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One hundred and fifty years of curling, 1807-1957
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The Canadian Experience of the Great War
Author: Brian Douglas Tennyson
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810886804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 595
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Although the United States did not enter the First World War until April 1917, Canada enlisted the moment Great Britain engaged in the conflict in August 1914. The Canadian contribution was great, as more than 600,000 men and women served in the war effort—400,000 of them overseas—out of a population of 8 million. More than 150,000 were wounded and nearly 67,000 gave their lives. The war was a pivotal turning point in the history of the modern world, and its mindless slaughter shattered a generation and destroyed seemingly secure values. The literature that the First World War generated, and continues to generate so many years later, is enormous and addresses a multitude of cultural and social matters in the history of Canada and the war itself. Although many scholars have brilliantly analyzed the literature of the war, little has been done to catalog the writings of ordinary participants: men and women who served in the war and wrote about it but are not included among well-known poets, novelists, and memoirists. Indeed, we don’t even know how many titles these people published, nor do we know how many more titles were added later by relatives who considered the recollections or collected letters worthy of publication. Brian Douglas Tennyson’s The Canadian Experience of the Great War: A Guide to Memoirs is the first attempt to identify all of the published accounts of First World War experiences by Canadian veterans.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810886804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 595
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Although the United States did not enter the First World War until April 1917, Canada enlisted the moment Great Britain engaged in the conflict in August 1914. The Canadian contribution was great, as more than 600,000 men and women served in the war effort—400,000 of them overseas—out of a population of 8 million. More than 150,000 were wounded and nearly 67,000 gave their lives. The war was a pivotal turning point in the history of the modern world, and its mindless slaughter shattered a generation and destroyed seemingly secure values. The literature that the First World War generated, and continues to generate so many years later, is enormous and addresses a multitude of cultural and social matters in the history of Canada and the war itself. Although many scholars have brilliantly analyzed the literature of the war, little has been done to catalog the writings of ordinary participants: men and women who served in the war and wrote about it but are not included among well-known poets, novelists, and memoirists. Indeed, we don’t even know how many titles these people published, nor do we know how many more titles were added later by relatives who considered the recollections or collected letters worthy of publication. Brian Douglas Tennyson’s The Canadian Experience of the Great War: A Guide to Memoirs is the first attempt to identify all of the published accounts of First World War experiences by Canadian veterans.
Canadiana
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
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Pages : 1154
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Union List of Manuscripts in Canadian Repositories
Author: Public Archives of Canada
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Sports in North America: Sports, prosperity, conformity, cultural stirrings, 1950-1960
Author: Thomas L. Altherr
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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Sports in North America: Sports in the progressive era, 1900-1920
Author: Thomas L. Altherr
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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Sport Bibliography
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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1328
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Languages : en
Pages : 1328
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Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating
Author: James R. Hines
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810870851
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Figure skating is the most popular televised sport at the Olympic Winter Games and is the oldest of the winter sports, having first been contested at the Games of the fourth Olympiad in London in 1908. No other sport creates such a perfect balance between athleticism and artistry, and the athletes—many of them household names like Oksana Baiul, Brian Boitano, Nancy Kerrigan, Evan Lysacek, Katarina Witt, and Kristi Yamaguchi—spend years in training to make it look effortless. The Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating relates the history of the sport through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, appendixes, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on hundreds of skaters, past and present, but also on skating countries, governing bodies, skating disciplines, technical elements, skating styles, and many other subjects. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the history of figure skating.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810870851
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Figure skating is the most popular televised sport at the Olympic Winter Games and is the oldest of the winter sports, having first been contested at the Games of the fourth Olympiad in London in 1908. No other sport creates such a perfect balance between athleticism and artistry, and the athletes—many of them household names like Oksana Baiul, Brian Boitano, Nancy Kerrigan, Evan Lysacek, Katarina Witt, and Kristi Yamaguchi—spend years in training to make it look effortless. The Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating relates the history of the sport through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, appendixes, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on hundreds of skaters, past and present, but also on skating countries, governing bodies, skating disciplines, technical elements, skating styles, and many other subjects. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the history of figure skating.
AB Bookman's Weekly
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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