Bill Freeman
BILL FREEMAN is an award-winning historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Among his previous publications are Far from Home: Canadians in the First World War, which he co-authored with Richard Nielsen; A Magical Place: Toronto Island and Its People, winner of a Certificate of Commendation from Heritage Toronto in 2000; Casa Loma: Toronto's Fairy-Tale Castle and Its Owner Sir Henry Pellatt, which received the Heritage Toronto Award of Merit in 1999; Their Town: The Mafia, the Media and the Party Machine, a study of political power in Hamilton co-authored with Marsha Hewitt; and 1005: Political Life in a Union Local. Bill Freeman is also a popular children's author who has won the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for "a body of work" and a Canada Council Award for Juvenile Literature.
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Casa LomaCanada's Fairy-Tale Castle and Its Owner, Sir Henry PellattBy Bill Freeman, Photographs by Vincenzo PietropaoloThe fascinating story of industrialist Sir Henry Pellatt and his lavish Toronto home |
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Hamilton: A People's History is lavishly illustrated with over 200 contemporary and archival images. The narrative and visuals together provide a vivid portrait of one of Ontario's most prosperous and appealing cities. |
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The year is 1877. Jamie and Kate Bains are ready to help their friend, North West Mounted Police constable Patrick McNeil, drive a herd of cattle north to the foothills country of Canada. |
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The year is 1877. Jamie and Kate Bains are ready to help their friend, North West Mounted Police constable Patrick McNeil, drive a herd of cattle north to the foothills country of Canada. |
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A Magical Place is a celebration of Toronto Island--and islanders--past and present. It highlights important moments in island history and offers an appealing selection of archival and contemporary images. |
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In this story, Jamie and Kate Bains accompany their Assiniboine friend, Black Eagle, on a dangerous mission into Sioux country. |
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In this story, Jamie and Kate Bains accompany their Assiniboine friend, Black Eagle, on a dangerous mission into Sioux country. |
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In the spring of 1873, Meg and John Bains are ready to return home from a winter working in a lumber camp when they are lured into a trap and shanghaied as crew on a leaky old square-rigged sailing ship in Quebec City. |
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Prarie Fire is an exciting adventure story as well as a fascinating account of what homesteading was like in the 1870s. |
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Prarie Fire is an exciting adventure story as well as a fascinating account of what homesteading was like in the 1870s. |
Titles
Author on:1005: Political Life in a Union
1005: Political Life in a Union
Ambush in the Foothills
Ambush in the Foothills
Casa Loma - Canada's Fairy-Tale Castle and Its Owner, Sir Henry Pellatt
Casa Loma - Canada's Fairy-Tale Castle and Its Owner, Sir Henry Pellatt
Casa Loma - Toronto's Fairy-Tale Castle and its Owner, Sir Henry Pellatt
Cedric and the North End Kids
Cedric and the North End Kids
Danger on the Tracks
Danger on the Tracks
First Spring on the Grand Banks
First Spring on the Grand Banks
Hamilton - A People's History
Hamilton - A People's History
Harbour Thieves
Harbour Thieves
The Last Voyage of the Scotian
The Last Voyage of the Scotian
The Last Voyage of the Scotian
A Magical Place - Toronto Island and Its People
Prairie Fire !
Prairie Fire!
Shantymen of Cache Lake
Shantymen of Cache Lake
Sioux Winter
Sioux Winter
Their Town - The Mafia, the Media and the Party Machine
Trouble at Lachine Mill
Trouble at Lachine Mill
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Their Town - The Mafia, the Media and the Party Machine
