The tale of General Wolfe scaling the Heights of Abraham to defeat Montcalm outside the gates of Quebec City has become a Canadian epic, but do we need another book on it? If it is ... Read More »
July 19, 2004 | Filed under: History
Pierre Berton’s 50th book continues his mission to popularize Canadian history. Like many of the other 49 books, Prisoners of the North is rooted in a northern theme and strong storytelling. The short biographies here ... Read More »
June 21, 2004 | Filed under: History
Beginning with the First World War, the recollections of the common soldier have been given increasing credence as primary source material for Western military history. The obvious benefit of this inclusion is additional material to ... Read More »
May 12, 2004 | Filed under: History
Beginning with the First World War, the recollections of the common soldier have been given increasing credence as primary source material for Western military history. The obvious benefit of this inclusion is additional material to ... Read More »
May 12, 2004 | Filed under: History
My Famous Evening is Howard Norman’s ode to Nova Scotia, a province that has formed a significant part not only of the Vermont resident’s fiction, but of his development as a Canadian writer and storyteller ... Read More »
May 7, 2004 | Filed under: History
It’s what we do as Canadians: forget our history just as fast as we accumulate it. Jack Granatstein and the Dominion Institute have been telling us that for a couple of years now. Maybe you ... Read More »
April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History
If all Gaul, as the Romans had it, was divided in three parts, then all military history is divided into five. There are what we might call the serious studies, the academics’ and the theorists’ ... Read More »
April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History
If all Gaul, as the Romans had it, was divided in three parts, then all military history is divided into five. There are what we might call the serious studies, the academics’ and the theorists’ ... Read More »
April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History
If all Gaul, as the Romans had it, was divided in three parts, then all military history is divided into five. There are what we might call the serious studies, the academics’ and the theorists’ ... Read More »
April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History
If all Gaul, as the Romans had it, was divided in three parts, then all military history is divided into five. There are what we might call the serious studies, the academics’ and the theorists’ ... Read More »
April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History
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