BORRETT, WILLIAM COATES

Historic Halifax in Tales Told Under the Old Town Clock

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows some shelf wear with light chipping top and bottom of spine, 1" X 1" (approx.) section of DJ missing from back of DJ. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 234 pages; "a number of "Tales Told Under the Old Town Clock" have been selected for broadcast, as a weekly radio feature, dealing with a variety of historic days and events in Halifax". These tales of people and places in Halifax and environs have been gathered into a series of books in anticipation of the 200th anniversary of the city in 1949. This is the first of those books.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 21822

Catalogue: Canadiana::Nova Scotia::Community History

Keywords: Halifax bedford basin History::Canada Community History

LARABEE, ANN

The Dynamite Fiend the Chilling Story of Alexander Keith Jr. , Nova Scotian Spy, Con Artist, & International Terrorist

Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing, Limited, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1551095319. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 234 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18987

Catalogue: Canadiana::Nova Scotia

Keywords: 1551095319 Halifax Terrorism US Civil War Bombing History::Canada

LARABEE, ANN

The Dynamite Fiend: The Chilling Story of Alexander Keith Jr. , Nova Scotian Spy, Con Artist, & International Terrorist

Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing, Limited, 2005. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1551095319. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, bottom fore corner lightly bumped.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 234 pages; " This is the intriguing and stunning story of Alexander “Sandy” Keith Jr. and his clandestine career as a Confederate secret agent who plotted some of the most nefarious acts of the American Civil War. A devious bomber who no doubt was responsible for the powerful gunpowder explosion that rocked Halifax Harbour in 1857, Keith graduated to much bigger scams and went on to earn the title of “Dynamite Fiend,” pulling off the appalling “crime of the century” in 1875.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21489

Catalogue: Canadiana::Nova Scotia

Keywords: 1551095319 gunpowder Halifax History::Canada

STEWART, GORDON T

A People Highly Favoured of God; the Nova Scotia Yankees and the American Revolution

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0770508669. DJ shows some shelf wear, sun-faded on spine. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 219 pages; Some years before the American Revolution, the Governor of Nova Scotia encouraged New England Yankees to move to Nova Scotia resulting the immigration of about 12,000 to that Eastern province. When the Revolution happened these immigrants did not rise in concert with those south of the border. The author proposes that this might have been due to a religious revival inspired by Henry Alline known as the Great Awakening, that this revival changed their social awareness.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17989

Catalogue: Canadiana::Nova Scotia

Keywords: 0770508669 Nova Scotia Henry Alline American Revolution Religious revival History::USA History::Canada RELIGION