Steve C
63 books
Single author
466
Andrew MacPhail - In Flanders Fields and Other Poems
John McCrae, physician, soldier, and poet, died in France a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Canadian forces. The poem which gives this collection of his lovely verse its name has been extensively reprinted, and received...
3 hours 42 minutes
Modern (19th C)
476
Archibald MacMechan - Chronicles of Canada Volume 27 - The Winning of Popular Government: A Chronicle of the Union of 1841
In the 1830's, Canada was a ideologically divided country. Political upheaval and even riots occurred over Canada's future. Would it remain a subsidiary of England? Would it form its own republic, or even merge with...
3 hours 39 minutes
Modern (19th C)
490
Frank Mundell - Stories of the Royal Humane Society
Established in 1774, the ‘Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned’ published information on how to save people from drowning, promoted the concept of using methods of artificial resuscitation to attempt...
3 hours 28 minutes
General
462
Laura E. Howe Richards - Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea
One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were talking over the war, as soldiers and sailors love to do, and somebody said:...
3 hours 23 minutes
Poetry
528
Andrew Barton Paterson - Rio Grande's Last Race, and Other Verses
This is a collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. This collection contains some of Paterson's most famous poems, such as Rio Grande's Last Race, and poems featuring Saltbush Bill. — Summary by Carolin
2 hours 44 minutes
