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Beginnings - Stories of Canada's Past (Paperback)
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Beginnings - Stories of Canada's Past (Paperback)
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Ann Walsh has selected fourteen captivating stories written by
accomplished authors from across Canada for this historical
anthology. Each of the stories focuses on a 'first time' historical
experience, such as the meeting between natives and Europeans at
Fort St James; the ships carrying filles du roi as brides for the
settlers of New France; the first elections in which women in
Canada were allowed to vote; the first gourmet meal cooked in a CPR
rail camp for Cornelius Van Horne; a mine disaster in the Crowsnest
Pass, with the subsequent introduction of safety lamps for the
miners; and an account of the 'Home Children' first sent to Canada
during the nineteenth century, supposedly for a better life, but
often to work in slave-labour conditions. The volume also contains
an appendix with substantial accounts of the historical context of
each story. The contributors are Ann Walsh, Barbara Haworth-Attard,
Beverley Brenna, Constance Horne, Margaret Thompson, Anne Metikosh,
Carolyn Pogue, Margaret Florczak, Jean Rae Baxter, Catherine
Goodwin, Victoria Miles, Susan Lee, Laura Morgan and Cathy
Beveridge. A vibrant introduction to Canada, from the
mid-seventeenth century to the 1930s, through the eyes of some of
its youngest participants.
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