipus Wrecks a Homecoming

Oedipus Wrecks a Homecoming

From: To Wawa with Love

Discusses the return of his father after the war and how this man was not recognizable as his father 8 $0.80 Add
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On to New Adventure

On to New Adventure

From: To Wawa with Love

The family journies back to Sault Ste. Marie 4 $0.40 Add
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Ontario

From: Canada's Main Street

In this chapter, Baird traces Ontario’s pivotal role in Canada’s automobile industry from 1904 and the Trans-Canada Highway’s construction through the 1950s. 25 $2.50 Add
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Origins of Lawrence Heights

Origins of Lawrence Heights

From: Caught in the Eye of the Storm: Urban Revitalization in Toronto's Lawrence Heights

In this chapter, Careless traces the origins of Lawrence Heights, examining the settler colonial dispossession of Mississauga land and post-war Canadian housing policies. 31 $3.10 Add
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Part Two, The Capitalist Road from Colony to Nation, 1790-1890 and Contradictory Compulsions: Colonial Autocracy and Capitalist & "Liberty," 1791-1820

Part Two, The Capitalist Road from Colony to Nation, 1790-1890 and Contradictory Compulsions: Colonial Autocracy and Capitalist & "Liberty," 1791-1820

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890

This chapter reviews the continued expansion of British rule in North America and the establishment of Upper Canada and Lower Canada under the Constitutional Act of 1791 14 $1.40 Add
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Playing with a Dead Fly

Playing with a Dead Fly

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about an incident at school and how he got in trouble and was given the strap by the teacher 5 $0.50 Add