North America category: 699 books
A Wall of White
The True Story of Heroism and Survival in the Face of a Deadly Avalanche
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
One of the most amazing survival stories ever told -- journalist Jennifer Woodlief's gripping account of the deadliest ski-area avalanche in North American history and the woman who survived in the face of incalculable odds.
On the morning of March 31, 1982, the snow had already been falling...
Diaspora in the Countryside
Two Mennonite Communities and Mid-Twentieth Century Rural Disjuncture
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2006
From the 1930s to the 1980s, the North American countryside faced a profound cultural transformation in which a once-unified rural society became fragmented and dispersed. Families wishing to remain on the farm were required to accept new levels of automation, while others, unwilling or unable to...
by Jeffrey Lant
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2016
Good day, my fellow Americans and my fellow citizens of Planet Earth. We have gathered today to hear one of the greatest orators in the history of our species. He has let it be known that he has something of epochal importance to impart.... and we have gathered in our billions to hear it.I do not overstate...
by G.W. Mullins
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Native American history like others in history was scattered with stories of war. Whether it be the fighting of other tribes or conflicts with white settlers, their history was filled with bloodshed. In the days before the arrival of guns, battles could last days, and casualties could number in the...
Imagining Head Smashed In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains
Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
At the place known as Head-Smashed-In in southwestern Alberta, Aboriginal people practiced a form of group hunting for nearly 6,000 years before European contact. The large communal bison traps of the Plains were the single greatest food-getting method ever developed in human history. Hunters, working...
by Louis Aubrey Wood
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
I. THE YOUNG MOHAWK II. BATTLE OF LAKE GEORGE III. SCHOOLDAYS AND AFTER IV. THE WAYS DIVIDE V. ACROSS THE SEA VI. BRANT MEETS HERKIMER VII. FORT STANWIX AND ORISKANY VIII. FIGHTING ON THE FRONTIER IX. CHERRY VALLEY X. MINISINK AND THE CHEMUNG RIVER XI. OVER THE BORDER XII. ENGLAND ONCE MORE XIII....
by William Wood
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2015
'War is the grave of the Montcalms.' No one can tell how old this famous saying is. Perhaps it is as old as France herself. Certainly there never was a time when the men of the great family of Montcalm-Gozon were not ready to fight for their king and country; and so Montcalm, like Wolfe, was a soldier born.
by Bonnye Matthews
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
"The Winds of Change blow in every layer of this magnificient novel.”- Dr. Attila TorkosTuksook’s Story: 35,000 BC is book 4 in the popular Winds of Change series.Tuksook's Story, 35,000 BC is the coming-of-age story of a rebel child destined to be the spiritual leader of her people. Fleeing a drought,...
by White Deer of Aautumn
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2009
The Native American Book of Knowledge The Circle of Life is an American Indian symbol for the Four Directions. The four colors represent the four stages of life, from childhood to old age; the cycle of seasons, from spring to winter; and the four races of people. Each of the Four Directions symbolizes...
In the Shadow of the Pole
An Early History of Arctic Expeditions, 1871-1912
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
In the Shadow of the Pole explains how the Arctic came to be part of Canada.
In the Shadow of the Pole tells the history of how the Arctic became part of Canada and how the Dominion government established jurisdiction there. It describes the early expeditions to Canada’s North, including...
The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1929
The Story of the Greatest Bahamian Hurricane of the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1929, also known as the Great Andros Island Hurricane of 1929, was the only major hurricane during the very inactive 1929 North Atlantic hurricane season. The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1929 was perhaps one of the greatest and deadliest hurricanes to impact the Bahamas...
George Washington's Great Gamble
And the Sea Battle That Won the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2010
One shining yet overlooked moment that changed the course of the Revolutionary War
In the opening months of 1781, General George Washington feared his army would fail to survive another campaign season. The spring and summer only served to reinforce his despair, but in late summer the changing...
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
European Community, Atlantic Community? For more than forty years the security alliance of the North Atlantic Treaty symbolised the common interests of Western Europe and the United States, and provided the context for all transatlantic political and economic relations. Yet the loss of a common enemy...
by Rich Mole
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
In 1874, the newly formed North West Mounted Police marched west to shut down unscrupulous liquor traders who had devastated the lives of many First Nations people. The Mounties' famous trek heralded over 50 years of "whisky wars" in the Canadian West. Author Rich Mole traces the turbulent...