Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. General    5. Biography & Autobiography / General    6. Biography: general    7. Lake Louise at its Best,Roger Patillo,ISBN 1-55212-370-7,Lake Louise,Rockies,Canada,national parks,Canadian,Alberta,B.C.,British Columbia,Outdoors,Mountaineering,Fly fishing,adventure,nature,BC    8. Patillo, Roger W    9. Historical    10. Travel    11. Essays & Travelogues    12. Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alt    13. Banff National Park (Alta.)    14. Canada    15. Alberta    16. Louise, Lake, Region (Alta.)   

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Highly Recommended
This book is a gem.It is published by an obscure publisher, and is a diamond in the rough.The author must be a remarkable person.He ends up becoming a psychiatrist, and it shows:his memoir is written with compassion and insight. It is one of the best medical memoirs I've ever read (I read a lot!)The book was full of substance (sometimes these memoirs are very light, and can be read in a couple of hours.Not this book.)But I have to emphasize that I thought it was a page-turner and I could *not* put it down. I don't usually write reviews but took the time to do so for this book because I thought it was so extraordinary.

Great read
Country Doctor is a great read.It's fun, interesting, and fast reading.It tells about life in frigid Canada when times were tough (snow blowing in under the door!).Ben tells of himself and others in a way that comes across as truthful--the good and the bad.It's a bit like All Creatures Great and Small in a completely different setting and the multiple stories surround Ben's growing from a kid through adulthood in medical school and beyond.

pioneer of public health in addition to country doctor
Many people do not know that Dr Dlin in addition to his abilities as a doctor, veternarian, dentist etc. was perhaps an unwitting pioneer in the area of "Public Health Crisis Management". The complete story is detailed in the book about a health crisis that threateded to wipe out an amimal (instead of human) community. Dr. Dlin's intervention pre-saged the operations of the modern day M.A.S.H unit -or better, (I'm not sure of the exact name) National Health - Contageous Disease (CDC? - in Atlanta) Center's emergency protocols that have only been in existance for perhaps the last 30 years or so. To whit: Isolation and triage of the sick; team approach (in this case he drafted the local community); assembly line (lined up the animals in rows - each with a nurse/caretaker); got people to bring commercial oxygen cylinders from throughout the community (most farmers had oxygen tanks for welding); Dr.Dlin brought anitbiotics, face masks and other emergency materials in bulk from the local (clinic/hospital?). Then, training everyone in the necessary emergency procedures andbuilding bonfires all around the "operating theatre" for both heat and light through the night (no electric lights then) brought the whole herd thru the crsis losing only the animals who were already dead before Dr. Dlin's intervention - quite simply, as remarkable a "generalship" as any war story I've ever read. There are many other lessons in the book which I feel every medical student in the country would do well to learn - plus these stories are fascinating to the laynan. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1924-    2. Alberta    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Canada    8. Dlin, Ben,    9. Medical - General    10. Personal Memoirs    11. Physicians   

Subjects:  1. 1940-    2. 20th century    3. Authors, Canadian    4. Biography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Butala, Sharon,    7. English Canadian Prose    8. General    9. Homes and haunts    10. Natural history    11. Naturalists/Gardeners    12. Nature / Field Guide Books    13. Saskatchewan    14. Women In Literature    15. Butala, Sharon   

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    2. Caswell, Maryanne,    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Correspondence    6. Frontier and pioneer life    7. Historical - Other    8. History - Canada - General    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. People & Places - Canada    12. Pioneer children    13. Saskatchewan    14. b. 1873    15. Caswell, Maryanne    16. Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / Canada   

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Canada - Prairie Provinces    5. Women   

Subjects:  1. 1917-    2. Biography    3. Canada - General    4. History - General History    5. Ontario    6. Political History    7. Prime ministers    8. Robarts, John P.,    9. History    10. Political structure & processes    11. Robarts, John P   

Subjects:  1. 1826-1909    2. 19th century    3. Biographies    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. Biography/Autobiography    8. Canada - General    9. Canada - History - 1760-1899    10. Clarke, Charles,    11. English Canadian Prose    12. Historical - General    13. History    14. Hommes politiques    15. Literary    16. Ontario    17. Political    18. Politicians    19. Politics and government   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Alberta    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Canada - General    7. Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    8. Canada - Western Provinces    9. Frontier and pioneer life    10. Historical - General    11. History - General History    12. Pembina River Region    13. Pembina River Region (Alta.)    14. Pembina, Râegion de la    15. Social life and customs    16. Vie des pionniers    17. Jones, Paul   

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An uplifting read for young readers of all ages
Highly recommended, Bryan Prince's I Came As A Stranger: The Underground Railroad is a fascinating history and site guide to the American Underground Railroad, a pre-Civil War secret organization of conspirators who risked life and freedom to help fugitive slaves make the perilous journey to the freedom in Canada. Black-and-white illustrations, and compelling testimony make I Came As A Stranger an educational and uplifting read for young readers of all ages.

