Canada - Biography from Capricorn Books

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982. 319 pp, 9 1/4"H. B&w photographs, maps. "The authors follow (The Governor's Road) through Oakville, Dundas, and Ancaster and on to London, with stops in Waterdown, Brantford, St. George, Paris and Woodstock. The homes range from cottages to castles, their materials from frame and cobblestone to red brick and cut stone. The illustrations… Saber más sobre este artículo

Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly, 2000. 244 pp, 10" H. Map endpapers, profusely illustrated in b&w with photoraphs, reproductions. Arranged alphabetically. "Some street names commemorate faraway places where Canadians died fighting. Others commemorate the lives of brewers, politicians, architects, royalty, explorers and farmers. Still others echo the names of villages, towns and grand homes sadly left behind, as well as the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 2000. 238 pp, oblong (8 1/4" H x 9 1/4" D). B&w photographs, b&w and colour reproductions. "Tom Roberts chose to be a painter at the age of eight and never strayed from his chosen path. He dedicated his life to painting scenes that capture the natural beauty and the history of Canada. Today,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Vancouver: Greystone , 2022. 324 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, drawings. Signed on half-title page: "Adele Weder". "Coming of age at the start of a postwar building boom that was set to reshape Canada, Ron Thom rejected sleek austerity in favour of a design approach that fostered intimacy and warmth. His most renowned projects - Massey… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Self-published / printed by Coach House Printing, 2006. 151 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. A history of thirteen generations of the Dayfoot (Thevou / Devoe / Defoe / Dafoe/ De Foe) family as they travelled from the Rhineland (via England) to United States (Hudson Valley / Pownal / Newtown, Bristol / Rehoboth, etc.) and on… Saber más sobre este artículo

Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing, 2013. 165 pp, 8 7/8" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "Retail merchandising has seen colossal changes over the past hundred years. This is the story of the Kyte family business, founded in 1889 in Cornwall, Ontario, by C.W. Kyte, a newspaper pressman by trade but an entrepreneur at heart. As Jack Earle approached middle age,… Saber más sobre este artículo

St. Jacobs, Ontario: Self-published / St. Jacobs Printery, 2014. 328 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w photographs. "As a young man (Floyd) Butch Martin was one training camp away from a professional career with the New York Rangers. Faced with some major personal choices, he took a different path. Butch went on to become widely recognized as one of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2006. 226 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "(D)ocuments an English family's 1835 immigration to Ontario where they became pioneers in the unsettled bush. The parents of this family just happen to be the author's great great grandparents, Joseph and Susannah Bacon. The letters were written from Bruce County, Ontario in 1881 and 1882 by… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: New Jewish Press / University of Toronto Press, 2018. 358 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs. Signed and dated on half title page: "Ellin Bessner / May 3, 2023 / Oakville - Ontario". "In this comprehensive rendering, Ellin Bessner vividly depicts the valour, the trauma, the willingness to risk life and limb, and the impressive resilience of the Canadian… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. 258 pp, 9 1/4" H. "From 1942 to 1973, John Starnes was engaged in such areas as communications intelligence and, during his tenure as the first civilian director-general of the RCMP Security Service, in counter-espionage and counter-subversion. His recollection of these confidential activities and the part he played in them is supported by… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Hounslow, 1995. 138 pp, square (10" H x 10" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w line drawings, plans, photographs, map. "(A) chronological record illustrating the architectural styles of forty-five of the town's nineteenth-century buildings. From the simple farm cottage to the stately mansion, from the first public houses to the churches of the last quarter of the century, this book… Saber más sobre este artículo

Don Mills: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1980. 64 pp, 8 1/2" H. "Taciturn, eccentric, wearing the suit and hat of a European and the moccasins and talismans of an Indian, Jerry Potts was an unlikely member of the North West Mounted Police. Nevertheless, he was to serve the Mounties loyally as a scout, guide and interpreter for more than twenty years.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Montreal: Ordre des comptables agrees du Quebec, 1980. 251 pp, oblong (7 3/4" H x 9 1/8" D), medium brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and decoration on front board, integral ribbon bookmark. Sepiatone photographs, reproductions, decorations. A centennial history of The Ordre des Comptables Agrees du Quebec, the organization of Chartered Accountants of Quebec, 1880-1980. "This… Saber más sobre este artículo

Canada: Doubleday Canada, 2014. 339 pp, 8 1/2" H. "In June a few years ago I set out to visit some of the World War One battlefields of Europe - the slope and valley and river and plain that the Newfoundland Regiment trained on, and fought over and through and under.' So begins Michael Winter's extraordinary narrative that follows… Saber más sobre este artículo

St Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell, 1997. 300 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w maps, drawings, photographs. "Born in Canada, (John) McCrae served in the South African War before carving out a career as an eminent doctor. It was during the Great War, whilst serving in 1915 as both an artillery and medical officer in the Second Battle of Ypres, that he… Saber más sobre este artículo

Vancouver: Whitecap, 2005. 256 pp, 9 3/4" H - glazed pictorial boards. B&w photographs, reproductions. "This cultural history describes how women triumphed over the tribulations of running a household in both turbulent and peaceful times." Chapter headings: Salt Pork and Homespun: Housewives in Acadia and New France; Candles, Complaints, and a Stiff Upper Lip: Housewives in the Backwoods; The… Saber más sobre este artículo

Winnipeg: Heartland Associates, 2004. 351 pp, 10" H. B&w photographs, portraits. "This is the story of the determined and difficult assault by women on the male-dominated citadel of Canadian politics. Combining profiles of twenty-eight remarkable women who have achieved political firsts with a richly detailed, immensely readable history of Canadian life over the last century, 'Dancing Backwards' will change… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Dundurn, 2015. 388 pp, 9 1/4" H. Signed by author on title page: "James King". B&w photographs, colour reproductions. "David Milne (1881-1953) dedicated his life to exploring nature and casting it into art in a variety of modernist formats. He was born into poverty in rural Ontario and remained poor all his life because of his relentless dedication… Saber más sobre este artículo

Doubleday Canada, 2014. 285 pp, 8 1/2" H. Pictorial endpapers, b&w photographs, map. "When Andrew Peacock made the move from Ontario to Newfoundland, he thought he was kicking off his career as a newly qualified veterinarian with a brief adventure in a novel location. Turns out he was wrong about the duration - three decades later, he is still… Saber más sobre este artículo

Halifax, NS: Nimbus, 2015. 130 pp, 9" H. B&w and colour photographs, reproductions, maps. "On December 6, 1917, harbour pilot Francis Mackey was guiding 'Mont Blanc', a French munitions ship, into Bedford Basin to join a convoy across the Atlantic when it was rammed by Belgian Relief vessel 'Imo'. The resulting massive explosion destroyed Halifax's north end and left… Saber más sobre este artículo