Author: George Monro GrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
French Canadian Life and Character
Author: George Monro GrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Picturesque Canada: Grant, G. M. Quebec
Author: George Monro GrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
The Oxford Encyclopædia of Canadian History
Author: Lawrence Johnstone BurpeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
The Canadian Magazine
Author: J. Gordon MowatThe Canadian Magazine
Author: Bury Your Dead
Author: Louise PennyPublisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429945524
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Bury Your Dead is a novel about life and death—and all the mystery that remains—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is on break from duty in Three Pines to attend the famed Winter Carnival up north. He has arrived in this beautiful, freezing city not to join the revels but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly wrong. Still, violent death is inescapable—even here, in the apparent sanctuary of the Literary and Historical Society, where one obsessive academic’s quest for answers will lead Gamache down a dark path. . . Meanwhile, Gamache is receiving disturbing news from his hometown village. Beloved bistro owner Olivier was recently convicted of murder but everyone—including Gamache—believes that he is innocent. Who is behind this sinister plot? Now it’s up to Gamache to solve this killer case. . .and relive a terrible event from his own past before he can begin to bury his dead. “Few writers in any genre can match Penny’s ability to combine heartbreak and hope.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Intimacies in Canadian Life and Letters
Author: Thomas O'HaganPublisher: Graphic Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Canadian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Makers of Canada Series
Author: William Lawson GrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Legacy
Author: Andre PrattePublisher: Signal
ISBN: 0771072414
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A ground-breaking work of nation building, this unique biographical book by many of English and French Canada's best-known writers and thinkers -- Margaret Atwood, Lucien Bouchard, Dr. Samantha Nutt, Ken Dryden, etc. -- tells the story of the extraordinary legacy of the French contribution to our very way of life. In 1913, schoolgirls found a heavy metal plaque peeking out of the soil in St-Pierre, South Dakota. On it they saw engraved characters and signs they could not decipher. They took the plaque back home, and somehow, it found its way into the hands of a local historian who immediately realized the importance of the artifact. One hundred and seventy years earlier, French-Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de la Vérendrye had written about his travels to the west in search of the elusive "Western Sea." In his journal, he remembered: "I placed upon a hillock near the fort a lead plaque with the arms and inscription of the King." That was the plaque found by the children, the proof that de la Vérendrye was the first white man to set eyes on the Rockies, 60 years before Lewis and Clark's famous expedition. Traces of the French-Canadians' contribution to North American history can be found in all regions of the continent. More often than not, we are unaware of or indifferent towards these signs. Yet the descendants of the French travelled farther than one would expect, exploring the land and a wide variety of fields of human activity (science, arts, economy, etc.). Through their audacity, their courage and their determination, they shaped Canada -- and, to a smaller but still significant extent -- the United States. In a unique partnership with Les Éditions La Presse, Legacy is the story of a dozen French-Canadian pioneers, from the era of Nouvelle-France up to the 20th century. This ambitious book project will take the form of a series of biographical essays written by Canadian personalities and leading authors. Through the lives of these extraordinary persons, the authors will reflect on the French-Canadian legacy. They are all convinced that Canada would not be what it is today were it not for these French-speaking Canadians who explored the land, hung on to their culture while respecting that of others, longed for peace, fought with courage, and stood up for a brand of humanism that helped shape the country we live in today.
Steeples and Smokestacks
Author: Claire QuintalPublisher: Institut Francais of Assumption College
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description