This popular history of the War of 1812 is generously illustrated with archival images as well as with colour photography taken at historical sites fromthe war. |
A full-colour illustrated history of cars, car-makers, and the impact of cars on Canadian society, with historic images of museum vintage cars, and advertising. |
Telling Toronto's story from the final retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet to today's metropolis, a team of expert authors brings beautiful illustrations and fascinating, fresh perspectives together in this new natural, archaeological, and social history. |
This engaging social history explores the methods, tools, and patterns used by early immigrants to create their homemade textiles and offers striking examples of clothing, quilts, and coverlets. |
A colourful and fascinating story of the men who worked in eastern Canada's early forest industry with many colour and black and white illustrations and photographs from leading historic sites in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, this book is a very human history of almost legendary figures. |
The story of the early presses and colourful figures behind the fight for editorial freedom in Canada. |
A Heritage of StoneBuildings of Niagara, St. Catharines, the Hamilton Escarpment, Paris, Cambridge, Waterloo County, Guelph, Fergus and Elora and St. MarysBy Nina ChappleA Heritage of Stone offers a fascinating new perspective on the histories of many leading communities of south-western Ontario. It celebrates the many fine stone buildings which are the pride of these cities and towns. |
Hearth and Home is a social history that evokes the sights, smells, and tastes of historic kitchens and tells the story of the women who tended the fire to nourish their families or feed a hungry fortful. |
Hamilton's Hockey Tigers is the colourful story of the only NHL team ever to go on strike. The game of hockey in Hamilton -- and the NHL -- was forever changed. |
With a rich collection of paintings, photographs, and other illustrations from museums and archives across Ontario, Steamboats on the Lakes tells the unique story of the boats, the dangerous waters they plied, and the daring entrepreneurs and hardy sailors who navigated the many rough and glorious passages of the steamships' heyday. |