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Rooster Town
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Author : Evelyn Peters
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
Release Date : 2018-10-16
Rooster Town written by Evelyn Peters and has been published by Univ. of Manitoba Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-16 with History categories.
Melonville. Smokey Hollow. Bannock Town. Fort Tuyau. Little Chicago. Mud Flats. Pumpville. Tintown. La Coule. These were some of the names given to Métis communities at the edges of urban areas in Manitoba. Rooster Town, which was on the outskirts of southwest Winnipeg endured from 1901 to 1961. Those years in Winnipeg were characterized by the twin pressures of depression, and inflation, chronic housing shortages, and a spotty social support network. At the city’s edge, Rooster Town grew without city services as rural Métis arrived to participate in the urban economy and build their own houses while keeping Métis culture and community as a central part of their lives. In other growing settler cities, the Indigenous experience was largely characterized by removal and confinement. But the continuing presence of Métis living and working in the city, and the establishment of Rooster Town itself, made the Winnipeg experience unique. Rooster Town documents the story of a community rooted in kinship, culture, and historical circumstance, whose residents existed unofficially in the cracks of municipal bureaucracy, while navigating the legacy of settler colonialism and the demands of modernity and urbanization.
The Bremen Town Ghosts
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Author : Wiley Blevins
language : en
Publisher: Red Chair Press
Release Date : 2020-09-01
The Bremen Town Ghosts written by Wiley Blevins and has been published by Red Chair Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Off to Bremen Town go Donkey, Cat, Dog, and Rooster. But music is not on their minds. They're tired of their cruel masters and set out in search of a better life. Is fate kind to the gang?
Rooster Stories
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Author : Shannon Wetzel
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2016-08-31
Rooster Stories written by Shannon Wetzel and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-31 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
This collection of stories was woven and spun from the fabric of our familys childhood. As a bedtime ritual, John told our young children nightly stories with main characters of their choice. Our son always chose a rooster and our daughter chose a different item each night. Using these two topics, John would spontaneously create a fantasy story meant to spark imagination (and occasionally teach a lesson or moral; however, some were just plain silly and had us all laughing in stitches and reminiscing about them for days). Shannon secretly wrote down several stories and compiled them in a simple book which John received for Fathers Day, one year long ago. John was surprised and thrilled that his family had taken the time to commemorate his nightly creativity for posterity.
A Diminished Roar
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Author : Jim Blanchard
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
Release Date : 2019-09-06
A Diminished Roar written by Jim Blanchard and has been published by Univ. of Manitoba Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-06 with History categories.
The third instalment in Jim Blanchard’s popular history of early Winnipeg, "A Diminished Roar" presents a city in the midst of enormous change. Once the fastest growing city in Canada, by 1920 Winnipeg was losing its dominant position in western Canada. As the decade began, Winnipeggers were reeling from the chaos of the Great War and the influenza pandemic. But it was the divisions exposed by the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike which left the deepest marks. As Winnipeg wrestled with its changing fortunes, its citizens looked for new ways to imagine the city’s future and identity. Beginning with the opening of the magnificent new provincial legislature building in 1920, A Diminished Roar guides readers through this decade of political and social turmoil. At City Hall, two very different politicians dominated the scene. Winnipeg’s first Labour mayor, S.J. Farmer, pushed for more public services. His rival, Ralph Webb, would act as the city’s chief “booster” as mayor, encouraging U.S. tourists with the promise of“snowballs and highballs.” Meanwhile, promoters tried to rekindle the city’s spirits with plans for new public projects, such as a grand boulevard through the middle of the city, a new amusement park, and the start of professional horse racing. In the midst of the Jazz Age, Winnipeg’s teenagers grappled with “problems of the heart,” and social groups like the Gyro Club organized masked balls for the city’s elite.
Settler City Limits
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Author : Heather Dorries
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
Release Date : 2019-10-04
Settler City Limits written by Heather Dorries and has been published by Univ. of Manitoba Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-04 with Social Science categories.
While cities like Winnipeg, Minneapolis, Saskatoon, Rapid City, Edmonton, Missoula, Regina, and Tulsa are places where Indigenous marginalization has been most acute, they have also long been sites of Indigenous placemaking and resistance to settler colonialism. Although such cities have been denigrated as “ordinary” or banal in the broader urban literature, they are exceptional sites to study Indigenous resurgence. The urban centres of the continental plains have featured Indigenous housing and food co-operatives, social service agencies, and schools. The American Indian Movement initially developed in Minneapolis in 1968, and Idle No More emerged in Saskatoon in 2013. The editors and authors of Settler City Limits , both Indigenous and settler, address urban struggles involving Anishinaabek, Cree, Creek, Dakota, Flathead, Lakota, and Métis peoples. Collectively, these studies showcase how Indigenous people in the city resist ongoing processes of colonial dispossession and create spaces for themselves and their families. Working at intersections of Indigenous studies, settler colonial studies, urban studies, geography, and sociology, this book examines how the historical and political conditions of settler colonialism have shaped urban development in the Canadian Prairies and American Plains. Settler City Limits frames cities as Indigenous spaces and places, both in terms of the historical geographies of the regions in which they are embedded, and with respect to ongoing struggles for land, life, and self-determination.
The Rooster Bar
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Author : John Grisham
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-10-24
The Rooster Bar written by John Grisham and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-24 with Fiction categories.