A Must Have
Very seldom do we get the opportunity to read history from the voices of those that lived it and, the persons who are descendants of those who lived it. In this amazing volume, you have both. Bryan Prince is not only a consumate historian, he is a descendant of the fugitives who made it to freedom and settled in Southern Ontario. While intended for young adults, older readers, especially from the U.S. will have the opportunity to learn "the rest of the story" of the Underground Railroad. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    2. Blacks    3. Canada    4. Children's 9-12 - History - General    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    6. Children: Grades 4-6    7. Ethnic - African American    8. Fugitive slaves    9. History    10. History - Canada - General    11. History - Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    12. History - General    13. History - United States/19th Century    14. Juvenile Nonfiction    15. Juvenile literature    16. Ontario    17. People & Places - United States - African-American    18. Underground railroad    19. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / General   

Subjects:  1. 1752-1806    2. 18th century    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Canada - General    8. Canada - History - 1760-1899    9. Historical - General    10. History    11. Lieutenant governors    12. Ontario    13. Simcoe, John Graves,    14. American history: c 1500 to c 1800    15. Biography & Autobiography / Historical    16. Biography: historical    17. Simcoe, John Graves   

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography - General    2. Canada, Western    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Emigration and immigration    5. Frontier and pioneer life    6. History    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. People & Places - Canada    10. Prairie Provinces   

Subjects:  1. 1905-    2. Anecdotes    3. Architecture    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Canada    6. Country life    7. Historical - General    8. Medonte (Canton)    9. Medonte (Township)    10. Oille, Lucille    11. Ontario    12. Travel    13. Vie rurale    14. Wells, Kenneth McNeill,    15. Wells, Kenneth McNeill   

Subjects:  1. 1924-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Canada    7. Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    8. General    9. Potvin, Louis,    10. Prairie Provinces    11. Radio broadcasters    12. Biography & Autobiography / General    13. Biography: general    14. History-Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    15. Potvin, Louis    16. nature    17. environment    18. broadcasting   

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Fulfillment - An excellent overview
This book provides a look at one one person's formative years in Toronto, growing up in a Jewish home in the 1920's and 1930's.What was it like in Toronto during Hitler's rise to power in Germany, the war years and finally, Mr Vanek's elevation to the criminal court bench in Ontario.Thebook provides a succinct look at the maturation of Ontario's justice systemand finally highlights some of Judge Vanek's most promonent cases, the mostfamous of which is R v Susan Nelles.The book is clearly written andextremely readable.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Criminal Justice Administration    6. Criminal justice, Administrati    7. Criminal justice, Administration of    8. Judges    9. Lawyers & Judges    10. Ontario    11. Vanek, David    12. Biography & Autobiography / Lawyers & Judges    13. Biography: general    14. Canada    15. Courts & procedure    16. Criminal law   

Subjects:  1. 1940-    2. 20th century    3. Biography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Description and travel    6. McFadden, David,    7. Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.)    8. Poets, Canadian    9. Popular American Fiction    10. Travel    11. Journeys    12. McFadden, David   

Subjects:  1. 1834?-1890    2. Biography    3. Canada - General    4. Dakota Indians    5. General    6. Government relations    7. History    8. History - General History    9. History: World    10. Saskatchewan    11. Sitting Bull,    12. Wars, 1876   

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Away from headlines and into the lives of refugee families
This material formed a display at the Royal Ontario Museum; it works even better between book covers. It should be mandatory reading for Canadians - and few could help but respond to this intimate introduction to selected refugee families. The material was compiled back when Canada's refugee policies were worthy of international recognition. That time has passed. From time to time, "the refugee issue" splashes across headlines and quickly fades from view - having left little insight but rather the unmistakable whiff of problem and cost. Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Canada    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. General    5. Government policy    6. History - General History    7. Minorities    8. Political refugees    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Refugees    11. Civil rights & citizenship   

Subjects:  1. 1870-1905    2. Biographies    3. Histoire    4. Manitoba    5. Métis    6. Nord-Ouest canadien    7. Riel, Louis    8. Riel, Rébellion de, 1885    9. Rouge, Rébellion de la rivière, 1869-1870   

Subjects:  1. 1894-1972    2. 20th century    3. Alberta    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Canada - History    8. Duke of,    9. E.P. Ranch (Pekisko, Alta.)    10. General    11. Great Britain    12. History    13. Homes and haunts    14. Pekisko    15. Princes    16. Ranch life    17. Windsor, Edward,   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Bird, Jemmy Jock    3. Fur traders    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Metis    8. Montana    9. Mâetis    10. Native American    11. Prairie Provinces    12. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    13. Biography: historical    14. Biography: political    15. Canada    16. Indigenous peoples    17. c 1800 to c 1900