Canada's Soldiers in South Africa
In 1899 a thousand Canadian soldiers went to war--in South Africa.They were fighting white farmers who defied the mighty British empire by setting up their own, independent state.This South African or Boer War of 1899-1902 marked the first time Canadian troops went abroad to fight alongside Britain.Like other conflicts, the Boer War was controversi …
Fastest in the World
Like the builders of the Avro Arrow, the pioneers of hydrofoils are celebrated in this book for their world-class accomplishments.
When Alexander Graham Bell was experimenting with flying machines, he developed hydrofoils as a means of getting airborne from water. In 1919, on the Bras d'Or lakes in Cape Breton, Bell and his collaborator Casey Baldw …
Half-Hearted Enemies
The untold chapter of reluctant enemies caught up in a continental war
When the US declared war on Great Britain in 1812, the Canadian colonies found themselves committed to armed conflict with their American neighbours. While Upper and Lower Canada became the main battlegrounds, Nova Scotia was reluctant to disrupt its lucrative trade with New Eng …
Halifax and the Royal Canadian Navy
John Boileau served in the Canadian Army for thirty-seven years, retiring as a colonel in 1999. He is the author of seven previous books, including Fastest in the World (shortlisted for the 2005 Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction), Valiant Hearts, and The Peaceful Revolution. John and his wife, Miriam, live on a small island in St. Margaret's Bay …
Halifax and Titanic
The story of Titanic's tragic sinking on April 15, 1912, has been told countless times in films and books, inscribing it into popular culture as perhaps the best-known disaster of all-time. When Titanic went down off the coast of Newfoundland, the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was the base from which recovery operations were mounted. Eventually, 33 …
Historic Eastern Passage
John Boileau served in the Canadian Army for thirty-seven years, retiring as a colonel in 1999. In retirement he has devoted himself to research and writing. He has written dozens of articles for magazines and newspapers in Canada, Britain and America, as well as three books: Fastest in the World: The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils, Vali …
Peaceful Revolution
John Boileau served in the Canadian Army for thirty-seven years, retiring as a colonel in 1999. A lifelong history enthusiast, in retirement he has devoted himself to research and writing. His previous publications include dozens of articles for magazines and newspapers in Canada, Britain, and America, as well as five books, including Valiant Heart …
Samuel Cunard
An illustrated biography of a Canadian who sparked a world transportation revolution
In North America, the name Cunard is synonymous with shipping. This book traces the entrepreneurial rise of Samuel Cunard who, for decades, ruled a shipping empire on the North Atlantic.
By the time Cunard died in 1865, he had witnessed the emergence of steamships, …
Valiant Hearts
Valiant Hearts chronicles the stories of inspiration and courage shown by men in wartime, stretching from the Crimean War (1854-1856) to World War Two, telling the life stories of the gallant men from Atlantic Canada who won that most coveted of bravery awards- the Victoria Cross.
The twenty men profiled in this book all have strong connections to …
Where the Water Meets the Land
In 1976, the Waterfront Development Corporation Limited was created, with responsibilities for the redevelopment of the Halifax, Dartmouth and-later-Bedford waterfronts to restore the flavour and vigour of an earlier time. In Where the Water Meets the Land, author and historian John Boileau recounts the story of Halifax Harbour and its waterfront f …