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Preface

Preface

From: To Wawa with Love

Briefly discusses the living conditions in the northern mining towns in the 1940s and outlines how the authors family ended up going to one. 3 $0.30 Add
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Prologue: Welcome Guests

Prologue: Welcome Guests

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

Describes how the citizens of Dunnville, Canada welcomed the crew of Her Majesty’s Britomart in 1866 when it was stationed there. 7 $0.70 Add
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Rebellion and the End of Empire’s First Nations Alliances

Rebellion and the End of Empire’s First Nations Alliances

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

This chapter discusses changes in Indigenous alliances with the British during the period of rebellion in Upper and Lower Canada. 8 $0.80 Add
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Reprieve for an Innocent Man

Reprieve for an Innocent Man

From: To Wawa with Love

The explanation from his Mom about why his father seemed so different and his acceptance of this altered man. Also mentions their move 6 $0.60 Add
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Rocky Takes a Fall

Rocky Takes a Fall

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about the cold climate of the small town, the overcrowded elementary school due to a population boom, and the development of a budy system for going to the outhouse at school 8 $0.80 Add
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Salute to Sinterville

Salute to Sinterville

From: To Wawa with Love

His father’s position in the army is mentioned and the skills he had which got him it, talks about his dad’s drinking, their move to Sinterland 7 $0.70 Add
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Secret arrangements for departure

Secret arrangements for departure

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

The quiet arrangements that had to be made in order to leave the camp ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment

From: To Wawa with Love

Discusses his father’s drinking problem, and the built up frustration of his mother which eventually led to an ultimatium which meant he got help 6 $0.60 Add
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The Fenian Threat

The Fenian Threat

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

Details the rise of the Fenians, their goals, and their invasion of Canada in the 1860s. 19 $1.90 Add
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The Gunboats Arrive

The Gunboats Arrive

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

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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The haiku club

The haiku club

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Discusses the Haiku Club at Angler ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about getting into a fight because he was defending his younger brother and outlines his father’s opinions on fighting with honour 7 $0.70 Add
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The Harper Touch

The Harper Touch

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about school yard bullying during his youth especially related to a family called Harper and how the teachers dealt with it…not in the correct way by todays standards 4 $0.40 Add
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The Insurrectionary Moment, 1837-38

The Insurrectionary Moment, 1837-38

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

This chapter discusses social conflict in early nineteenth century Canada,coming to a head in the Upper Canada Rebellion and the Lower Canada Rebellion. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Magic of Christmas

The Magic of Christmas

From: To Wawa with Love

Shares his favourite Christmas Memory involving his Mother and a Wawa Garbage Dump and how the community came together 5 $0.50 Add
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The Night They Almost Blew Us All to Kingdom Come

The Night They Almost Blew Us All to Kingdom Come

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about having to fill the fuel oil for the stove and a night where it exploded 4 $0.40 Add