Heritage House: 215 books
The Amazing Foot Race of 1921
Halifax to Vancouver in 134 Days
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
READ ALL ABOUT IT: Hikers to Walk From East Coast to Vancouver
This adventure tale celebrates five Canadians who hiked from Halifax to Vancouver in 1921. For a nation struggling with post-war inflation, labour unrest and unemployment, the 3,645-mile hike was a welcome distraction. Daily reports...
The Law and the Lawless
Frontier Justice on the Canadian Prairies, 1873-1895
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
They looked impressive in their red tunics, but the members of the fledgling North West Mounted Police had little experience as they departed from Fort Garry in 1874 on a mission to bring order to the lawless territories west of the Red River. There they found a vast and rugged land ruled by whiskey...
Mark Bate
Nanaimo's First Mayor
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
An insightful look at the first mayor of Nanaimo, BC, drawing heavily on his prolific and insightful written observations.
Mark Bate, elected Nanaimo’s first mayor in 1875, was a renaissance man. He loved music, writing, literature, the outdoors, community affairs, and of course politics....
Secret Beaches of Central Vancouver Island
Campbell River to Qualicum
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
This third volume in Theo’s Secret Beaches series is a comprehensive guide to dozens of beaches on the east coast of Vancouver Island between Campbell River and Qualicum. While some of them are well used by people who live nearby, some are tucked just off the highway and others are hidden at the...
James Macleod
The Red Coats' First True Leader
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
A vivid account of the life and times of the larger-than-life Canadian hero who played a major role in the peaceful development of western Canada.
A descendant of warriors, chiefs, and military men of the Clan MacLeod, James A.F. Macleod led an adventurous life that took him from his birthplace...
Remembered in Bronze and Stone
Canada's Great War Memorial Statuary
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Remembered in Broze and Stone evokes the years immediately following the First World War, when grief was still freshly felt in communities from one end of Canada to the other. This book tells the story of the nation’s war memorials—particularly bronze or stone sculptures depicting Canadian soldiers—through...
Magnificently Unrepentant
The Story of Merve Wilkinson and Wildwood
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
"Merve Wilkinson and Wildwood, his small patch of forest, provide powerful evidence that a forest can be logged while its integrity is maintained in perpetuity. In speaking out against current industrial clear-cut logging practices, Merve has become a genuine Canadian hero. Uncompromising, tough,...
The Valiant Nellie McClung
Collected Columns by Canada's Most Famous Suffragist
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Although her name today is synonymous with the women’s suffrage movement in Canada, Nellie McClung’s long and varied career covered several fields—from social activist to elected politician, from novelist to journalist. McClung was instrumental in Canadian women gaining the right to vote before...
Secret Beaches of Southern Vancouver Island
Qualicum to the Malahat
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
This is your guide to dozens of spectacular and often hidden beaches on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island between Qualicum and the Malahat. While some of them are well used by people living nearby, many are virtually impossible to find without combing through official maps and back-road guides....
Christy Clark
Behind the Smile
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
A political insider offers a revealing perspective and examines the public and private life of BC’s controversial premier.
In the blood-sport arena of provincial politics, BC’s enigmatic premier, Christy Clark, has defied the pundits to win both party leadership and an upset election victory...
Daggers Unsheathed
The Political Assassination of Glen Clark
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Daggers Unsheathed: The Political Assassination of Glen Clark is the story of the Glen Clark era in British Columbia politics. From the 1995 announcement of his NDP leadership aspirations to the day in 2002 when he was acquitted of criminal charges in a BC court, Glen Clark was the dominant personality...
by Marianne Van Osch
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
The story of one family's settlement in the Cariboo and the culture of early sawmills that developed around them.
In 1922, the Judson family arrived in the Cariboo by covered wagon. The stories of their life on the remote homestead at Ruth Lake is told through this humorous and heartwarming...
Stone by Stone
Exploring Ancient Sites on the Canadian Plains, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2015
Stone by Stone takes readers on a fascinating journey across the short-grass prairie of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan in search of tangible evidence of the region’s ancient past—a civilization dating back at least twelve thousand years.
In this revised and updated edition of her one-of-a-kind...
Embedded on the Home Front
Where Military and Civilian Lives Converge
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Home front. It’s hard to separate that word from war. In the First and Second World Wars, the home front was a clear entity and location: if you weren’t on the frontlines, you were on the home front. But during current times of peacekeeping, peacemaking and armed interventions, the notion of home...