Pacaritambo

BEST TALES OF THE YUKON
by Robert W. Service. B&W decorations. Condition: UNREAD 1983 Running Press Books Trade Paperback edition, 6th printing. Tiny edgewear with thin binder's glue wrinkles down spine. Content: In 1904, the Canadian Bank of Commerce transferred teller Robert Service to their branch in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Less than 5 years later, Service was famous as the poet who had chronicled the Klondike gold rush and the savage beauty of the frozen north. This book presents all of the classic works from The Spell of the Yukon and Ballads of a Cheechako by this masterful yarn-spinner. Includes the classic poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and the ever popular "The Cremation of Sam McGee." Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE DONNELLY ALBUM: The Complete & Authentic Account of Canada's Famous Feuding Family
by Ray Fazakas. B&W era photos and manuscript reproductions illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1998 Firefly large soft cover, second printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: On February 3, 1880 five members of the hated Donnelly family in Lucan, Ontario, were killed by a mob of drunken vigilantes. This book tells in compelling detail the story of the Donnellys - James, Johannah and their seven sons and one daughter. Arriving from Tipperary, Ireland in the 1840s, the family settled in the boisterous pioneer community near London, Ontario. For the next 30 years, their activities gained wide notoriety in the area. James was convicted of murder but escaped the gallows. The sons grew up to be handsome, reckless, enterprising in business and very dangerous in combat. What is it about The Donnellys that still fascinates people? Were they really as evil as their enemies portrayed them? Why was no one ever convicted of their murders? What happened to the surviving Donnellys? And why do local people still feel strongly, taking sides for or against the family? After 15 years of exhaustive research, lawyer Ray Fazakas has produced the definitive account of the famous feud and its tragic consequences. He has also collected an astonishing treasure trove of old photographs, period drawings, maps and documents, showing the Donnellys, their murderers and the sites and people involved. This unique combination of narrative and illustration recreates an epic tragedy of frontier life. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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JOURNEY TO THE POLAR SEA
by Sir John Franklin. Condition: NEW 1998 Konemann Travel Classics small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: Konemann presents a new edition of Franklin's classic first-person account of his tragic 1819-22 Arctic expedition. John Franklin's three-year sojourn in the wilderness succeeded in mapping part of the Arctic coast but ended in disaster. As supplies ran out, starvation and scurvy set in. More than half of the team members died as they huddled in winter quarters with lichens scraped off rocks, bones, scraps of hide, and their own boots as their only food. One voyager went insane and was executed on suspicion of murder and cannibalism. Sumptuously illustrated and poignantly written, this is a classic tale of exploration and high drama. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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The Kids Book of GREAT CANADIAN WOMEN
by Elizabeth MacLeod. Great color portraits by John Mantha. Condition: Gently pre-read 2006 Kids Can Press over-sized hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. DJ shows light shelf wear. Content: From the early Native American women to ballet stars to politicians to ice skating gold medalists - the women of Canada are here in interesting mini-bios. Neat! [1 copy available.]
