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Hell No, We Won’t Go: Vietnam Draft Resisters in Canada

By Alan Haig-Brown, introduction by Pierre Berton

When its involvement in Vietnam escalated in 1964, the United States called upon increasing numbers of its young men to enlist in the armed forces. Those who refused had four options: they could become conscientious ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: History

Marching as to War: Canada’s Turbulent Years 1899-1953

By Pierre Berton

Anyone with an interest in this country’s past owes a great debt to Pierre Berton. In book after book, he has written the Canadian story with style and grace – and a sure eye for ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: History

As Near to Heaven by Sea: A History of Newfoundland and Labrador

By Kevin Major

Many of Kevin Major’s novels for adults and children draw on Newfoundland history, so it’s no surprise that he uses Newfoundland and Labrador’s dramatic past to its fullest in As Near to Heaven by Sea, ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Struggle and Hope: The Story of Chinese Canadians

By Paul Yee

In this book, Paul Yee, who holds an MA in history from the University of British Columbia, presents a detailed survey and engaging account of the history of the Chinese in Canada, from the impoverished ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Store Wars: Storekeepers and the Culture of Mass Marketing, 1890-1939

By David Monod

In the time between the turn of the century and the start of World War II, a wave of modernization swept over Canada’s retailers. Chains like Eaton’s and Simpson’s brought cutthroat competition to the marketplace, ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: History

Haunted Toronto

By John Robert Colombo

The problem with Haunted Toronto, John Robert Colombo’s new, and I would imagine exhaustive listing of hauntings in the Metro area, is that it hasn’t much to say that hasn’t been said before. Much of ... Read More »

March 12, 2004 | Filed under: History

Yankee Go Home?: Canadians and Anti-Americanism

By J.L. Granatstein

Retired York University history professor J.L. Granatstein begins Yankee Go Home? with a confession. He set out to write, he explains, a justification for the Yank-bashing that defines our quest for national identity. He would ... Read More »

March 12, 2004 | Filed under: History

A Place Called Heaven: The Meaning of Being Black in Canada

By Cecil Foster

Toronto writer Cecil Foster’s A Place Called Heaven falls generally into the category of books that look for answers to problems in the black community from within the community itself – a category that includes ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: History

★ The Guns of Victory: A Soldier’s Eye View, Belgium, Holland, and Germany 1944-45

By George G. Blackburn

Ottawa writer George Blackburn’s The Guns of Normandy was one of the unheralded publishing successes of 1995, its virtues touted by word of mouth among old soldiers and military historians. Deservedly so, too, because it ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: History

Deemed Unsuitable: The Search for Equality in Canada’s Prairie Provinces by Blacks from Oklahoma

By R. Bruce Shepard

Many Canadians feel extreme pride about their country’s role in the operation of the Underground Railroad. But Saskatchewan historian R. Bruce Shepard suggests that the much revered virtue of Canadian tolerance has been mostly a ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: History

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Hell No, We Won’t Go: Vietnam Draft Resisters in Canada

Marching as to War: Canada’s Turbulent Years 1899-1953

As Near to Heaven by Sea: A History of Newfoundland and Labrador

Struggle and Hope: The Story of Chinese Canadians

Store Wars: Storekeepers and the Culture of Mass Marketing, 1890-1939

Haunted Toronto

Yankee Go Home?: Canadians and Anti-Americanism

A Place Called Heaven: The Meaning of Being Black in Canada

★ The Guns of Victory: A Soldier’s Eye View, Belgium, Holland, and Germany 1944-45

Deemed Unsuitable: The Search for Equality in Canada’s Prairie Provinces by Blacks from Oklahoma

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