Freeman, Bill
BILL FREEMAN is an award-winning historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Among his previous publications are Far from Home: Canadians in the First World War, which he co-authored with Richard Nielsen; A Magical Place: Toronto Island and Its People, winner of a Certificate of Commendation from Heritage Toronto in 2000; Casa Loma: Toronto's Fairy-Tale Castle and Its Owner Sir Henry Pellatt, which received the Heritage Toronto Award of Merit in 1999; Their Town: The Mafia, the Media and the Party Machine, a study of political power in Hamilton co-authored with Marsha Hewitt; and 1005: Political Life in a Union Local. Bill Freeman is also a popular children's author who has won the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for "a body of work" and a Canada Council Award for Juvenile Literature.
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From its beginnings asa small, courthouse town in 1816 to it present-day status as Canada's "Steel City", Hamilton's history is rich and varied.
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9781550287400 | Published: October 2001 |
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Casa LomaCanada's Fairy-Tale Castle and Its Owner, Sir Henry PellattBy Freeman, Bill, Photographs by Pietropaolo, Vincenzo
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9781550286458 | Published: January 1999 |
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Casa LomaToronto's Fairy-Tale Castle and its Owner, Sir Henry PellattBy Freeman, Bill, Photographs by Pietropaolo, Vincenzo
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9781550285956 | Published: January 1999 |
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A Magical PlaceToronto Island and Its People(Lorimer Illustrated History)By Freeman, Bill, Photographs by Laurence, DavidA Magical Place is a celebration of Toronto Island--and islanders--past and present. It highlights important moments in island history and offers an appealing selection of archival and contemporary images.
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9781550286700 | Published: January 1999 |
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In the spring of 1873, Meg and John Bains are ready to return home from a winter working in a lumber camp when they are lured into a trap and shanghaied as crew on a leaky old square-rigged sailing ship in Quebec City.
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9780888621139 | Published: January 1998 |
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In the spring of 1873, Meg and John Bains are ready to return home from a winter working in a lumber camp when they are lured into a trap and shanghaied as crew on a leaky old square-rigged sailing ship in Quebec City. |
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Meg and her twelve-year-old brother Jamie take jobs in a shirt factory in Montreal. Soon they discover they have been hired at rock-bottom wages to replace striking workers. |
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Meg and her twelve-year-old brother Jamie take jobs in a shirt factory in Montreal. Soon they discover they have been hired at rock-bottom wages to replace striking workers.
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9780888626738 | Published: January 1983 |
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9780888625502 | Published: January 1982 |
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9780888625519 | Published: January 1982 |
Titles
Author on:1005: Political Life in a Union
1005: Political Life in a Union Local
Casa Loma - Toronto's Fairy-Tale Castle and its Owner, Sir Henry Pellatt
Casa Loma - Canada's Fairy-Tale Castle and Its Owner, Sir Henry Pellatt
Hamilton - A People's History
The Last Voyage of the Scotian
The Last Voyage of the Scotian
The Last Voyage of the Scotian
A Magical Place - Toronto Island and Its People
Shantymen of Cache Lake
Shantymen of Cache Lake
Trouble at Lachine Mill
Trouble at Lachine Mill
Trouble at Lachine Mill
