In this unusual book Joan Finnigan brings to life some of the giants, real and metaphoric, larger-than -life and legendary, who lived their colourful lives and performed their daring deeds in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the Ottawa Valley. The result of several years of research, fact and legend are fascinatingly interwoven in these tales of Joseph Montferrand, the Giant of the Ottawa River; Laird Archibald MacNab, the Giant of MacNab Township; Alexander MacDonnell, King of the Four Rivers; Rory MacLennan, the Giant of Glengarry; Mountain Jack Thomson, the Giant of Portage-du-Fort; and Harry McLean, the Giant Builder from Merrickville. Some of theses stories of the giants, like that of Joseph Montferrand, have passed through all the stages in the evolution of legend and are firmly embedded now in the imagination of Canadians of both English and French descent on both sides of the Ottawa River; others, like the stories of Alexander MacDonnell, Mountain Jack Thomson, Rory MacLennan, and Harry McLean, for the first time in a cohesive manner make their transition from the oral to the written tradition. Illustrated with rare archival and contempory photographs, The Giants of Canada's Ottawa Valley adds grist to the mill of our folklorists and historians, and will delight young readers and surely captivate the adults.

Giants of Canada's Ottawa Valley

History

Joan Finnigan

Americas

General Store Pub. House

You Just Can't Hardly Believe It

Humor & Entertainment

WILEY, JAMES

Humor

Subtitled "The Kite Builder's Manual", this book includes step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions for more than a dozen kites. From the basic Diamond to the beautiful soaring Eagle, all of the kites in this book are built with inexpensive, readily available materials.

Go Fly a Kite

Boxtel, John

Children's Books

No Time Off for Good Behavior

Literature & Fiction

Woolley

Contemporary

In The Back Forty, Steve Evans unearths the passion for the land and the rural life shared by all farmers. Following the success of his bestsellers Heart and Soul and Up the Line, The Back Forty focuses on the hard-working people who keep alive our agricultural tradition. Meet the farmers of the Ottawa Valley on the land, in their homes and at social gatherings through their own words and through the lens of Steve's camera.

The back forty: Farm life in the Ottawa Valley

Steven Evans

Healthy Happy Aging

William Orban

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Thoroughly enjoyable reading. Particularly informative is his depiction of the arduous task of entering another culture and being accepted by its people. The many fine photographs help bring this ancient craft and Gidmark's story to life. David Gidmark's long odyssey, from first watching a canoe built by whites...on the south shore of Lake Superior to his field work among the Algonkin Indians of Quebec, apprenticeship with master canoe builders and final ability to construct one on his own is told in an engaging style.

Birchbark Canoe: The Story of an Apprenticeship With the Indians

Gidmark, David

Ask any Canadian what our national animal is, and the response will undoubtedly be, The beaver. Now ask the same person how long Castor Canadensis has actually been the official symbol of our industrious, hard-working and perhaps overly stolid nation. The answer will probably be, Forever. In fact, it wasn t until 1975 that a bill was passed by parliament formally declaring the beaver our national animal. The Canadian beaver that cute, industrious little bloke, competent engineer and builder, indifferent forester, and amazing water-resource manager is the undisputed symbol of our nation, but just how much is known about the beaver? Many books have been written about the significance of the fur trade a trade on which our politics, way of life, and economy were based. Others talk about the physical characteristics of the beaver and its habitat. Anecdotal material, usually interesting and/or humourous snippets about the beaver, can be found in almost every book written about early Canadian history. All of these works, some great, some good, some forgettable, focus on the beaver in a very specific way on its contribution to our developing economy, to our geography, or on the beaver s significance as a wildlife resource. What has not been produced to date is a comprehensive overview that provides, through illustrative as well as narrative material, a tribute to the animal which has had such an influence on Canada. On issues ranging from patriotism to ecology, the beaver has been coveted as a distinctive and very positive Canadian symbol. This book pays the tribute due the beaver in an informative and fun-to-read format. Long before the beaver was proclaimed Canada s national animal (indeed, long before this nation was a nation), the beaver was recognized as a symbol of industriousness, reliability and honesty, and its reputation for such qualities persists today. As early as the 1800s, manufacturers and crafts people wanted their products associated with that emblem of industry the beaver. The book goes as far back as this period in its presentation of just how influential the beaver has been. It also takes the reader to the present, reminding us that the beaver is still very much a part of our culture. The Canadian Beaver Book has been written to show all beaver lovers (and the few beaverphobics who hold the misguided view that beaver are stupid, destructive, oversized rodents) the breadth of influence that the beaver had, and continues to have, on all aspects of Canadian life.

Canadian Beaver Book: Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy

Jim Cameron

The Memory of all that: Canadian women remember World War II

Biographies & Memoirs

Ruth Latta

Community & Culture

They say war wives must wait. Gwen Evans Pilkington retells the story of three Canadian women waiting and struggling with life alone in wartime England, coping with gnawing anxiety, bizarre landladies, and all the difficulties of living in a strange land in the midst of a world convulsed by war. In describing this life of quiet heroism, through childbirth and widowhood, Gwen Pilkington is writing from personal experience. Her story is unassuming, authentic and finally, triumphant.

Time remembered: A woman's story of World War II

Gwendoline Pilkington

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