'The Best Thriller Writer Alive' Ken Follett There's one last change for justice . . . They dreamed of changing the world. Instead they're facing a mountain of debt and no hope of a future. Mark, Todd and Zola are starting to realise it's not even worth graduating from law school. They're better off hanging out at The Rooster Bar, plotting how to dodge the loan sharks. But maybe there's another way. Maybe they know enough about the law to pass as lawyers. Because it turns out the crooked hedge fund billionaire who owns their law school also runs the bank that arranged their student loans. And it's time justice was served. Even if it means taking on the FBI to do it . . . Praise for The Rooster Bar 'Scintillating storytelling' - The Sunday Times 'A buoyant, mischievous thriller . . . This reliable best-selling author is feeling real pleasure, and not just obligation, in delivering his work' - New York Times 'A wild, hard-to-put-down romp' - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 350+ million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films: NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM
The Art Of Burglary
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Author : Joan M. Baril
language : en
Publisher: Mischievous Books
Release Date : 2024-03-07
The Art Of Burglary written by Joan M. Baril and has been published by Mischievous Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-07 with Fiction categories.
PRAISE FOR “THE ART OF BURGLARY” Joan Baril creates believable characters. They laugh and love and plot and scheme, like your neighbours. This is literary fun. Highly recommended. ~ Michael Sobota, Journalist and culture critic. Entertaining, vividly-written and diverse, Janet’s stories will steal your heart making you laugh, cry and sigh but also making you question humanity and social injustice. They’ll linger with you long after the last page. Undeniably, Joan Baril is a damn good storyteller. ~Sue Blott, author Joan Baril has a strong voice, a sure hand, and a very sharp eye; these stories are a revelation. ~ Joe Fiorito Joan Baril’s “The Art of Burglary” pits a child’s innocence against an adult world of class prejudice, unjust social norms, and racism. Janet’s endearing curiosity and wonder encourages readers to celebrate mischief and discovery, to revive their own sense of universal humanity. ~ John Pringle, author of Spirals Young Janet, the part-time burglar, steals our hearts in these insightful humorous stories by award-winning author Joan Baril. Brilliantly and delightfully done! ~ Ulrich Wendt, author Wolves on the Road ABOUT THIS BOOK: Janet Marsden is a resourceful girl with insatiable curiosity and a propensity for bending the rules. With a policeman for a father and a mother with the ‘Gift,’ her life in Thunder Bay is definitely not boring. But she and her friends discover that bending the rules can come with unwelcome surprises when they embark on a series of burglaries to snoop on neighbours. As she becomes a woman, Janet embraces her future—and yet the past follows her, unstable as a cloud, twisted as a labyrinth. Full of humour and heartbreak, Janet’s stories are intimate coming-of-age vignettes about love, secrets, and social injustice. This collection will strike a chord with readers everywhere, and they’ll want to share it with their friends. AUTHOR JOAN BARIL, a native of Thunder Bay, Ontario, is a short story writer with ninety pieces published mainly in Canadian literary magazines. She has won many awards for her stories and was nominated for the Journey Prize by The Antigonish Review. She has lead an active literary life including a long running blog, Literary Thunder Bay, and several newspaper columns, including “The Northern Gardener”. The Northwestern Ontario Writer’s Workshop awarded her the Khoui Award for “Outstanding contribution to the literature of Northwestern Ontario.” The federal government awarded her with a citation for her columns on immigrant issues.
Prairie Freight
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Author : Janet Lundman
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2011-09
Prairie Freight written by Janet Lundman and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
These eleven stories are incidents recalled from childhood - a long time ago, to widowhood - not such a long time ago. For me, the prairie embodies the emotional freight we carry with us from childhood into adulthood, no matter where we wander, no matter where we land. "All of us have been formed by experiences that still inhabit us." John Berger: 'Ways of Seeing'; "We are all as women recollecting our lives, trying to believe and make sense of our experiences and live on." Linda Leonard: 'Wounded Women'; "What is it about the past that makes the present by comparison so pallid and weightless?" John Banville: 'Eclipse'.
The Voices From The Past Hundreds Of Testimonies By Former Slaves In One Volume
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Author : Work Projects Administration
language : en
Publisher: e-artnow
Release Date : 2017-02-22
The Voices From The Past Hundreds Of Testimonies By Former Slaves In One Volume written by Work Projects Administration and has been published by e-artnow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-22 with History categories.
After the end of Civil War in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. There were several efforts to record the remembrances of the living former slaves. The Federal Writers' Project was one such project by the United States federal government to support writers during the Great Depression by asking them to interview and record the myriad stories and experiences of slavery of former slaves. The resulting collection preserved hundreds of life stories from 17 US states that would otherwise have been lost in din of modernity and America's eagerness to deliberately forget the blot on its recent past. This edition brings to you the complete collection of first hand experiences and voices from the past that makes one question whether is it safe to forget or keep the memories alive for bigger battles ahead. A must read for everyone who is interested in US History, race relations and authentic historical research. Contents: Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maryland Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia
Florida Slave Narratives A Folk History Of Slavery In The United States From Interviews With Former Slaves
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Author : Works Progress Administration
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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Florida Slave Narratives A Folk History Of Slavery In The United States From Interviews With Former Slaves written by Works Progress Administration and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.