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"Your Loving Son"

Letters of an RCAF Navigator

By: George McCowan King,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center

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"Your Loving Son"

Letters of an RCAF Navigator

By: George McCowan King,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center

This book is a compilation of various sources that form a coherent narrative that leads up to, documents, and explores the repercussions of the death of George McCowan King, a navigator in the Royal Canadian Air Force who was shot down over Germany on September 22, 1943. Focussing on the period from late 1942 to the end of the war, but extending even into the 1990s, the voices that combine to tell the story of the navigator's life and death include his letters, the letters of other family members, correspondence with families of other servicemen & friends, diary & logbook entries, and official government missives concerning the circumstances of the death and the naming of King Creek in northern Saskatchewan.

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228

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University of Regina Press

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ISBN 10

0889771499

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9780889771499

Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!

By: George C. Rable

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Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!

By: George C. Rable

During the battle of Gettysburg, as Union troops along Cemetery Ridge rebuffed Pickett's Charge, they were heard to shout, "Give them Fredericksburg!" Their cries reverberated from a clash that, although fought some six months earlier, clearly loomed large in the minds of Civil War soldiers. Fought on December 13, 1862, the battle of Fredericksburg ended in a stunning defeat for the Union. Confederate general Robert E. Lee suffered roughly 5,000 casualties but inflicted more than twice that many losses--nearly 13,000--on his opponent, General Ambrose Burnside. As news of the Union loss traveled north, it spread a wave of public despair that extended all the way to President Lincoln. In the beleaguered Confederacy, the southern victory bolstered flagging hopes, as Lee and his men began to take on an aura of invincibility. George Rable offers a gripping account of the battle of Fredericksburg and places the campaign within its broader political, social, and military context. Blending battlefield and home front history, he not only addresses questions of strategy and tactics but also explores material conditions in camp, the rhythms and disruptions of military life, and the enduring effects of the carnage on survivors--both civilian and military--on both sides.

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688

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807867934

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9780807867938

By: Gordon Pinsent,George Anthony

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By: Gordon Pinsent,George Anthony

One of the great Canadian actors of his generation, Gordon Pinsent has worked in theatre, and on film and television, for more than six decades. In this compelling and candid, engaging and entertaining memoir, Pinsent shares career highlights - including roles in Quentin Durgens, M.P., The Rowdyman, John and the Missus, Due South, and Away from Her - and explains why, at the age of eighty-two, he needs to keep performing. Pinsent also writes openly about his personal life, including growing up in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, his struggle with anxiety, the challenges of being a sometimes-absentee father to his three children, and his forty-year love affair with the acclaimed actress Charmion King.

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402

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McClelland & Stewart

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ISBN 10

0771069197

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9780771069192

African Abolitionist T. J. Alexander on the Ohio and Indiana Underground Railroads

By: Paula D. Royster,Gregory M. George

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African Abolitionist T. J. Alexander on the Ohio and Indiana Underground Railroads

By: Paula D. Royster,Gregory M. George

This book examines Thornton J. Alexander, who was a station manager and conductor on the Underground Railroad in Ohio and Indiana. The authors examine how his formative years into adulthood was spent in bondage until he was emancipated in 1816, and how he then purchased land in Ohio and Indiana to facilitate his clandestine emancipation work.

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218

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793653488

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9781793653482

Frommer's City Guide to Toronto, 1996-1997

By: George McDonald,Marilyn Wood

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Frommer's City Guide to Toronto, 1996-1997

By: George McDonald,Marilyn Wood

This guide to Toronto is one of the Frommer city guides which offer value-conscious recommendations on hotels, restaurants and sightseeing.

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248

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Frommer's

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0028608925

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9780028608921

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"Your Loving Son"

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Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!

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