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2007., Natural Heritage Books, A Member of The Dundurn Group Call No: SC 971.600491 C195a Edition: Second Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: This is the first fully documented and detailed account, produced in recent times, of one of the greatest early migrations of Scots to North America. The arrival of the Hector in 1773, with nearly 200 Scottish passengers, sparked a huge influx of Scots to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. Thousands of Scots, mainly from the Highlands and Islands, streamed into the province during the late 1700s and the first half of the nineteenth century. Lucille Campey traces the process of emigration and explains why Scots chose their different settlement locations in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. Much detailed information has been distilled to provide new insights on how, why and when the province came to acquire its distinctive Scottish communities. Challenging the widely held assumption that this was primarily a flight from poverty, After the Hector reveals how Scots were being influenced by positive factors, such as the opportunity for greater freedoms and better livelihoods. The suffering and turmoil of the later Highland Clearances have cast a long shadow over earlier events, creating a false impression that all emigration had been forced on people. Hard facts show that most emigration was voluntary, self-financed and pursued by people expecting to improve their economic prospects. A combination of push and pull factors brought Scots to Nova Scotia, laying down a rich and deep seam of Scottish culture that continues to flourish. Extensively documented with all known passenger lists and details of over three hundred ship crossings, this book tells their story. "The saga of the Scots who found a home away from home in Nova Scotia, told in a straightforward, un-embellished, no-nonsense style with some surprises along the way. This book contains much of vital interest to historians and genealogists." - Professor Edward J. Cowan, University of Glasgow "...a well-written, crisp narrative that provides a useful outline of the known Scottish settlements up to the middle of the 19th century...avoid[s] the sentimental 'victim & scapegoat approach' to the topic and instead has provided an account of the attractions and mechanisms of settlement...." - Professor Michael Vance, St. Mary's University, Halifax.
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2013., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: Bio H129a Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Chris Hadfield was selected by the Canadian Space Agency to be an astronaut in 1992. He was Chief of Robotics at the Johnson Space Center in Houston from 2003-2006, and in March 2013, he became the first Canadian Commander of the International Space Station where, while conducting a record-setting number of scientific experiments and overseeing an emergency spacewalk, he gained worldwide acclaim for his breathtaking photographs and educational videos about life in space. His YouTube music video, a zero-gravity version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity," has received millions of views"--Provided by publisher.
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2020., Baraka Books Call No: QWF 623.82 M313p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The Paddle Steamer Royal William, built in the Port of Quebec, steamed across the Atlantic from Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Portsmouth, England in 1833. That was the first transatlantic crossing under steam. Ships from the US and Holland have challenged her right to the title. This book shows that the PS Royal William's claim is valid.
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-- Tragedy of the MS St. Louis2016., General, Nimbus Publishing Call No: 940.5318 L418s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: On May 13, 1939, the eve of the Second World War, the MS St. Louis left port in Hamburg, Germany, headed for Havana, Cuba. Among the ship's passengers were more than six hundred Jews attempting to escape Nazi rule. But most of the visas the passengers had purchased turned out to be fake and after several days in limbo in Havana's harbour, the ship's captain turned back for Europe. Canadian and American activists petitioned their governments to accept the refugees on humanitarian grounds, but to no avail. On its return, the ship would distribute its passengers among European countries, and over the course of the war, an estimated 250 would die in the Nazi-run concentration camps. Illustrated with photos and sidebar features on the voyage, glimpses into the lives of passengers, a look at Canada<U+2019>s postwar refugee policy, and memorials dedicated to preserving the story of this tragic event in Canadian immigration history. Author Allison Lawlor worked as a reported for several daily papers in Ontario before moving to Nova Scotia in 2003. She lives in Prospect, Nova Scotia.
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By Lundahl, Bev2018., Your Nickel's Worth Publishing Call No: IND Bio L962l Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: “Dad, where did the crew get this thing?” I gasped. “It always perched up there, bolted to the crow’s nest in the mast,” he told me. “We never sailed without it.” Having entered service aboard HMCS Quesnel in June 1944, close to the end of the Second World War, Dad knew very little about the origin of the ship’s thunderbird mascot. And in the 1940s, he had not asked many questions about it. That it was an Indigenous carving was not a question, but the new millennium would be upon us before our perception began to crack and the significance of a First Nation carving turned World War II mascot became apparent. But what had happened to it at the end of the war? First Nations people have been telling their stories, waking many Canadians up to another reality in our country. Barriers are coming down as Indigenous peoples find their voices. It is the responsibility of all Canadians to listen to those voices and to hear what they are saying. Non-Indigenous Canadians who have discovered stories in their family’s history that relate to concerns of injustice, or of Truth and Reconciliation, also have a responsibility to tell their stories. The Thunderbird, the Quesnel & the Sea is one.
