"A hundred years ain't such a very long time on the Eastern Shore," local farmers and watermen used to say, and that is a telling refrain. Past and...

As a leader, Maskepetoon was respected for his skill as a hunter, his generosity and his wisdom. He was considered a "lucky" chief, a man who found...

Here is an indispensable addition to the lighthouse enthusiast’s library, required reading for those interested in New England maritime history, an...

The story of Mattie Blaylock, Wyatt Earp's darkest secret, the truth about their relationship, and the famous lawman's lawless behavior. More than ...

Roderick L. Haig-Brown welcomes us onto his lush farm for a year of insights and observations. In this eloquently written account, Haig-Brown, his ...

This book explores the public policy involved in memorialising and preserving the nation's historical sites. Topics discussed include: national mon...

On Language, Memory, and Illness. As Tony Gorry recalls scenes from his earliest childhood and adolescence, he weaves his present reality with thes...

These twelve essays constitute a groundbreaking volume of new work prepared by leading scholars in the fields of history, anthropology, constitutio...

In Metis Pioneers, Doris Jeanne MacKinnon compares the survival strategies of two Metis women born during the fur trade--one from the French-speaki...

Text in English & Spanish. Mexico's love of celebration is well-known, and cartonería, a kind of papier-mâché art, produces the objects that ar...

With a new section of maker's marks and new photographs, here is the powerful story of the silver renaissance in Mexico from the 1920s to the prese...

This is the first volume to provide, in dual-language format, selections from primary texts related to the experiences of enslaved Africans, Asians...

The history of the iron ore trade on the Great Lakes, from 1900 to 1980, is perhaps best related in visual form. Historians and enthusiasts alike c...

The 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in northern California set off a mining explosion that greatly hastened the development of the American...

This catalogue introduces the work of Miriam Green Ellis (1879-1964), pioneer woman journalist of Western Canada. Never one to follow a typical pat...

My Brother Theodore Roosevelt is not a biography, it is not a political history of the times, although the author was most careful in her effort to...

Embark on a journey into the spirit world of First Nations peoples with some of the most intriguing stories of ghost spirits in nature and the unde...

"Natives and Settlers provides a beginning to what should be (and should have been) a continuing, respectful discussion." -Blanca Schorcht, Associa...

Since its discovery by Captain John Smith in 1608, the Nanticoke has never been particularly hospitable to the outsider. Flowing thirty-six miles f...

Naval Actions of the War of 1812 was previously published in 1896 to study the condition of affairs that led up to the declaration of the second wa...

A reprint of the 1966 Bobbs-Merrill edition. This anthology assembles the contemporary writings not only of the New Dealers-the men who devised and...

A reprint of the 1966 Bobbs-Merrill edition. This anthology assembles the contemporary writings not only of the New Dealers-the men who devised and...

This is a guide through the eco-regions and down the scenic byways of the state's natural world, from grasslands to mountains to deserts, focusing ...

The dominion of Newfoundland was not prepared for war in 1914: it had no army and most residents had never even seen a soldier. Yet tens of thousan...

This volume provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin American thinkers of the nineteenth century who were engaged in articulating and exa...

This volume provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin American thinkers of the nineteenth century who were engaged in articulating and exa...

In May of 1865, the United States celebrated the end of the American Civil War, but even as this nation celebrated the end of war, violence continu...

Learn to draw Native Art! First Nations artist Robert E. Stanley Sr. shares his knowledge and technique in rendering classic northwest native drawi...

New England is notorious for its dark tourism with tragic and treacherous attractions, both historical and recent, that re-create death, suffering,...

This book explores the hundreds of years of history that led American Jewry into the middle of the Cold War. The book s primary focus is on the imp...

Before the internet, before TV, Manitoba was a hotbed for innovation in radio. These innovations range from the first publically-owned radio statio...