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William Alexander Fraser (1859-1933) was a Canadian writer of popular fiction, using the various locales in which he had lived. Brave Heart is a collection of short stories about steeplechase racing set around the world.
"Nova Scotia: The Royal Charter of 1621 to Sir William Alexander" by Alexander Fraser presents a detailed study on the establishment of New Scotland as a Scottish colony by William Alexander, the first Earl of Stirling. Taken directly from Fraser's notes, this book describes the beautiful but unyielding realities of this part of the North American territory, as well as the trials and tribulations that were sustained in the process of exploring.
Stories and tales taken from collections and magazines from the period known as "The Age of the Storytellers."
Maternal love is considered the most unconditional form of love, yet mothers have been prepared to sacrifice their children, or to see them sacrificed, for a "noble" cause. Mothers of Heroes, Mothers of Martyrs shows that, across cultures and historical eras, in times of great stress societies will channel all their resources, even maternal love and grief, toward a common cause.
For two centuries (1670-1870), English, Scottish, and Canadian fur traders voyaged the myriad waterways of Rupert's Land, the vast territory charted to the Hudson's Bay Company and later splintered among five Canadian provinces and four American states. The knowledge and support of northern Native peoples were critical to the newcomer's survival and success. With acquaintance and alliance came intermarriage, and the unions of European traders and Native women generated thousands of descendants. Jennifer Brown's Strangers in Blood is the first work to look systematically at these parents and their children. Brown focuses on Hudson's Bay Company officers and North West Company wintering partne...
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