Canada - Biography from Capricorn Books

Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1999. 400 pp, oblong (7 3/4" H x 9 3/4" D). Photographs & reproductions. "The history of the Granite Club is closely linked to that of the City of Toronto. The club's founders and early members included many of Toronto's leading citizens and, to this day, the city's business and professional leaders are part of the… Read more about this item

Toronto: Whitecap, 1989. 319 pp, oblong (9 3/4" H x 12 1/8" D). Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w with photographs, maps, reproductions and the author's watercolours. "(P)resents a unique picture of the city in a collection of events and biographies, mainly of the period between about 1890 to 1950. This book) is organized anecdotally, by neighbourhoods, and, compared… Read more about this item

Toronto: Russell Press, 2006. 108 pp, 8 3/8" H. B&w photographs. Inscribed on title page: "For G___ / Christmas 2006 / Victor". Contents: Foreword; Minor Hockey (North Bay Hockey League, Bantam, CPR Wolves, 1934-35 / Ditto, Juvenile, CPR Ceepees, 1935-36 / Toronto Lions 1937-39); Junior Hockey (OHA, Owen Sound Greys 1939-40 / Making the Team / OHA Group Play… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Purich Books, 2020. 86 pp, 8" H. "At the age of seventeen, an Anishinabe boy who was raised in the south joined a James Bay Cree family in a one-room hunting cabin in the isolated wilderness of northern Quebec. Reflecting on his search for his own personal identity, that boy - Duncan McCue - takes us on an… Read more about this item

Oakville, Ontario: Down Home Publications, 2022. 379 pp, 11" H. B&w and colour photographs. "How Visits to a Pioneer Cemetery Led to a Rediscovery of Oakville's Past & the Gift of Remembrance." "Researching St. Mary's in Oakville uncovered a legacy of stories about ordinary people who lived remarkable lives. As they worked hard to fulfill their dreams of a… Read more about this item

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1990. 232 pp, oblong (8" H x 10" D). B&w and colour illustrations. "Mackenzie King presented a rather lacklustre image to the world: a short, pudgy, balding, dull prime minister, an earnest Christian and a master of compromise. His diaries, however, reveal a very different man - one who participated in seances, interpreted his dreams and… Read more about this item

Toronto: Firefly, 2001. 240 pp, oblong 4to (10 3/4" H). Profusely illustrated with colour reproductions, b&w photographs, drawings. "This special 25th anniversary edition celebrates the 125th anniversary in 2002 of the birth of Canada's most popular and beloved artist, and marks the 85th anniversary of his untimely death. Although he died before he was forty, Thomson had already… Read more about this item

Orillia, Ontario: Troutspawn, 2006. 167 pp, oblong (8 1/2" H x 11" D). B&w photographs, reproductions. Inscribed on title page: "We shall remember / Jim Watt". "More than four years of research, family interviews and dogged detective work have produced this account of the life of Hinrik Guttormson, a twenty-year-old Icelandic Canadian killed while serving as an air gunner… Read more about this item

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982. 319 pp, 9 1/4"H. B&w photographs, maps. "The authors follow (The Governor's Road) through Oakville, Dundas, and Ancaster and on to London, with stops in Waterdown, Brantford, St. George, Paris and Woodstock. The homes range from cottages to castles, their materials from frame and cobblestone to red brick and cut stone. The illustrations… Read more about this item

Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly, 2000. 244 pp, 10" H. Map endpapers, profusely illustrated in b&w with photoraphs, reproductions. Arranged alphabetically. "Some street names commemorate faraway places where Canadians died fighting. Others commemorate the lives of brewers, politicians, architects, royalty, explorers and farmers. Still others echo the names of villages, towns and grand homes sadly left behind, as well as the… Read more about this item

Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 2000. 238 pp, oblong (8 1/4" H x 9 1/4" D). B&w photographs, b&w and colour reproductions. "Tom Roberts chose to be a painter at the age of eight and never strayed from his chosen path. He dedicated his life to painting scenes that capture the natural beauty and the history of Canada. Today,… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Greystone , 2022. 324 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, drawings. Signed on half-title page: "Adele Weder". "Coming of age at the start of a postwar building boom that was set to reshape Canada, Ron Thom rejected sleek austerity in favour of a design approach that fostered intimacy and warmth. His most renowned projects - Massey… Read more about this item

Toronto: Self-published / printed by Coach House Printing, 2006. 151 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. A history of thirteen generations of the Dayfoot (Thevou / Devoe / Defoe / Dafoe/ De Foe) family as they travelled from the Rhineland (via England) to United States (Hudson Valley / Pownal / Newtown, Bristol / Rehoboth, etc.) and on… Read more about this item

Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing, 2013. 165 pp, 8 7/8" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "Retail merchandising has seen colossal changes over the past hundred years. This is the story of the Kyte family business, founded in 1889 in Cornwall, Ontario, by C.W. Kyte, a newspaper pressman by trade but an entrepreneur at heart. As Jack Earle approached middle age,… Read more about this item

St. Jacobs, Ontario: Self-published / St. Jacobs Printery, 2014. 328 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w photographs. "As a young man (Floyd) Butch Martin was one training camp away from a professional career with the New York Rangers. Faced with some major personal choices, he took a different path. Butch went on to become widely recognized as one of the… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2006. 226 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "(D)ocuments an English family's 1835 immigration to Ontario where they became pioneers in the unsettled bush. The parents of this family just happen to be the author's great great grandparents, Joseph and Susannah Bacon. The letters were written from Bruce County, Ontario in 1881 and 1882 by… Read more about this item

Toronto: New Jewish Press / University of Toronto Press, 2018. 358 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs. Signed and dated on half title page: "Ellin Bessner / May 3, 2023 / Oakville - Ontario". "In this comprehensive rendering, Ellin Bessner vividly depicts the valour, the trauma, the willingness to risk life and limb, and the impressive resilience of the Canadian… Read more about this item

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. 258 pp, 9 1/4" H. "From 1942 to 1973, John Starnes was engaged in such areas as communications intelligence and, during his tenure as the first civilian director-general of the RCMP Security Service, in counter-espionage and counter-subversion. His recollection of these confidential activities and the part he played in them is supported by… Read more about this item

Toronto: Hounslow, 1995. 138 pp, square (10" H x 10" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w line drawings, plans, photographs, map. "(A) chronological record illustrating the architectural styles of forty-five of the town's nineteenth-century buildings. From the simple farm cottage to the stately mansion, from the first public houses to the churches of the last quarter of the century, this book… Read more about this item

Don Mills: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1980. 64 pp, 8 1/2" H. "Taciturn, eccentric, wearing the suit and hat of a European and the moccasins and talismans of an Indian, Jerry Potts was an unlikely member of the North West Mounted Police. Nevertheless, he was to serve the Mounties loyally as a scout, guide and interpreter for more than twenty years.… Read more about this item