On October 23, 1918, the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Sophia left Skagway, Alaska, on its last run of the season to Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle. A storm rose and at 2 a.m. it ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef. Rescue vessels were quickly assembled, but the storm worsened and they were forced to take shelter themselves. By the following morning, the Princess Sophia had sunk to the bottom of the Lynn Canal, taking all of its passengers--a significant cross-section of the population of the Yukon and Alaska--with it. This volume examines the impact of this loss on a society that, with the end of the gold rush, was already in decline.

The Sinking of the Princess Sophia: Taking the North Down with Her

History

Coates, Ken S.

Morrison, William

Americas

Oxford University Press

A wealth of historical data about 74 of Manhattan's great theatrical houses. Extensive, detailed captions document location, architects, opening date, other data for the Fifth Avenue Theatre (1873), the Hippodrome (1905), the Music Box Theatre (1921), as well as the New Amsterdam, Winter Garden, Ziegfeld, more. Over 200 photos and illustrations.

Broadway Theatres: History and Architecture

Humor & Entertainment

Television

Dover Publications

ABOVE AND BEYOND

Bantam]

While the Klondike Gold Rush is one of the most widely known events in Canadian history, particularly outside Canada, the rest of the Yukon's long and diverse history attracts little attention. Important developments such as Herschel Island whaling, pre-1900 fur trading, the post-World War II resource boom, a lengthy struggle for responsible government, and the emergence of Aboriginal political protest remain poorly understood. Placing well-known historical episodes within the broader sweep of the past, Land of the Midnight Sun gives particular emphasis to the role of First Nations people and the lengthy struggle of Yukoners to find their place within Confederation. This broader story incorporates the introduction of mammoth dredges that scoured the Klondike creeks, the impressive Elsa-Keno Hill silver mines, the impact of residential schools on Aboriginal children, the devastation caused by the sinking of the Princess Sophia, the Yukon's remarkable contributions to the national World War I effort, and the sweeping transformations associated with the American occupation during World War II. Completely revised with a new epilogue, the bestselling Land of the Midnight Sun was first published in 1988 and became the standard source for understanding the history of the Yukon. Ken Coates and William Morrison have published ten books together, including Strange Things Done: A History of Murder in the Yukon and the forthcoming Trailmarkers: A History of Landmark Aboriginal Rights Cases in Canada. Land of the Midnight Sun was their first collaboration.

Land of the Midnight Sun: A History of the Yukon (Volume 202) (Carleton Library Series)

Coates, Ken

McGill-Queen's University Press

Under their various names the Mounted Police have played a vital, colourful, but often controversial role in Canadian history, and nowhere has this been truer than on the northern frontier. The police were the agents through which the central government asserted sovereignty over the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, just as it had done earlier on the Prairies. This book describes to what extent the RCMP shaped the northern frontier -- a frontier which steadily shifted, separating territory under actual government control from that in which it was nominal. The chapters treat each new spurt in this expansion and the period of contact and transition which followed.

Showing the Flag: The Mounted Police and Canadian Sovereignty in the North, 1894-1925

UBC Press

Working in the North: Labor and the Northwest Defense Projects 1942-1946

They came north like a storm surge of humanity, those wartime workers driven by the forces of World War II. Men and women, black and white, civilian and military, they outnumbered and effectively overwhelmed the largely Native population of Canada's northwest. Under harsh and unfamiliar conditions, they built what the war effort needed--airfields, roads, pipelines. Then, like a storm tide when the winds have passed, they receded from the North, leaving both the terrain and themselves forever changed. To use their own description, in these pages Canadian historian Ken Coates and Bill Morrison, "explore the realities of the experience of northern workers" of the time. They aim to record the uncommon efforts of the common people so often left out of history texts, and they incorporate the workers' own recollections and documents as well as the official records scattered throughout archives in the North and in the national capitals of Canada and the United States. Thus Working in the North captures an intimacy and level of anecdotal experience rarely found in scholarly studies of the period. The realities of experience meant more than just learning to cope with bitter cold in winter, endless mud and mosquitoes in summer. What could the workers do for recreation? How could they organize? What happened in the old villages invaded by thousands of newcomers? The authors pursue questions rarely discussed in histories of the North, giving special attention to the important role of the military labor battalions and their often-strained relations with their civilian counterparts. They also present important information about the role of women in the work force and the participation of the resident Native people. The workers were a unique group from across the continent who responded in a variety of ways to the subarctic conditions they encountered. Working in the North tells the story of their experiences in the North and recognizes the significance of their contribution in the broader pattern of early twentieth-century labor history.

University of Alaska Press

They came north like a storm surge of humanity, those wartime workers driven by the forces of World War II. Men and women, black and white, civilian and military, they outnumbered and effectively overwhelmed the largely Native population of Canada's northwest. Under harsh and unfamiliar conditions, they built what the war effort needed--airfields, roads, pipelines. Then, like a storm tide when the winds have passed, they receded from the North, leaving both the terrain and themselves forever changed.To use their own description, in these pages Canadian historian Ken Coates and Bill Morrison, "explore the realities of the experience of northern workers" of the time. They aim to record the uncommon efforts of the common people so often left out of history texts, and they incorporate the workers' own recollections and documents as well as the official records scattered throughout archives in the North and in the national capitals of Canada and the United States. Thus Working in the North captures an intimacy and level of anecdotal experience rarely found in scholarly studies of the period.The realities of experience meant more than just learning to cope with bitter cold in winter, endless mud and mosquitoes in summer. What could the workers do for recreation? How could they organize? What happened in the old villages invaded by thousands of newcomers? The authors pursue questions rarely discussed in histories of the North, giving special attention to the important role of the military labor battalions and their often-strained relations with their civilian counterparts. They also present important information about the role of women in the work force and the participation of the resident Native people.The workers were a unique group from across the continent who responded in a variety of ways to the subarctic conditions they encountered. Working in the North tells the story of their experiences in the North and recognizes the significance of their contribution in the broader pattern of early twentieth-century labor history.

The Work of Dwight James Baum is a revised and expanded edition of the 1927 monograph. Edited by William Morrison and with a new introduction by Ronald McCarty, this volume showcases over 100 additional, rarely seen photographs of the architect s work, including Ca d Zan, the fantastical Venetian Gothic waterfront palace of John and Mable Ringling in Sarasota, Florida and the stately Italianate house of Anthony Campagna in Riverdale, New York. Also included are Baum s later career non-residential projects such as the fanciful Italian-Romanesque West Side YMCA in New York City and the ephemeral, Art Moderne-style buildings for the 1939 World s Fair in New York. The book features a comprehensive catalog of works and bibliography.

Work of Dwight James Baum

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Acanthus Pr Llc

Speak of the Devil by Norman A. Daniels "When Alex Craig is exposed to inventor Parker's thought intesifier, a modern streamlined Satan pops up—and goes to town on a Faustian crusade against diabolical Fifth Columnists!" The Glory Flight by Frank Belknap Long The Great Invasion by William Morrison The Super Velocitor by S.C. Carpenter

Startling Stories - 03/43 (Adventure House Presents:)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Long, Frank Belknap

Gunnison,John P.

Daniels, Norman A.

Carpenter, S. C.

Science Fiction

Adventure House

Captain Future - Winter/44: Adventure House Presents:

Sterling, Stewart

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