Stories of Newmarket

Stories of Newmarket
Author :
Publisher : Dundurn
Total Pages : 291
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781459700215
ISBN-13 : 145970021X
Rating : 4/5 (21X Downloads)

Book Synopsis Stories of Newmarket by : Robert Terence Carter

Download or read book Stories of Newmarket written by Robert Terence Carter and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newmarket, one of the oldest communities in Ontario, was founded on the Upper Canadian frontier in 1801 by Quakers from the United States. Fur traders, entrepreneurs, millers, and many others were soon to follow, some seeking independence, some seeking wealth, and some even seeking freedom from creditors. The community was at the heart of the 1837 Rebellion, found prosperity when a stop on the colonys first railway, and has sent military personnel to every war in Canadas history since the War of 1812. Once a terminal on the street railway from Toronto to Lake Simcoe, Newmarket also bears the remnants of an aborted 19th-century barge canal. It was the seat of the York County government and today is the headquarters for the Region of York. Behind these events and many others that have shaped Newmarket’s history are the people. Tradespeople, the core of the community, aspiring or experienced politicians including Family Compact members, rebels, war heroes, and even a frontier doctor who lived to the age of 118. Here are their stories, all illuminating the early history of Newmarket.


Stories of Newmarket Related Books

New Market Tales
Language: en
Pages: 205
Authors: Jayant Kripalani
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-11 - Publisher: Pan Macmillan

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Armed with a fistful of memories, Jayant Kripalani weaves nostalgia into these short stories about the inhabitants of New Market. A sprawling landscape that hou
Changing the World
Language: en
Pages: 279
Authors: Mercedes Lackey
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-12-01 - Publisher: Astra Publishing House

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In March 1987, a young author from Oklahoma published her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. This modest book about a magical land called Valdemar was the beginn
Marsh Tales
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: William N. Smith
Categories: Market hunting (Game hunting)
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985 - Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Marsh Tales is a delight, a sort of oral history of the outlaw gunners and other salty oldtime waterfowlers that for the first time gives me the flavor of their
Terribly Twisted Tales
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Jean Rabe
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Featuring contributions from Jody Lynn Nye, Dennis L. McKiernan, and Michael A. Stackpole, this collection of eighteen stories gives classic fairy tales a moder
Elementary (All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters)
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Mercedes Lackey
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-03 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A second anthology of new stories set in the universe of Lackey's Elemental Masters alternate-reality Edwardian London features magically gifted individuals who