In 1892, in the town of Meaford, Ontario, Margaret Marshall Saunders was introduced to Beautiful Joe -a mongrel dog that had been cruelly mutilated by its owner. The author was inspired to write this true story to emphasize the plight of domestic animals everywhere. Upon publication, Beautiful Joe quickly became a Canadian classic, enchanting readers of all ages. Although Margaret Saunders relocated Beautiful Joe to a fictional town in Maine, readers know the story is actually based in Meaford, where a park and monument have been dedicated to the dog's memory.
Rose of Acadia is a passionate story about the legacy of the past--personal and historical--and how it shapes lives in the present. Driven by his great-grandfather's vow to make amends to the descendants of one wronged Acadian, Vesper Nimmo sets out from Boston for Nova Scotia's French Shore, one hundred and fifty years after the Acadian Deportation. There he finds his own "Evangeline"--the beautiful Rose à Charlitte--but discovers they cannot be together until both are freed from the burdens of the past. Rose of Acadia is a moving story of how the past can be redeemed by action in the present. A Formac Fiction Treasures series title.
Tilda Jane is a rambunctious orphan in search of a home, fleeing the orphanage that won't allow her to keep her rescued dog. Her independence and strong will bring her trouble and adventures that straddle the Canadian-American border. Ultimately, she arrives in Ciscasset, Maine, to work for the elderly, irritable Hank Dillson. Tilda Jane is a compelling story of self-discovery by Marshall Saunders, an author renowned for her commitment to a better life for children and animals. Published before L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, these fictional orphans are both on a quest to find a home.
La vera Bela 'Joe' ( Ĝo ) estis mezgranda, bruna kaj miksrasa hundo. Li estis origine posedata de viraĉo de la urbo Meaford, en Ontario, Kanado, kiu kruele misuzis lin kaj eĉ fortranĉis liajn orelojn kaj voston. Walter Moore savis la hundon en 1890 de probabla morto, perforta kaj dolora. En 1892, Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947), unue eksciis pri 'Bela JOE' kiam ŝi vizitis sian fraton kaj lian edzinon, Louise Moore. Saunders estis tiel kortuŝata de la parola informo pri Joe, ke ŝi decidis verki longan rakonton en formo de aŭtobiografio. Ŝi volis ke 'Bela Joe' rakontu kortuŝe siajn vivospertojn per sia propra hunda voĉo. Kiam ŝi legis pri literatura konkurso de la 'Usona Humana Eduka Societo', Marshal Saunders alilokigis la lokon de la rakonto al la usona ŝtato Maine ( Mejn ) kaj ŝanĝis la nomon de la familio de Moore al Morris. La romano gajnis la unuan lokon kaj estis eldonita en 1893 kiam alia rakonto el vidpunkto de besto 'Nigra Belulino' ( Black Beauty ) de Anna Sewell jam fariĝis klasika verko kiu simile permesis al la leganto eniri la menson de la besto kaj senti pli da simpatio ol priskribo prezentita laŭ rekta dokumenta maniero. Ĝis 1900, pli ol 800,000 vendiĝis en Usono, 40,000 en Kanado kaj 100,000 en Britio.
One of the first animal viewpoint novels published in North America, Margaret Marshall Saunders’s Beautiful Joe tells the story of an abused dog and his rescue by a humane family. The novel, based on the true story of a dog in the author’s home province of Ontario, fuelled humane sentiments worldwide. This annotated, illustrated edition draws on archival collections to trace the novel’s impact on the nineteenth-century animal protection movement. The introduction also highlights some of the important social issues surrounding the substantive revisions and omissions in ensuing editions of the text. The historical appendices place the novel in its rich milieu as an international bestseller that taught a generation of children to practice kindness towards animals. Documents include animal training manuals, lesson plans for teaching humane education, legal records of prosecutions for cruelty, and contemporary writings on the psychology of pet-keeping.
La vera Bela 'Joe' ( Ĝo ) estis mezgranda, bruna kaj miksrasa hundo. Li estis origine posedata de viraĉo de la urbo Meaford, en Ontario, Kanado, kiu kruele misuzis lin kaj eĉ fortranĉis liajn orelojn kaj voston. Walter Moore savis la hundon en 1890 de probabla morto, perforta kaj dolora. En 1892, Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947), unue eksciis pri 'Bela JOE' kiam ŝi vizitis sian fraton kaj lian edzinon, Louise Moore. Saunders estis tiel kortuŝata de la parola informo pri Joe, ke ŝi decidis verki longan rakonton en formo de aŭtobiografio. Ŝi volis ke 'Bela Joe' rakontu kortuŝe siajn vivospertojn per sia propra hunda voĉo. Kiam ŝi legis pri literatura konkurso de la 'Usona Humana Eduka Societo', Marshal Saunders alilokigis la lokon de la rakonto al la usona ŝtato Maine ( Mejn ) kaj ŝanĝis la nomon de la familio de Moore al Morris. La romano gajnis la unuan lokon kaj estis eldonita en 1893 kiam alia rakonto el vidpunkto de besto 'Nigra Belulino' ( Black Beauty ) de Anna Sewell jam fariĝis klasika verko kiu simile permesis al la leganto eniri la menson de la besto kaj senti pli da simpatio ol priskribo prezentita laŭ rekta dokumenta maniero. Ĝis 1900, pli ol 800,000 vendiĝis en Usono, 40,000 en Kanado kaj 100,000 en Britio.
Margaret Conrad's history of Canada begins with a challenge to its readers. What is Canada? What makes up this diverse, complex and often contested nation-state? What was its founding moment? And who are its people? Drawing on her many years of experience as a scholar, writer and teacher of Canadian history, Conrad offers astute answers to these difficult questions. Beginning in Canada's deep past with the arrival of its Aboriginal peoples, she traces its history through the conquest by Europeans, the American Revolutionary War and the industrialization of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to its prosperous present. Despite its successes and its popularity as a destination for immigrants from across the world, Canada remains a curiously reluctant player on the international stage. This intelligent, concise and lucid book explains just why that is.
Designed to accompany the two-volume History of the Canadian Peoples and the one-volume synthesis, Canada: A National History. This book can also supplement any survey of Canadian history text or serve as a stand-alone text. Nation and Society: Readings in Post-Confederation Canadian History offers students a sample of some of the best recent scholarship on the history of Canada since Confederation. The readings are grouped in a combination of time periods and themes that are commonly used in studies of the post-Confederation period: "Inventing Canada, 1867-1914"; "Economy and Society in the Industrial Age, 1867-1918"; "Transitional Years: Canada 1919-1945"; "Reinventing Canada, 1945-1975"; and "Post-Modern Canada.
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