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Canadian Biographies By Edward Ermatinger (Originally published in 1859). This book gives a near-contemporary view of the life and settlement activities of Colonel Thomas Talbot. Talbot brokered a "special" deal with the crown that provided him with a bounty of free land in return for settling pioneers in the southwest portion of present-day Ontario. By the time that the deal was discontinued, Talbot had settled thousands of people in twenty seven townships, assembling a considerable amount of land for himself in the process. More information
BOOK - The Talbot Regime- or the First Half Century Of The Talbot Settlement. By C.O. Ermatinger, K.C. - Junior Judge, County of Elgin. This rare volume discusses Colonel Talbot but focuses mainly on early settlement and historical events of the southwestern portion of Upper Canada, which became the province of Ontario. Tops include, Detroit, and sight of London visited settlement begun, early settlers, establishment of the Talbot road, Port Dover burned, the Talbot settlement in London township, farming in 1825, St. Thomas in 1830, London's early settlers, official, layers, and doctors, new arrivals in 1832, rebellion of 1837, progress of settlement including towns villages and townships described, Chattham, and Windsor in the 1840's, Muster Rolls to the War of 1812, Lists of persons plundered in Long Point Settlement, and the Talbot Settlement, and much more. More information
BOOK - Nellie McClung By Charlotte Gray Feminist, politician, and social activist, Nellie McClung altered Canada's political landscape, leaving a legacy that has long survived her. She had a wicked wit, and her convictions and campaigns helped shape the Canada we live in today. Acclaimed writer Charlotte Gray, who has forged a distinguished career exploring the lives of such notable women as Susanna Moodie and Pauline Johnson, is the perfect writer to reinterpret McClung. ISBN-13: 978-0-670-06674-2 More information
BOOK - Reluctant Genius, The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell By Charlotte Gray Impeccably researched, and written with Charlotte Gray’s unerring eye for personal and historical detail, Reluctant Genius tells the story of a man very different from his public image. Most of us think of Alexander Graham Bell as a white-bearded sage, but the young Alec Bell was a passionate and wild-eyed genius, a man given to fits of brilliance and melancholy. His technologies for photophones, tetrahedrals, flying machines and hydrodomes laid the groundwork for future achievement. ISBN-13: 978-0-00-639476-1 More information
BOOK - Flint and Feather, Life and Times of E. Pauline Johnson, TekahionwakeBy Charlotte Gray An elegant and exceptional portrait of Pauline Johnson Tekahionwake, written by a #1 bestselling author. Why does this exotic woman, the 19th-century daughter of a Mohawk chief and an English gentlewoman, continue to haunt and inform our collective imagination? Charlotte Gray conjures up the magic and the myth of the poet and performer, breathing Technicolor life into one of Canada’s most exciting—and often misunderstood—historical figures. Pauline was a woman of many selves and identities both Mohawk and English: a native advocate who captivated white audiences in Canada, England and the United States; a lyric poet who performed vaudevillian skits; a New Woman who wrote for Mother’s Magazine; an incurable romantic who never married. ISBN-13: 978-0-00-639119-7 More information
BOOK - Across the Waters: Ontario Immigrants' Experiences, 1820-1850By Frances Hoffman and Ryan Taylor Published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 1999, 2005 (CD 2009) Across the Waters is an assembly of the first-hand written accounts of 150 individual immigrants, skillfully bridged by authors Frances Hoffman and Ryan Taylor, to tell the fascinating story of what it was like to leave a familiar homeland to pioneer in the virgin forests of early Ontario. By allowing the personal writings of the early settlers to guide us through their experiences, we come to better appreciate the process of settlement. By examining the various stages of emigration, such as preparing for the journey, ocean crossings, obtaining and clearing land, building a shelter - then a house, and living in the clearings, we gain a clearer understanding of nineteenth century emigrant experience. ISBN 1-894378-00-8 (Hardcover); ISBN 1-894378-01-6 (Softcover) More information
BOOK - Authentic Letters From Upper Canada (Ontario, Canada)By Rev. Thomas Radcliff Originally published in 1833 This book contains clear accounts of setting up a homestead in the woods, complete with lists of necessary supplies and expenses to be encountered by the new settler. Topics covered in the letters include descriptions of the hardships of crossing the Atlantic, the roughness of the settlement, and other experiences of settling in the "new country". Of interest to everyone who studies early Ontario settlement, are candid descriptions of Upper Canada (Ontario) as the settlers found it in 1831-1833, the people, and its institutions. ISBN: 978-1-897466-04-1 More information
BOOK - Much To Be Done, Private Life in Ontario from Victorian DiariesBy Frances Hoffman, Ryan Taylor. Diaries, with some contributions from letters, newspapers and reminiscences, provide a fresh and contemporary viewpoint which promotes a better understanding of our ancestors in their time. ISBN 978-1-55002-772-3 More Information
BOOK - Voyages, Short Narratives of Susanna Moodie Edited by John Thurston. Susanna Moodie is, of course, best known for her books Roughing it in The Bush and Life in the Clearings, which are largely comprised of short sketches that she had previously published. What is not widely known, however is the Mrs. Moodie had a long and prolific literary career in which short sketches and tales were among her favoured genres. This book offers a selection of these narratives, unavailable in print since the nineteenth century but essential to an understanding of Susanna Moodie's work. ISBN: 0776603264 More information
BOOK - Susanna's Quill, Based on the Life of Susanna MoodieBy: Julie Johnston. Susanna is a work of historical fiction based on the life of Susanna Moodie, writer and pioneer, by award-winning author Julie Johnston. The story takes us into Susanna’s genteel English childhood, through her humorous teenage attempts at writing, growing to her burgeoning independence, marriage to Dunbar Moodie, and their decision to emigrate from England. To the Moodies, Canada was the answer to their prayers. . ISBN: 0887767060 More information
BOOK - English Immigrant Voices: Labourer's Letters From Upper Canada in the 1830s By: Wendy Cameron, Sheila Haines and Mary McDougall Maude. Collected from published, archival, and private sources, the letters of the Petworth immigrants place the writers in the context of their times and challenge the image that English immigrants to Upper Canada were onlt officers and gentlewomen. ISBN 0-7735-2035-X More information
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