Book Review: Catastrophe has a way of sidetracking even the wildest ambitions. Thanks to a massive fire in June 1877 that charred nearly half the city, Saint John’s cosmopolitan dreams were dashed and replaced by a fight for its very survival.
Book Review: The Great War of 1914 to 1918 continues to haunt Canadians more than one hundred years later, but it’s the stories of individuals, their personal struggles and strains, that help us to better connect with the people and events of that time. This fine book chronicles a four-legged hero — a purebred spitz named Muggins.
Book Review: In Aboriginal Rights Claims and the Making and Remaking of History, Ray presents a comparative study of the use of historical evidence in court proceedings regarding Aboriginal rights and treaty claims in Canada and other countries.
Book Review: At the heart of this book are nine personalities who, in Gray’s opinion, had an outsized impact on Canadian values and consciousness, though not all are at the top of our history who’s who.