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-- Flint and feather2002., HarperFlamingo Canada Call No: Bio J66g Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2013., Adult, HarperCollins Call No: Bio D261g Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Explores the 1915 murder of Charles "Bert" Massey, a member of one of Canada's wealthiest families and the trial of Carrie Davies, an eighteen-year-old penniless domestic servant who quickly confessed to the crime.
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2019., HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Call No: Bio O11g Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library Summary Note: On an island paradise in 1943, Sir Harry Oakes, gold mining tycoon, philanthropist and "richest man in the Empire," was murdered. The news of his death surged across the English-speaking world, from London, the Imperial centre, to the remote Canadian mining town of Kirkland Lake, in the Northern Ontario bush. The murder became celebrated as "the crime of the century." The layers of mystery deepened as the involvement of Oakes' son-in-law, Count Alfred de Marigny, came quickly to be questioned, as did the odd machinations of the Governor of the Bahamas, the former King Edward VIII. Despite a sensational trial, no murderer was ever convicted. Rumours were unrelenting about Oakes' missing fortune, and fascination with the Oakes story has persisted for decades. Award-winning biographer and popular historian Charlotte Gray explores, for the first time, the life of the man behind the scandal, a man who was both reviled and admired - from his early, hardscrabble days of mining exploration, to his explosion of wealth, to his grandiose gestures of philanthropy. And Gray brings fresh eyes to the bungled investigation and shocking trial in the remote colonial island streets, proposing an overlooked suspect in this long cold case. Murdered Midas is the story of the man behind the newspaper headlines, who, despite his wealth and position, was never able to have justice.
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c2004., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: 971 G778m Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Artifacts, art, maps, and photographs illustrating the history of Canada from prehistoric times to the present, selected by Sara Angel.
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2008., Penguin Group Call No: Bio M1286g Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary Canadians.
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2016., Adult, Simon & Schuster Canada Call No: 971 G778p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "What it means to be Canadian. Charlotte Gray weaves together masterful portraits of nine influential Canadians, creating a unique history of the country over the past 150 years. What do these people - from George-Étienne Cartier and Emily Carr to Tommy Douglas, Margaret Atwood, and Elijah Harper - have in common? Each, according to Charlotte Gray, has left an indelible mark on our country. Gray has chosen people whose ideas have caught her imagination, ideas that over time have become part of our collective conversation. She also highlights many other Canadians, past and present, who have added to the ongoing debate over how we see ourselves, arguing that Canada has constantly reimagined itself in every generation since 1867. Illustrated with evocative black and white images and colourful artistic visions of our country, The Promise of Canada is a fresh take on our history that offers fascinating insights into how we have matured and yet how - 150 years after Confederation and beyond - we are still a people in progress. Biographer and historian Charlotte Gray is the author of Mrs. King, Sisters in the Wilderness, The Massey Murder, The Museum Called Canada, and Canada: A Portrait in Letters"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Alexander Graham Bell and the passion for invention.c2006., HarperCollins Publishers Call No: SC Bio B433g Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Summary Note: "Behind the popular image of Alexander Graham Bell - as an elderly American patriarch known for his paunch, his Santa Claus beard, and the telephone - there is a driven, fiercely individualistic, passionate inventor whose private life was anchored by one great love and whose unruly mind ranged over some of the key scientific and technological problems of his age. In this reassessment, the first major biography on Bell in thirty years, award-winning biographer Charlotte Gray goes beyond the popular image to reveal the man behind the genius whose innovations helped revolutionize the modern world.".
