Author : John Pateman
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 33,36 MB
Release : 2014-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1312721308
This is the story of the men from Thunder Bay (formerly Port Arthur and Fort William) who died in the First and Second World Wars and are buried in five local cemeteries.
Author : Michel S. Beaulieu
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 37,43 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Thunder Bay (Ont.)
ISBN : 9780920119846
Thunder Bay and the First World War, 1914- 1919 is a narrative history shaped, in large part, by what remains of the voices of those from the period—the letters and correspondence produced by soldiers, nurses, governments, organizations, and families. Their stories are augmented, particularly on the home front, by the remaining archival records. The book seeks to understand the role the region and its people played during the war in a broader context and, for better and for worse, why and how they fought, how they addressed the problems the war created, where they differed from elsewhere in Canada, and what impacts the conflict had on their community and their lives. It is the story of a community at war.--Page [4] of cover.
Author : James Campi
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,63 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Historic sites
ISBN : 9781607105831
"Completely updated and revised"--Jacket.
Author : Editors of Thunder Bay Press
Publisher : Thunder Bay Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,54 MB
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781684129362
Build models of 25 iconic military vehicles—and learn the history of their development and usage on the battlefield. From World War I to the present day, Military Vehicles: A Complete History casts a spotlight on some of the world’s most iconic tanks, airplanes, and ships. The 2-in-1 format includes a reference section with information on each vehicle’s development and usage, while the detachable model pages include press-out cardstock pieces and instructions for assembling 25 detailed models. Military history enthusiasts will find many hours of enjoyment in this interactive and informative book.
Author : William Samuel Piper
Publisher : New York : The Knickerbocker Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 22,50 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
We are just beginning to realize the charm and importance of Indian legends. "Too late, perhaps," wrote W.S. Piper when he first published this book in 1924, as many of the old-time Ojibways, who translated freely, had passed away. By pen and camera the author tried to preserve some of the stories told to him years ago by his Indian friends, Chief Skeet, Luke Bushy, Chief Penassie, Chief Blackstone, and Joe Turtle, among others. There is an unmistakable fascination about Indian legends which is greatly increased when they are heard amidst the surroundings that gave them birth.--Thunder Bay Historical Socierty website
Author : Ernest Robert Zimmermann
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 27,67 MB
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1772120316
An in-depth history of one of Canada’s World War II internment camps that held both Nazis and anti-Nazis alike. For eighteen months during the Second World War, the Canadian military interned 1,145 prisoners of war in Red Rock, Ontario (about 100 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay). Camp R interned friend and foe alike: Nazis, anti-Nazis, Jews, soldiers, merchant seamen, and refugees whom Britain feared might comprise Hitler’s rumoured “fifth column” of alien enemies residing within the Commonwealth. For the first time and in riveting detail, the author illuminates the conditions in one of Canada’s forgotten POW camps. Backed by interviews and meticulous archival research, Zimmermann fleshes out this rich history in an accessible, lively manner. The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior will captivate military and political historians as well as non-specialists interested in the history of POWs and internment in Canada. “Most of us have an image of what prisoner of war camps looked like, either from documentary footage about Nazi POW camps, or feature films about World War II, or television situation comedies. The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior shatters all of those stereotypes and, through diligent assembly of public records, multiple library archives and personal interviews, gives us an in-depth picture of a Canadian internment camp. All of this is skillfully organized in a reader-friendly, chronological way.” —Michael Sabota, Chronicle Journal “The study shines light on the lesser-known Canadian prisoner of war (POW) camps in World War II. In this well-researched study, Zimmermann describes not only Camp R, but the inmates, guards, military command structure, politicians, and general political environment in Canada and Britain. . . . The work is easy to read and deftly supported by a broad array of sources. Zimmermann’s analysis encompasses Canadian and British history. . . . The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior sets a high standard for future research into civilian internment camps.” —Anna Marie Anderson, The Journal of Military History
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Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 18,10 MB
Release : 1996
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Brian D. McInnes
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 40,99 MB
Release : 2016-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0887555225
Francis Pegahmagabow (1889–1952), a member of the Ojibwe nation, was born in Shawanaga, Ontario. Enlisting at the onset of the First World War, he became the most decorated Canadian Indigenous soldier for bravery and the most accomplished sniper in North American military history. After the war, Pegahmagabow settled in Wasauksing, Ontario. He served his community as both chief and councillor and belonged to the Brotherhood of Canadian Indians, an early national Indigenous political organization. Francis proudly served a term as Supreme Chief of the National Indian Government, retiring from office in 1950. Francis Pegahmagabow’s stories describe many parts of his life and are characterized by classic Ojibwe narrative. They reveal aspects of Francis’s Anishinaabe life and worldview. Interceding chapters by Brian McInnes provide valuable cultural, spiritual, linguistic, and historic insights that give a greater context and application for Francis’s words and world. Presented in their original Ojibwe as well as in English translation, the stories also reveal a rich and evocative relationship to the lands and waters of Georgian Bay. In Sounding Thunder, Brian McInnes provides new perspective on Pegahmagabow and his experience through a unique synthesis of Ojibwe oral history, historical record, and Pegahmagabow family stories.
Author : Daniel L Schafer
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,38 MB
Release : 2010-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0813047021
When the Civil War finally came to North Florida, it did so with an intermittent fury that destroyed much of Jacksonville and scattered its residents. The city was taken four separate times by Federal forces but abandoned after each of the first three occupations. During the fourth occupation, it was used as a staging ground for the ill-fated Union invasion of the Florida interior, which ended in the bloody Battle of Olustee in February 1864. This late Confederate victory, along with the deadly use of underwater mines against the U.S. Navy along the St. Johns, nearly succeeded in ending the fourth Union occupation of Jacksonville. Writing in clear, engaging prose, Daniel Schafer sheds light on this oft-forgotten theatre of war and details the dynamic racial and cultural factors that led to Florida’s engagement on behalf of the South. He investigates how fears about the black population increased and held sway over whites, seeking out the true motives behind both the state and federal initiatives that drove freed blacks from the cities back to the plantations even before the war's end. From the Missouri Compromise to Reconstruction, Thunder on the River offers the history of a city and a region precariously situated as a major center of commerce on the brink of frontier Florida. Historians and Civil War aficionados alike will not want to miss this important addition to the literature.
Author : United States. War Department
Publisher :
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 28,27 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Harbors
ISBN :
