Search Results: history/genealogy from Farrellbooks

Los Angeles Ca.: Pinnacle Books, 1977. Cover shows wear, pages tanned, a good reading copy. Clyde Sherrill carried a grudge against the citizens of Borderville.... Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Western.

Sydney N.S.: University College of Cape Breton, 1997. Pages white and tight to spine, many b/w sketches of people in this book that gave the author information on the cod fishery in particular. Suitable as a history or geneology collector. One sunny afternoon as Tom Roach sketched at Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, he heard a man on the wharf yell to a man in a boat. "Arn?" The reply was "Narn!" Are there any? No, there aren't! Author has inscribed the book.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 10x7". History/genealogy.

Inverness, N.S.: Cecibu, 1990. Lightly read book. Comments appeared in Inverness Oran from 1976 to 1989.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6x9". History/genealogy.

Windsor, N.S.: Lancelot Press, 1972. Pages white and tight to spine. Book signed by author. A number of topics are included in the contents that make enjoyable reading for the historian and genealogy collector. Stories of people, places and events on schooners, harbours and on land.... Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 6-1/4x4-1/4".

Toronto, On: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1972. The spell of the sea will be on you as you read this finely illustrated story; discovery of a fishing village on the Cabot Trail. The author lived with the people of Ingonish and area to learn how they lived, and experience a little of what they experience. She listened to the codfishermen, to the children on the wharf, to the sound of the sea and the gulls. It is history of that particular time. Some light edgewear, square book, no marks or names.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6x9". History/genealogy.

Wreck Cove, Cape Breton: Breton Books, 1991. New Book, appears unread! Two Great shipwreck narratives, with notes on the Acadians who cared for the survivors (Samuel Burrows' Narrative of Shipwreck on the Cheticamp Coast, 1823) (Ensign Prenties; Narrative, 1780 edited with an Historical setting and notes) These are true first person accounts.. Soft Cover. Fine/8-1/2x5-1/2. History/genealogy.

Cranbrook, BC: Rocky Mountain Printing, 1972. Third printing includes Fort Steele, frontier mining town North West Mounted Police Post in 1887. A collection of items of historical interest gleaned from old files of early district newspapers and other sources, telling of some of the more important events and people of the early days in the area.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6x9". History/genealogy.

New Brunswick, Canada: Queens County Historical Society, 1988. Light edgewear o/w fine collectible book for the genealogist and historian of New Brunswick history. Inscription by the author on inside leaf. There is a family genealogy on page 59. beginning with William Crawford born 1821 married Charlotte Brown 1853. There is also a large list of people that Samuel Crawford mentions in his diary.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Myra D'Aoust & Cheryl Bogart Dykeman. 11x8-1/2". History/genealogy.

Hantsport, N.S.: Lancelot Press, 1989. Previous owner's name on inside leaf, book in collectible condition. the members of the history club gathered the information contained within from the Nova scotia archives, newspaper clippings information lent to us from interested persons and interviews with former and present citizens of the two communities.... First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/ 6x9". History/genealogy.

Toronto: Doubleday Canada Ltd, 1974. Edgewear on book and crease in top right hand corner of front cover. Edges tanned, pages tight to spine with b/w photos. More than an adventure story, "Death on Ice" is the tale of an atrocity brought about by inhuman Labour conditions. Book appeals to many kinds of readers: historian, student, fishermen etc. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 7-1/2x5". History/genealogy.

Sydney, N.S.: Breton Books, 2000. New Book! Unread! Here is the story of Cape Breton from its days as an independent colony to its annexation to mainland Nova Scotia, the struggle for separation- and the upheaval of the famine that reshaped the island's life. Through essays, talks and generous conversations, popular historian and archivist Robert Morgan keeps early Cape Breton brisk and alive... Ideal book for the historian, genealogist and uprooted Nova Scotians.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 9x6". History/genealogy.

Wreck Cove, Cape Breton, N.S.: Breton Books, 1992. Very minor edgewear on bottom corner o/w fine book. Pages white and clean. Unmarked book. Collectible condition. Find information on Industrial Cape Breton 1920's, Echoes of World War One; autobiography and other writings. This book is an expanded version of a 1977 Echoes from labor's Wars.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/9-5x1/4".These are songs of rebellion, indignation, hatred of oppression, full of humour, courage and love of honest work, songs sung in direct and robust language...

Coleraine U.K.: Coleraine Printing Company, 1994. James Mayes was born at Finvoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1904, the son of Alex and Ellen Mayes, who were of hardy farming stock. In 1923, James, then a youth of 19, knew within his heart that somewhere in the world there was something better for him than the abject slavery his father endured at home. That resulted in him sailing for Canada, under an agricultural scheme originated by that fine country- a scheme tailor-made for Irish farm workers who quickly availed themselves of the opportunity. Light edgewear to book, pages white and apparent signature of author on title page dated January 1994. Four b/w photos in book.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x6". History/genealogy.

Newton Corner, Ma: NPC, 1996. A religious revival on Scotland's Island of Lewis deeply moves a young man recently returned from the trenches of France. Unemployment drives him shortly after to find work in the mines of British Columbia. There tragedy brings a call to Christian ministry.... Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Mint/No Jacket. 5-1/2x4". Autobiography/biography.

Grand Falls, NF: Robinson-Blackmore Printing and Publishing, 1984. No flaws with book which has black/white pictures to preserve the past along with the highlights of the stories: Cows help to Escape Nazis; Hugh MacLeod: noted runner; Outstanding Nurse: Myra Bennett; Our own Flora MacDonald; Intercolonial Railway: C. B. Line; Ran Away in Youth: Famous Industrialist; One survivor: Bay St. George; Cured: Marrow Transplant: Jack MacPhee shipwrecked; Margate Murder Case.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8-1/2x5-1/2". History/genealogy.

Durham Bridge, NB: Penniac Books, 2000. New Book! signed by author in 2005. Pictures of Matt Stairs of the Toronto BlueJays when growing up in New Brunswick along with story. A number of other stories including the Phantom ship of Chaleur; Childhood Memories; ; the headless woman; Frank Shute plus more.... Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Mint/No Jacket. History/genealogy.

London, Eng: Methuen and Company, 1970. This collection of recent articles reviews the arguments used about the British Empire by economic writers in the first half of the nineteenth century. It suggests that the British were more interested in their Empire than is often supposed, and that many economists and others justified its existence on economic grounds. the concepts of "little Englandism" and the "antiimperialism" of economic writers have in fact, little foundation...Book in collectible condition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/ History/genealogy.

Philadelphia: Historical Publishing Co, 1889. Illustrated with 500 of the grandest most beautiful and wonderful engravings and magnificent colored plates. Subject Explorers of Africa. Well preserved large heavy book 606 pages, large print. minor rubbing on corners. Boards are cloth with gold lettering on reddish boards.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 11x8-1/2". History/genealogy.

Wreck Cove, Cape Breton: Breton Books, 1998. New book! This new edition of The Highland heart inNova Scotia celebrates 50 years of a remarkable Cape Breton Classic. These are the stories of indelible winter evenings, the background for dreams: the whitest whites and the blackest blacks- and of course, the strongest of the strong.... Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8-1/2x5-1/2". History/genealogy.

Wreck Cove, Cape Breton: Breton Books, 2003. New Book! not read! Highland Settler is a true portrait, an elegant and accessible introduction to an extraordinary people- the Scottish gaels of cape Breton Island and Eastern Nova Scotia. a story of immigration, rural settlement, and the later dispersion to the industrial world...a great book to add to the student library, research and genealogy historian.... Soft Cover. Mint/No Jacket. 6x9". History/genealogy.