Bond, Rebecca
Summary: "Inspired by the author's grandfather's experiences living in a lodge in the woods, a story of how people and animals survive a forest fire in a small Canadian town"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cumming Publishers 1980
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1 available in Genealogy Atlas Stand, Call number: R GEN 912.713 ILLSummary: Since its inception in 1893, Algonquin Park has meant many things to many people: to hundreds of thousands of people, in fact. But it is not easy for one writer either to explain the almost magical attraction that Algonquin has exerted on so many or to capture the spontaneous quality of this attraction. Instead, let us look at the personal impressions of thirty-two writers who, between 1824 and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Friends of Algonquin Park 1989
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Summary: Contains the history of villages, camps, and islands in the northeastern Georgian Bay area of Parry Sound District as well as brief family histories of the cottagers in the area. Covers such places as the French River mouth, Bustard Islands, Key Harbour, Key Junction, Pakesley, Ludgate, Britt and Byng Inlet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [W.A. Campbell] 1982
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.371 CampbellSullivan, Mark T.
Summary: "Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori are coming of age in Uganda in the 1990s. They are both outstanding students and good kids before they are kidnapped and forced into the fanatical Lord's Resistance Army. In a legion of young recruits, no one gets closer than Anthony to powerful messianic warlord Joseph Kony and his darkest secrets. To stay sane as he spirals through chaos, Anthony clings to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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Summary: Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CURQuigley, Kathleen.
Summary: The Summer Cottage captures the charm of island living and waterfront houses, featuring the cottages and summer estates of the Thousand Island region, an archipelago of nearly two thousand islands in the St. Lawrence River between the U.S. and Canadian borders of New York and Ontario. Stunning beauty and quiet majesty mark the landscape encompassing this mighty river and its forested islands,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.72 QUISivertson, Howard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Superior Port Cities 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.49 SIVKantar, Andrew.
Contents: The great November terror -- The sweetwater sea -- Death on Huron -- The Morrell's world -- Outward bound -- The witch of November -- Madness at sea -- Chaos! -- A nightmare without end -- Where is the Morrell? -- "Waiting to die" -- And the bodies keep coming -- Human wreckage -- Seeking answers -- Epilogue -- Morrell crew list.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 KANLee, Erika
Summary: "This book is a stirring account of the ordinary people and extraordinary acts that made Asian America and the young people who are remaking America today"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Century Co. 1933
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Summary: "A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mika Silk Screening 1972
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1 available in Genealogy Atlas Stand, Call number: R GEN 712.913 ILLSummary: Tom Bodett explores the trails that extended America's frontiers. He follows the footsteps and wagon ruts of rugged pioneers, dauntless homesteaders, reclusive mountain men, and stop-at-nothing gold hunters as they explored, settled, and worked the new land.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2002
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Reaman, George Elmore
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vaughan Township Historical Society 2004
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.3713 REAMason, Philip P. (Philip Parker)
Summary: History of life in Michigan during prohibition when seventy-five percent of the illegal liquor smuggled into the United States came across the Detroit River from Canada.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MIO 364.133 MASBarry, James P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boston Mills Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971.315 BARSummary: "From sunset at Stonehenge to the steps of the Forbidden City, see the wonders of the world and the people who built and used them brought back to life in stunning detail. Discover humanity's greatest monuments restored to their former glory in this guide to the wonders of the world. Incredible History: Wonders of the World turns back time to reveal realistic reconstructions of the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 722 BACHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Reveals what really happened when Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, embarked on a perilous quest through the untamed Oregon Trail to spread the word of the Bible to the Indians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WHIBrown, Monica
Summary: A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens." Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROCollins, Ailynn
Summary: "It is January 12, 1888, and you are caught by surprise by a powerful blizzard that sweeps across the Midwest. Dangerously cold temperatures, high winds, and deep snow make travel nearly impossible. Will you be able to find your way home through the storm after leaving school? Can you find your father after he becomes lost in the blinding snow? Will you be able to help your students find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanwell 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971.034 GOUMcDonnell, Michael A.
Summary: "A radical reinterpretation of early American history from a native point of view, centered on the Odawa tribe of Northern Michigan"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Native McDonnellCollins, Ailynn
Summary: "The date is April 18, 1906. The city of San Francisco has just been rocked and shaken by a huge earthquake. Even worse, the quake causes huge fires to break out across the city. Can you escape your damaged home before it collapses? Will you join the firefighters as they try to save the city from the devastating fires? Will you be accused of looting after helping a boy escape from some rubble?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022