Download or read book A Boy from Botwood written by Bryan Davies and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-01-21 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newfoundlander Arthur Manuel’s retelling of his harrowing First World War experiences are raw and real. Painstakingly researched after the long-hidden manuscript’s discovery by Bryan Davies and Andrew Traficante, this is an account without parallel in the Canadian experience of the Great War.
Download or read book A Boy from Botwood written by Bryan Davies and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-01-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A proud Newfoundland soldier’s memoir gives unprecedented details of life as a German POW during the First World War. I’m going to tell my story. With those words, eighty-three-year-old Arthur Manuel set his remarkable First World War memoir in motion. Like many Great War veterans, Manuel had never discussed his wartime life with anyone. Hidden in the Manuel family records until its 2011 discovery by his grandson David Manuel, Arthur’s story is now brought to new life. Determined to escape his impoverished rural Newfoundland existence, he enlisted with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in late 1914. His harrowing accounts of life under fire span the Allies’ ill-fated 1915 Gallipoli campaign, the Regiment’s 1916 near-destruction at Beaumont-Hamel, and his 1917 Passchendaele battlefield capture. Manuel’s account of his seventeen-month POW experience, including his nearly successful escape from a German forced labour camp, provides unique, compelling Great War insights. Powerful memories undimmed by age shine through Manuel’s lucid prose. His visceral hatred of war, and of the leaders on both sides who permitted such senseless carnage to continue, is ferocious yet tempered by Manuel’s powerful affection for common soldiers like himself, German and Allied alike. This poignant, angry, witty, and provocative account rings true like no other.
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Directory of Associations in Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 1292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Golden Bridge written by Marjorie Kohli and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To thousands of young people, emigration has been the golden bridge by which they have passed from an apparently hopeless childhood to lives of useful service and assured comfort, in this new land." - Mr. G. Bogue Smart, Inspector of British Immigrant Children and Receiving Homes, 1915 Many thousands of Canadians are descended from young immigrants transported to Canada from 1833 to 1939. Author Marjorie Kohli has meticulously documented the incredible story of the removal of thousands of "waifs and strays" and young men and women, primarily from the UK and Ireland. They braved the perilous voyage to an unknown future in Canada, ultimately being placed throughout the Maritimes, Ontario, Quebec and westward as far as British Columbia. The most comprehensive resource of its kind, The Golden Bridge promises to be an indispensable tool for family researchers with a "home child" ancestor, and of interest to those unfamiliar with this aspect of Canadian history. This extensively researched book incorporates background detail on agencies and key organizers such as Maria Rye, Annie Macpherson, Thomas Barnardo and William Quarrier, along with lesser knowns including Ellinor Close and Charles Young. Marjorie Kohli is well known for her years of active involvement with juvenile and child migration issues. Supported by charts, passenger lists and archival visuals, The Golden Bridge is a must-read for genealogists and history buffs alike.
Download or read book Boys Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1938-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Download or read book The Cambridge Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 1-26 include a supplement: The University pulpit, vols. [1]-26, no. 1-661, which has separate pagination but is indexed in the main vol.
Download or read book The Wharncliffe Companion to Ipswich written by Robert Malster and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2005-04-30 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion to the history of Ipswich will prove and indispensable guide for residents and visitors alike to the past and present of a town that in the 2000 celebrated the 800th anniversary of its first charter. Essential information on people who have played key roles in the story, on the streets and lanes, and on events that have occurred over the centuries are to be found here, presented in a convenient A to Z format. The events range from the presentation of King John's charter to the lighting of the fist gas jet with a pound note, and from the Danish takeover of the town in the ninth century to Ipswich Town's FA Cup victory in 1978. The book will answer many of the questions so often asked: where was the castle? who were the bailiffs who ruled the town for more than 600 years? what were the Cold Dunghills? when did Ipswich Town Football Club turn professional? how did Ipswich Witches come to ride at Foxhall?
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Download or read book The Journal of Oliver Rouse Anglican Missionary in Newfoundland September 1846 to May 1850 written by Oliver Rouse and published by Madison, Wis. : J.C. Street. This book was released on 1983 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anglican missionary (and later priest) Oliver Rouse began this journal on a voyage from Newfoundland to England in 1846, and continued to write entries until there were no pages left on which to write, completing it in 1850. Oliver Rouse began his career as a missionary in Newfoundland, and was ordained an Anglican priest shortly after the completion of this journal in 1850. The journal entries written on Rouse's return to Newfoundland paint a clear picture of outport life. Having extensively researched the life of Oliver Rouse, his great grandfather, the editor Street has also added histories of both the Rouse family and that of Oliver's wife's family, the Damerels, including ancestors and descendants.
Download or read book Containing a Calendar and Nautical Intelligence for the Year Authentic and Valuable Information Relating to Public Offices in Situations Banks written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Between Damnation and Starvation written by John P. Greene and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2001-05-07 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997 the Canadian constitution was amended to remove the denominational rights of Newfoundland churches regarding education, erasing the last vestiges of a uniquely organized society. Until the 1950s and 1960s Newfoundland had been characterized by an electoral map drawn to denominational specifications, cabinet and civil service positions allocated on a per capita sectarian basis, and government expenditures divided according to denominational proportions of the total population. While some scholars have focused on various aspects of the denominational origins of the education system, and others have revealed the influence of religion on the electoral results of the pre-1864 period, the complete story has never been told. In Between Damnation and Starvation John Greene presents a first time, far-reaching analysis of the origins and evolution of developments in both religion and politics in Newfoundland. He reveals the full details of political struggles, presenting them against the background of the historical evolution of churches in the century prior to the granting of representative institutions. Between Damnation and Starvation provides a comprehensive treatment of a complex subject, taking into account the social, economic, and political developments of the entire period. John P. Greene is a writer and researcher living in Newfoundland.
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Download or read book Out Here written by Melvin Baker and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vice Admiral Sir Humphrey Thomas Walwyn (1879–1957) was the British-appointed governor of Newfoundland from 1936 to 1946 – a period of remarkable change that would culminate in Newfoundland’s union with Canada in 1949. Assembling records from the British national archives and the provincial archives in Newfoundland and Labrador, Out Here presents readers with Walwyn’s quarterly reports to the secretary of state for dominion affairs in London throughout his tenure as governor. Walwyn’s position offered him a unique vantage point on the political and economic situation in Newfoundland throughout this tumultuous period. His reports bear witness to profound change, chronicling the economic downturn experienced in the final years of the Great Depression, followed by the unprecedented prosperity sparked by the Second World War that set the stage for debates over governance and for significant constitutional advance. The detailed accounts of Walwyn’s daily life in Newfoundland feature rich descriptions of capital city, company town, and outport mores; they paint a picture of coastal life in the mid-twentieth century and introduce the wide array of characters the governor encountered. Throughout, the candid insider accounts of Governor Walwyn are augmented by expert historical context and illustrated with a generous selection of contemporary photographs. As a whole, Out Here stands as an invaluable primary-source record and an important trove of information on wartime experiences in Atlantic Canada.
Download or read book Geographical Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
