Author: Judy Larmour
Publisher: Brindle and Glass
ISBN: 9781897142042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Between the Fourth Meridian and the Continental Divide is a vast land with some of the most varied landscapes, difficult terrain, and treacherous climates in Canada. The challenge of exploring, surveying and mapping the territory now known as Alberta holds some of the most fascinating stories in the 100-year-old province's history. From the first excursions of David Thompson and John Palliser to the ongoing work of surveying for industry and development, from the first hand-drawn maps and sextants to modern satellite imaging and computer modelling, historian Judy Larmour captures the grand arcs and the fascinating details of the dramatic centuries-long struggle to find and mark place.
Laying Down the Lines
Author: Judy Larmour
Publisher: Brindle and Glass
ISBN: 9781897142042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Between the Fourth Meridian and the Continental Divide is a vast land with some of the most varied landscapes, difficult terrain, and treacherous climates in Canada. The challenge of exploring, surveying and mapping the territory now known as Alberta holds some of the most fascinating stories in the 100-year-old province's history. From the first excursions of David Thompson and John Palliser to the ongoing work of surveying for industry and development, from the first hand-drawn maps and sextants to modern satellite imaging and computer modelling, historian Judy Larmour captures the grand arcs and the fascinating details of the dramatic centuries-long struggle to find and mark place.
Publisher: Brindle and Glass
ISBN: 9781897142042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Between the Fourth Meridian and the Continental Divide is a vast land with some of the most varied landscapes, difficult terrain, and treacherous climates in Canada. The challenge of exploring, surveying and mapping the territory now known as Alberta holds some of the most fascinating stories in the 100-year-old province's history. From the first excursions of David Thompson and John Palliser to the ongoing work of surveying for industry and development, from the first hand-drawn maps and sextants to modern satellite imaging and computer modelling, historian Judy Larmour captures the grand arcs and the fascinating details of the dramatic centuries-long struggle to find and mark place.
White Lines III: All Falls Down
Author: Tracy Brown
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250042992
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Bestselling and critically acclaimed author Tracy Brown, delivers the final hard-hitting installment in her White Lines series.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250042992
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Bestselling and critically acclaimed author Tracy Brown, delivers the final hard-hitting installment in her White Lines series.
Air Crash Investigations - Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Shot Down - All 269 Persons on Board Killed
Author: Dirk Barreveld
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 035917132X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
On 31 August 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a Boeing 747, departed John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, United States, on a scheduled flight for Seoul, Republic of Korea. The flight had 269 persons on board. Soon after departure from Anchorage, Alaska, KE 007 deviated to the right (north) of its direct track, this deviation resulted in penetration of Sovjet Russian air space. Military aircraft operated by the USSR attempted to intercept KE 007 over Kamchatka Peninsula. The interception attempts were unsuccessful. Upon approaching Sakhalin Island, USSR, the flight was intercepted by USSR military aircraft and shot down on the assumption that is was a United States RC-135 (spy) aircraft. There were no survivors.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 035917132X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
On 31 August 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a Boeing 747, departed John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, United States, on a scheduled flight for Seoul, Republic of Korea. The flight had 269 persons on board. Soon after departure from Anchorage, Alaska, KE 007 deviated to the right (north) of its direct track, this deviation resulted in penetration of Sovjet Russian air space. Military aircraft operated by the USSR attempted to intercept KE 007 over Kamchatka Peninsula. The interception attempts were unsuccessful. Upon approaching Sakhalin Island, USSR, the flight was intercepted by USSR military aircraft and shot down on the assumption that is was a United States RC-135 (spy) aircraft. There were no survivors.
The Railway Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Runnin' Down Some Lines
Author: Edith A. Folb
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Journal of the Institute of Transport
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
Twelve Years down the Road
Author: Alan Neil
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 149171929X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Astronomy and some religions believe that life is a series of cycles. That is certainly reflected in the tale of Al's long, adventurous life; the cycle spun him in many different directions over the years. Twelve Years down the Road shares a collection of stories and events detailing the diversity of Al's unique life. From early childhood, he lived with his parents and two brothers in the woods of East Texas on a family farm surrounded by a national forest with a wildlife management area across the road. These stories reveal how he met the love of his life Betty, what he learned by delivering the Dallas Morning News, how he fared at his fi rst job in the Mississippi Delta in the middle of KKK country, how he perceived his work at a Texas prison, and how he came to work in Siberia for a pipeline company. As Al reflects on the cycles his long and varied life, he shares the stories that shape a person and make a man a man.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 149171929X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Astronomy and some religions believe that life is a series of cycles. That is certainly reflected in the tale of Al's long, adventurous life; the cycle spun him in many different directions over the years. Twelve Years down the Road shares a collection of stories and events detailing the diversity of Al's unique life. From early childhood, he lived with his parents and two brothers in the woods of East Texas on a family farm surrounded by a national forest with a wildlife management area across the road. These stories reveal how he met the love of his life Betty, what he learned by delivering the Dallas Morning News, how he fared at his fi rst job in the Mississippi Delta in the middle of KKK country, how he perceived his work at a Texas prison, and how he came to work in Siberia for a pipeline company. As Al reflects on the cycles his long and varied life, he shares the stories that shape a person and make a man a man.
Debates
Author: South Australia. Parliament. House of Assembly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1280
Book Description
Culture, Identity, Commodity
Author: Tseen Khoo
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773573275
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Established and emerging scholars offer timely discussions of "diasporic Chinese studies," drawing on transnational, postcolonial, globalisation, and racialisation theories. The collection examines what is at stake in the consideration of diasporic literatures and the connections and fissures emerging in these new critical terrains.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773573275
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Established and emerging scholars offer timely discussions of "diasporic Chinese studies," drawing on transnational, postcolonial, globalisation, and racialisation theories. The collection examines what is at stake in the consideration of diasporic literatures and the connections and fissures emerging in these new critical terrains.