Documents the story of Robert "Papa Pilgrim" Hale and the antiestablishment family settlement in remote Alaska that was exposed as a cult-like prison where Hale brutalized and isolated his wife and fifteen children.
Pioneers
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Ootsa Lake odyssey : George and Else Seel--a pioneer life on the headwaters of the Nechako WatershedAuteur:Sherwood, JaySommaire:From the 1920s to 1952, George and Else Seel lived about sixty kilometres south of Burns Lake near the small farming settlement of Wistaria on the western shore of Ootsa Lake. Like many early twentieth century settlers who migrated to...
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Auteur:Campey, Lucille H.Sommaire:The compelling story of Canada’s Irish pioneers, revealing the enormous scope of their achievements. Beginning in the eighteenth century, an increasing number of Irish people sought the better life that Ontario and Quebec offered. Set...
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Auteur:Proenneke, RichardSommaire:To live in a pristine land unchanged by man; to roam the wilderness through which few other humans have passed; to choose an idyllic site, cut trees, and build a log cabin; to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from...
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Auteur:Boudreau, JackSommaire:In the backwoods of British Columbia, Boudreau tells of adventures gone awry, bizarre encounters with creatures in the wilds, and the results of friendships gone sour. When men went missing, or furs were stolen, it was often up to the...
- Auteur:Proenneke, RichardSommaire:
In More Readings from One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke, 1974-1980 readers find one of Alaska's best known wilderness icons going about his daily chores, documenting wildlife behavior, and participating in the...
- Auteur:Smith, CherieSommaire:
Through a unique combination of biography, memoir, and autobiography, Cherie Smith traces four generations of her immigrant family and, in doing so, charts the very course of Russian-Jewish immigration to the Canadian prairies over the...
- Auteur:Sauriol, Louise-Michelle, Dupas, Philippe, Therrien, JoanneSommaire:
Margot, Willie, son frère jumeau, mémère Bette et l’oncle Albert se lancent à la conquête du Klondike! Cette drôle d’équipe fera un voyage plein de péripéties de l’Alaska à Dawson. Sur terre ou en plein fleuve, les aventures de Margot...
- Auteur:Couturier, Anne-MarieSommaire:
« Plus rien ne l’arrêterait. Ni le noir, ni ce déluge, ni la fin du monde ! René dérapa sur le limon des pierres, trébucha dans les fossés. Dans la nuit close, il perdit souvent la trace et se heurta à des arbres d’où crachait une pluie...
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Auteur:Hume, StephenSommaire:From hospitals to dance halls, from the classroom to the cannery, this insightful history examines indigenous and immigrant women's positions in the workplace, home and wilderness. Unforgettable stories of women surviving in the...
- Auteur:Ffolkes, EdwardSommaire:
Letters from a Young Emigrant in Manitoba first published in 1883 and long out of print, is one of the best records of Canadian immigrant life. The letters were written by Edward ffolkes, who left England in 1880 to study at the Ontario...
- Auteur:Laberge, RosetteSommaire:
Alors que Madeleine de Verchères est en France, dans l'espoir de se présenter devant le roi, la vie continue pour ses quatre enfants dans sa seigneurie, en Nouvelle-France. Charles François Xavier poursuit des études en...
- Auteur:Laberge, RosetteSommaire:
Mère malgré elle une cinquième fois, Madeleine de Verchères se jure qu'elle n'aura pas assez de toute sa vie pour en vouloir à Pierre-Thomas de l'avoir mise enceinte une fois de plus. Entre la perte d'un enfant...
- Auteur:Laberge, RosetteSommaire:
Madeleine de Verchères est l'une des héroïnes de la Nouvelle-France les plus connues. Alors qu'elle n'avait que quatorze ans, elle a protégé pendant huit jours le fort familial des attaques des Iroquois. Mais la vie...
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Auteur:Peterson, JanSommaire:When the Hudson's Bay Company decided to establish its new Pacific coast headquarters at Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island in 1843, the Island was a pristine paradise—or an isolated wilderness, depending on one's point of view—that had...
- Auteur:Heit, JasonSommaire:
In Jason Heit's gritty new novel-in-stories, Prairie settlers discover that their greatest challenge in a new land is each other. Kaidenberg's Best Sons is an unvarnished view of the lives of settlers in the early days of immigration to...
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Auteur:Ashby, DarylSommaire:This historical biography—based on the life of British Columbia pioneer John Muir—tells the amazing story of a family from Scotland who came out to Canada in the late 1840s to work as "consignee" labourers for the Hudson's Bay Company....
- Auteur:Dawson, ReginaldSommaire:
Just a few miles north of Nelson, a settlement of predominantly British farmers was established after the turn of the century. It was in this district that Reginald Dawson- encouraged by his family, the local real estate agents, and his...
- Auteur:LODGE, Henry CabotSommaire:
Its purpose … is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved their truth by their endeavor; and who joined to the stern and manly qualities which are...
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Auteur:Tolton, Gordon E.Sommaire:Through his incredibly varied fifty-year career, John J. Healy left an indelible mark on the Canadian and American west. At different points in his storied life, Healy was a soldier, a trapper, a prospector, a free trader, an explorer,...
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