Beginnings: Stories of Canada's Past

By Ann Walsh

Ann Walsh has selected fourteen captivating stories written by accomplished authors from across Canada for this historical anthology. Each of the stories focuses on a "first-time" historical experience, such as the meeting between natives and Europeans at Fort St. James; the ship carrying filles du roi as brides for the settlers of New France; the first elections in which women in Canada were allowed to vote; the first gourmet meal cooked in a CPR rail camp for Cornelius Van Horne; a mine disaster in the Crowsnest Pass, with the subsequent introduction of safety lamps for the miners; and an account of the "Home Children" first sent to Canada during the nineteenth century, supposedly for a better life, but often to work in slave-labour conditions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0921870876
• ISBN13: 9780921870876
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Ronsdale Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7