Robert Grainer is a day laborer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century, an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world. As his...
Railroad construction workers
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Author:Johnson, DenisSummary: - Author:Wong, DukesangSummary:
Here is the only known first-person account from a Chinese worker on the famously treacherous parts of transcontinental railways that spanned the North American continent in the nineteenth century. The story of those Chinese workers has...
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The Kettle Valley Railway played a vital role in developing the southern interior of British Columbia. This is the story of the unnamed labourers who physically built this incredible railway line, working long hours for not much pay....
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Author:Yee, Paul, Chan, Harvey, Johnson, MollySummary:This enhanced e-book, in celebration of Groundwood's 35th anniversary, includes a read-aloud feature of the story narrated by Molly Johnson. Winner of the Governor General's Award, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award,...
