| Beginnings: Stories of Canada's Past Contributor(s): Walsh, Ann (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0921870876 ISBN-13: 9780921870876 Publisher: Ronsdale Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2001 Annotation: This anthology of Canadian short stories focuses on "first time" historical experiences, such as the first meeting between Natives and Europeans in B. C., the first filles du roi, and the first election in which women could vote. Includes extensive historical notes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Canada - General |
| Dewey: 971.009 |
| LCCN: 2001431880 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6" W x 7.7" (0.57 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ann Walsh has selected fourteen captivating stories written by accomplished authors from across Canada for this historical anthology. Each of the stories focuses on a \"first-time\" historical experience, such as the meeting between natives and Europeans at Fort St. James; the ship carrying filles du roi as brides for the settlers of New France; the first elections in which women in Canada were allowed to vote; the first gourmet meal cooked in a CPR rail camp for Cornelius Van Horne; a mine disaster in the Crowsnest Pass, with the subsequent introduction of safety lamps for the miners; and an account of the \"Home Children\" first sent to Canada during the nineteenth century, supposedly for a better life, but often to work in slave-labour conditions. |