Beginnings: Stories of Canada’s Past
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Ann Walsh has selected fourteen captivating stories written by accomplished authors from across Canada for this historical anthology. Each of the stories focuses on a “first-time” historical experience.
- ISBN: 9780921870876
- Author: Ann Walsh
- 228 pages
- Ages: 8-12
Some of the "first-time" historical experiences include:
- the meeting between natives and Europeans at Fort St. James
- the ship carrying filles du roi as brides for the settlers of New France
- the first elections in which women in Canada were allowed to vote
- the first gourmet meal cooked in a CPR rail camp for Cornelius Van Horne
- a mine disaster in the Crowsnest Pass, with the subsequent introduction of safety lamps for the miners
- and an account of the "Home Children" first sent to Canada during the nineteenth century, supposedly for a better life, but often to work in slave-labour conditions.
Weight | .258 kg |
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Dimensions | 19.5 × 13.4 × 1.8 cm |
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