Dundurn: 2215 books
From Horse Power to Horsepower
Toronto: 1890-1930
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 1996
From the 1890s through the 1920s, as horse gave way to machine, the look of Toronto and the lifestyles of its inhabitants were irrevocably altered. From Horse Power to Horsepower is a pictorial history of the vehicles of the era.
by John Goddard
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Inside the Museums views Toronto’s heritage museums for the first time as a single community — linked by events, personalities, and function. In this special excerpt we visit Montgomery’s Inn, on Dundas Street West in present-day Etobicoke. For twenty-five years, beginning in 1830, the hard-working...
Toronto Local History 3-Book Bundle
Don Mills / 200 Years at St. John's York Mills / Willowdale
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2017
A colourful look at Toronto's pioneer roots, tracing the history of three neighbourhoods from their farming days to modern day.
Includes:
Don Mills: From Forests and Farms to Forces of Change
As recently as 1970, wheat crops were grown at Don Mills — and no small amount, but enough to line...
The Last Invasion of Canada
The Fenian Raids, 1866 – 1870
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 1991
In the turbulent decade which produced the Canadian Confederation of 1867, a group of seasoned veterans of the American Civil War turned their attention to the conquest of Canada. They were Irish-American revolutionaries — unique because they fought under their own flag. They were know as the Fenians...
Andrew Hind and Maria Da Silva 3-Book Bundle
RMS Segwun / Ghost Towns of Muskoka / Ghosts of Niagara-on-the-Lake
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015
Three titles in Andrew Hind and Maria Da Silva’s acclaimed series on the local history, maritime colour, and even the shadowy side of Ontario’s most picturesque communities. From ghost towns to actual ghosts, the unexpected abounds in this collection of the most surprising corners of Ontario —...
Canada 1911
The Decisive Election that Shaped the Country
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
One hundred years ago, Canadians went to the polls to decide the fate of their country in an election that raised issues vital to Canada's national independence and its place in the world. Canadians faced a clear choice between free trade with the United States and fidelity to the British Empire,...
A Scandinavian Heritage
200 Years of Scandinavian Presence in the Windsor-Detroit Border Region
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 1996
The Scandinavian presence has been felt in many parts of Canada, including the Windsor-Detroit border region. A Scandinavian Heritage surveys the numerous conributions made in this area by the people of 5 nations: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The history of these people, from the...
The Mariposa Folk Festival
A History
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2017
A history of the Mariposa Folk Festival, from its humble roots in Orillia in 1961 to international acclaim and legendary status as a premier folk music gathering.
Mariposa began in the heyday of the early 60s “folk boom.” In its more than fifty-five years, it has seen many of the world’s...
Emily Murphy
Rebel
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 1985
In this comprehensive biography, Christine Mander depicts the life and times of Emily Murphy with a refreshing candor and vitality. A true Canadian heroine – pioneering feminism, writer (under the alias Janey Canuck), patriot, mother, anti-drug crusader, first woman magistrate of the British Empire...
Widowhood
Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2015
This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from...
Old Is In
A Guide For Aging Boomers
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
Is impotence contagious? At what age should a senior be surgically separated from his automobile, or obligated to donate his sex toys to the Salvation Army?
These and other timely questions are among those not answered in Eric Nicol's latest cure for serious reading, Old Is In. This palsied...
by John Goddard
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Inside the Museums views Toronto’s heritage museums for the first time as a single community — linked by events, personalities, and function. In this special excerpt we visit Campbell House, 160 Queen Street West, at the northwest corner with University Avenue, where judge Sir William Campbell...
Art and Politics
The History of the National Arts Centre
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
This is the story of the creation and first four decades of one of Canada's pre-eminent cultural organizations. While it documents the history of Canada's National Arts Centre in Ottawa, it also tells the story of the arts in Canada from the 1960s to 2006. The story breaks down into three parts: the...
The Beaver Hall Group 2-Book Bundle
The Women of Beaver Hall / The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2017
From the vanguard of Modernism in Montreal, the Beaver Hall Group included painters who are now ranked among Canada's most distinguished artists. Evelyn Walters brings her extensive knowledge of the group to paint a picture of the artists' lives and their works in this two-book bundle. More than 130...