Posted in Biography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by James K Smith. By Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
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No comments about David Thompson (The Canadians).
Posted in Biography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Jean Murray Cole. By Univ of Washington Pr.
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1 comments about Exile in the Wilderness: The Biography of Chief Factor Archibald McDonald, 1790-1853.
- Archibald McDonald of Glencoe. I have seen his name in various places growing up in Washington. Here is a wonderful biography of his life. What an amazing life he led. Growing up in Glencoe, Scotland, sight of the infamous 1692 massacre, he was the 13th child and needing a future. Recommended to the Earl of Selkirk, as a "Gentleman" his life in North America and as a leader begins. He leads a group of Highland refugees from the clearances to settle in on the Red River in what is today Manitoba, Canada. This colony is the Earl of Selkirk's dream and nightmare in one. Archibald McDonald goes head to head with the fur traders and eventually becomes one when he joins the Hudson's Bay Company. Here his life takes off into the western frontier. We follow his life to Astoria where he marries his short lived first wife, a daughter of the powerful Comconly of the Chinook tribe and father's Ranald MacDonald, who in his own time becomes the first Native American to live in Japan. Then Archibald moves up in the ranks passing through Fort Vancouver, Kamloops, Langley, Nisqually, and finally Fort Colvile leaving his mark on all. His numerous innovations and energy shapes and changes the Hudson's Bay Company and allowing it to expand and grow. He meats his second wife and stays married to her, rare for European fur traders, a part French and Native woman whom he truly loves and she bears him numerous children and becomes a respected lady in her time. Archibald provides well for his family and finally retires back to the Red River area on a he purchased and built called Glencoe House. He retires a leader in his community and respected adviser to the Canadian Government. Truly a remarkable man. Jean Murray Cole presents him in a fine light in with this smooth read and the tale never dulls. A great read.
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Posted in Biography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Arthur Yates. By Trafford Publishing.
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No comments about The Trooper: Memoirs of Arthur Yates, C.D., B.A., M.A. : The Period in and Around World War Two.
Posted in Biography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Donald R. Montgomery and Margaret Dowling. By Trafford Publishing.
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No comments about John Bruce, O.B.E. Journeyman Plumber.
Posted in Biography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by C. Gordon Winder. By Trafford Publishing.
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No comments about William Edmond Logan (1798-1875): Knighted Canadian Geologist.
Posted in Biography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Susan Hughes. By Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
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No comments about Lester B. Pearson (The Canadians).
Posted in Biography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Sylvie Frechette and Lilianne Lacroix. By Stoddart.
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2 comments about Gold at Last.
- This book brought me to tears while reading her thoughts and feelings on her fiancé's death. Sylvie is such a strong-willed person. She makes you wish that you had her amazing strength and courage.
- I found the story of Sylvie Frechette's childhood and young adult years in Quebec to be of some interest, but was greatly disappointed (as a former synchronized swimmer myself) that she dealt so little with the technical and training aspects of her sport.
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Posted in Biography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Garfield Thomas Ogilvie. By Penumbra Press.
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Posted in Biography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Janice Tait. By McGilligan Books.
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No comments about The Devil's Snare: A Year in Saigon.
Posted in Biography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Arthur C. Wolfe. By Janus Publishing Company.
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