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NUNAGA: Ten years of Eskimo life
by Duncan Pryde. 8 pages of color photos. . Condition: UNREAD (but not perfect) c. 1975 Walker & Company hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), reprint. Tiny "ding" to board & DJ edges. Interior perfect. Content: Reviewer: "Pryde, in 1955, read a Hudson's Bay ad in the Glasgow paper. It said, "Single, ambitious, self-reliant young man required. Must be prepared to live in isolation. " Duncan Pryde, then an 18 year old orphan, ex-merchant seaman and disgruntled factory-worker, decided to try his hand at fur trading and immigrated to Canada. He found that he could easily adapt to the remote and primitive life there. One of his first posts was isolated Perry Island where he fought someone all night long and was accepted by the people there because of it. He witnessed the sacred Eskimo shaman ceremonies; he was paid the ultimate compliment...the invitation to share a friend's wife. His story abounds in high adventure, incredible, near fatal sled and canoe journeys; seal, polar bear and caribou hunts; breathtaking encounters with the beauty of Arctic flora and fauna. He speaks of the native life...the Eskimoe's birth, death and marriage rites, their extraordinary tolerant sexual customs, their age-old and amazingly effective hunting skills." Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE SEARCH FOR THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE
by Ann Savours. Two color photo sections plus B&W maps, photos, & drawings throughout. . Condition: NEW 1999 St. Martin's hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: After Columbus sailed the ocean blue in search of a trading route to China but found his way blocked by North and South America, Britain and Europe's other colonial powers scrambled to find alternate paths to the Far East. Avoiding the south, dominated by Spain and Portugal after the Pope's 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas, the English and the Dutch searched for both a North East Passage, north of Eurasia, and a North West Passage, through the Arctic ice of what is now North America. Although such a passage was to become commercially unimportant (and unviable, thanks to climate), the successful transit of the North West Passage became a Holy Grail and deadly siren for countless exploration teams, and it eluded explorers for nearly 400 years. Ann Savours, one of Britain's leading authorities on this tenacious pursuit, describes in a lively and sprawling account the extraordinary adventures of these courageous expeditions. Drawing heavily on primary sources, including diaries, letters to home, and sketches, Savours's Search makes for engrossing reading: from the Frobisher team's 1570s descriptions of the "countrey people" (later the "Esquimaux") "clad in coates made of the skinnes of beastes" and "sharp-witted, readie to conceive our meaning by signes, and to make answere" to accounts of Sir John Franklin's ultimately successful but completely decimated mission, Savours puts you on the heaving decks of the icebreakers and in the minds of these brave explorers. Excellent illustrations, end notes, and appendices round out the work. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE SNOW WALKER (Historical Fiction)
by Farley Mowat. Condition: UNREAD (but not perfect) 1983 Bantam MMPB, 6th printing. Pale shelfwear hinge crease with edgewear, especially top spine. Interior clean & tight with tanning to page edges. Content: Central to Farley Mowat's writing is his quest to understand the often-forgotten native people of the vast arctic wilderness. In this moving collection, he allows these people to describe in their own words the adventures they experience as they struggle to survive in an isolated, untamed land. Stories of survival and courage, of superstition and fate, of uncompromising loyalty to family and tribe are presented here; offering a vivid portrait of a people whose existence is often beyond the comprehension of modern man. Oh - it's now a motion picture starring Barry Pepper. Just released on DVD. [1 copy available]
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TASTING DIVERSITY: A Celebration of Immigrant Women and Their Cooking
by Working Women Community Centre. B&W photos. Condition: NEW 2002 Whitecap Books (Canada) soft cover, first printing. Content: In support of the Working Women Community Centre in Toronto, Canada, women from around the world tell the stories of their arrival and settlement in a new country. And like a group of friends around a kitchen table, these women share the hearth through their favorite foods. Here are the delicious results in a collection of culturally diverse recipes such as Empanadas de Verde from Ecuador, genuine Italian meatballs, spicy Pakoras and Chana Curry from India, and Irish Bread and Butter Pudding. These amazing dishes will inspire readers to get back to their roots. [This is a great book! So what if the women are Canadian - they could just as easily be living in the USA - and the recipes are wonderful!] Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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TORONTO STREET NAMES: An Illustrated Guide to Their Origins
by Leonard Wise & Allan Gould. B&W era photos and maps illustrate. Condition: NEW 2001 Firefly Books second printing large softcover [10.0 x 7.1 x 0.5 (244 pages)]. Content: This is a wonderful history of Toronto as told through the history of it's streets. Excellent resource book for writers. "intriguing, humorous and sometimes downright strange history of Toronto ... Fun to read." If you have never been to Toronto, GO - ASAP & take this book with you. It is a lively and insteresting city - and it's so clean! Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE VOYAGEUR
by Grace Lee Nute. B&W illustrations by Carl W. Bertsch. Condition: UNREAD 1987 Minnesota Historical Society Press Trade Paperback, reprint edition, third printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: Nute's best-selling book portrays the indefatigable French-Canadian canoe men, whose labors were vital to the fur trade and whose influence reaches us through the colorful songs, place names, customs, and legends they left behind. This definitive account was first published in 1931. [1 copy available]
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