Canadian Genealogy, Travel, and History Books

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The Illustrated History of Canada $15.96 - The "Illustrated History of Canada" is the only comprehensive, authoritative one-volume history of the nation. Seven of Canada's leading historians have contributed insightful essays and with hundreds of engravings, lithographs, cartoons, maps, posters, and photographs, "The Illustrated History of Canada" is a sweeping chronicle of Canada from its earliest times to yesterday's news. (2000 edition)
In Search Of Your Canadian Roots $22.99 - Handled with the acumen we have come to expect of Canada's leading genealogist, it first discusses the great migrations of Scots, Irish, English, Germans, Huguenots, Ukrainians, and Jews to Canada; describes the national archives in Ottawa, with its holdings of censuses, parish registers, naturalization records, land and homestead records, military records, and passenger lists; summarizes the holdings of the LDS Church relating to Canada; and explores the vast nationwide record sources such as census records and church registers.
The Penguin History of Canada $13.56 - Canada possesses a history rich in incident and personality. In this classic, definitive work, Professor McNaught traces that history from the earliest expeditions in search of fish and fur to the 20th century. "An exemplary exercise in compression and lucidity".
The Canadians $13.56 - The Canadians is a timeless personal and personalized portrait of the world's largest nation and the United States' closest and most important neighbor, the peculiar national characteristics of both Americans and Canadians that color this unique relationship (the longest undefended border in the world) and the attitudes and foibles of both peoples that make this North American partnership truly remarkable, revealing and important for the future strength of democracy.
The Illustrated History of Canada $21.56 - The Illustrated History of Canada is the first comprehensive, authoritative one-volume history of the nation. The text-from seven of Canada's leading historians-and the pictures-hundreds of engravings, lithographs, cartoons, maps, posters, and photographs-together create a sweeping chronicle of Canada from its earliest times to yesterday's news. (3rd edition, 1997)
The Two Traditions : The Art of Storytelling Amongst French Newfoundlanders $14.95 - Newfoundland is well-known for the strong traditions and folklore of its Enghlish-speaking inhabitants. Until recently, however, few outside this province realized that there is also a small but vigorous Francophone population, situated mainly on the west coast of the island in and around the Port au Port Peninsula. Their culture and folklore, and specifically their storytelling traditions, are the focus of this work noted folklorist and Memorial University professor Gerald Thomas. This book examins private and public storytelling in Franco-Newfoundland communities, through the study of the repertoire, context and lives of three people: Mrs. Blanche Ozon, Mrs. Angela Kerfont, and Emile Benoit.
The Voyageur $8.95 - This best-selling book portrays the indefatigable French-Canadian canoe men, whose labors were vital to the fur trade and whose influence reaches us through the colorful songs, place names, customs, and legends they left behind. This definitive account was first published in 1931.
Voyages: Canada's Heritage Rivers $34.95 - The exploration of Canada's national river conservation system in its first ten years. Their spirit of place is captured in river songs, folktales and Canadian literature, with colour photographs and hand-drawn maps. Recipient of the 1996 Natural Resources Council of America Award (first time ever awarded in Canada).
With Pipe, Paddle and Song : A Story of the French-Canadian Voyageurs $10.36 - "He who will not settle for second best but waits for the best will find it waiting for him...Love must be all or it is nothing." There is plenty of adventure and action in this uplifting book. Who knows, it may even kindle a desire to learn French or to go canoeing!
Vikings : The North Atlantic Saga $27.96 - In the early Middle Ages, driven by famine at home and the promise of wealth to be had in other lands, the Viking people exploded out of Scandinavia and set about conquering parts of England, Ireland, France, Russia, and even Turkey. Emboldened by their successes, the Vikings pushed ever farther outward, eventually crossing the North Atlantic and founding settlements in Iceland, Greenland, and eastern Canada.
Vinland Sagas : Norse Discovery of America $8.76 - The Vinland Sagas describe early Norse exploration of Greenland and North America. The two sagas, "Graenlendinga Saga" and "Eirik's Saga," amount to the only major written records of these adventures -- Eirik the Red's colonization of Greenland and Leif Eiriksson's landing on the North American continent, probably in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, around the year 1000 AD. A mild climate and expert Norse seamanship made both discoveries possible.
Ancient Memories, Modern identities $18.00 - The title stands for pagan, peasant memories in a postmodern, urban North America. Second- and third- generation authors express the phenomenon of migration as both physical displacement and indelible memory. Salvatore analyses almost 50 years of Italian-Canadian writing in Canada.
The Story of the Acadians $6.10 - by Amy Boudreau, Paperback (June 1970)
The Contexts of Acadian History, 1686-1784 (The 1988 Winthrop Pickard Bell Lectures in Maritime Studies) $13.99 - by Naomi E.S. Griffiths, Paperback (April 1992)
Acadian-Cajun Family Trees $39.95 - CD-ROM - Discover Your Acadian Roots! This lineage-linked database contains over 600,000 family history records from 2,500 family names, including all of the major Acadian-Cajun names. The unedited ancestral records compiled on this CD were submitted to Yvon Cyr, host of the Acadian-Cajun web site. They are lineage linked so you can trace your family history from modern day Acadian and Cajun families to generations past.
Scattered to the Wind : Dispersal and Wanderings of the Acadians 1755 - 1809 $5.00 - by Carl A. Brasseaux. In this excellent overview of the dispersion of the Acadians from the Bay of Fundy area across two continents, the author describes some of the indignities and atrocities suffered by the Acadians at the hands of the British. The Acadians only wanted neutrality, but the British, ever suspicious of the Acadians, and fearful of their superior numbers, demanded an unconditional oath of allegiance. The Acadians stubbornly refused. This was no mere political struggle for the Acadians; they were fighting for their cultural survival. By 1760, approximately 6,000 Acadians had been sent into exile distributed among the British seaboard colonies,England,the seaboard provinces and throughout the lower thirteen colonies.
Evangeline $6.95 - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Longfellow's poetic language is perfectly styled to slowly tell the tale of two Acadian lovers doomed by the path of Acadian history to separate lives. It's beautiful language and lirical and eluquent style set it apart.
Evangeline and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Edition) $0.90 - No, that's not a typo...just a great price on the classic Acadian poem by Longfellow.
The Acadians : The Historical Basis for Longfellow's Poem of Evangeline $19.95 - by George P. Bible (Preface) Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Acadian-Cajun Genealogy : Step by Step $10.00 - Although this book covers basic genealogy, it specifically aims at genealogy pertinent to the Cajuns of south Louisiana (and displaced Cajuns) and their Acadian ancestors from Canada. The book is divided into several sections. After an introductory section on basic genealogy, the book proceeds by time periods. Each chapter covers a separate period [1921-Today, 1810-1920, 1786-1809, 1755-1785, 1636-1754], going back to the beginning of the Acadian people in the 17th century. It is a "must have" and inexpensive reference for anyone who has Acadian-Cajun roots.