Steam titans : Cunard, Collins, and the epic battle for commerce on the North Atlantic / by William M Fowler Jr. . New York : Bloomsbury, 2017. 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE945 A2 F69 2017
Steam Titan' tells the story of a transatlantic fight born of and powered by steam, a fight to wrest control of the globe's most lucrative trade route. It's the story of two men: Samuel Cunard and Edward Knight Collins, and two nations: Great Britain and the United States. Wielding the tools of technology, finance, and politics--and at the same time coping with the inevitable, sometimes crushing, perils of the sea--these opposing forces fought to capture control of a commercial lifeline that spanned the North Atlantic. Tracing the paths of ships, goods, people, information and money, historian William M. Fowler Jr. brings to life the spectacle of this generation-long struggle for supremacy, during which New York rose to take her place among the greatest ports and cities of the world, and recounts the tale of competition that was the opening act in the drama of economic globalization that is still unfolding today. Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-350) and index.
Collins, Edward Knight, 1802-1878
Cunard, Samuel, Sir, 1787-1865
Collins Line
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd
Merchant marine — North Atlantic Ocean — Biography
Steamboat lines — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 19th century
Shipping — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 19th century
Steamboats — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 19th century
United States — Commerce — 19th century
Great Britain — Commerce — 19th century
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An American biographical and historical dictionary, containing an account of the lives, characters, and writings of the most eminent persons in North America from its first settlement, and a summary of the history of the several colonies and of the United / by William Allen. Boston, Mass. : W. Hyde & Co., 1832. 800 pages ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 48704 - Open Shelf Internet Archive
North America — Biography
United States — Biography.
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Quelques hommes politiques Quebec : 1981, 1884. 30 frames : illustrations, ports.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 12316 - Open Shelf Internet Archive
Canada — Biography
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Tom Tilton : coaster and fisherman / narrated by Tom Tilton ; edited by Gale Huntington. Orono, Me. (South Stevens Hall, University of Maine, Orono 04469) : Northeast Folklore Society, 1984. 68 pages, 2 folded pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.330 #35 - Vertical File
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Dubros times : selected depositions of Maine Revolutionary War veterans / edited by Sylvia J. Sherman. Augusta : Maine State Archives, 1975. viii, 20 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.250 #23 - Vertical File
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Personal narratives
Maine — Biography.
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Alexander Graham Bell at Baddeck : a picture history / by Chris Wing. Baddeck : C. King, 1980. 48, 1 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.52 #17 - Vertical File
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Alexander Graham Bell : inventor of the telephone Montreal : Bell Telephone Company of Canada, 1961. 32 pages : copies illustrations; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.3 #24 - Vertical File
Bell Telephone Company of Canada.
Inventors — United States — Biography.
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Memoirs of Major Robert Stobo of the Virginia Regiment / by Robert Stobo. First edition, London, 1800. The present reprint, edited by N.B. Craig, includes documentary material not found in the original. Pittsburgh : J.S. Davidson, 1854. 92 pages : plan ; 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F45 ST6 - Akins
Arma virumque. Attributed to Robert Stobo--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints. Introd. signed: N.B.C. [i.e. Neville B. Craig].
Canada — History — 1713-1763 (New France) — Biography
United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763 — Personal narratives.
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Biography and genealogy master index Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1980-. 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Z6293 B615
Herbert, Miranda C
McNeil, Barbara.
Biography — indexes
Biography — United States — indexes
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Climbing the halyards : the 1948 voyage of the schooner Bowdoin / Jeffrey C. Ives. Ithaca NY : Ives : 2004. xx, 210 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VM395 B785 I95 2004
Inuit Pictorial works
Sailors — United States — 20th century — Biography
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Alexander Graham Bell / Jacqueline Langille. Tantallon : Four East Publications, 1989.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TK6143 B45 L36 1989
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Genius at work : images of Alexander Graham Bell / Dorothy Harley Eber. Halifax : Nimbus, 1991. 192 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TK6143 B45 E24 1991
Includes index.
Inventors — United States — Biography
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The early adventures of Painless Parker / edited by Peter M. Pronych and Arden G. Christen. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1996, 1995. 234 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RK43 P3 P76 1996
Christen, Arden G., 1932-
Pronych, Peter M. (Peter Michael), 1939-
Dentists — United States — Biography.
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Alexander Graham Bell : Baddeck's gentle genius / a portrait by James B. Lamb. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1990. 48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8573 A491 A374
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Aeronautics — United States — Experiments — Juvenile literature
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Wordstruck : a memoir / Robert MacNeil. New York : Viking, 1989. vii, 230 pages : ports. ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PE64 M23 A3
Journalists — United States — Biography
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Nova Scotia — Social life and customs.
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The emigrant experience : songs of Highland emigrants in North America / Margaret MacDonell. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1982. viii, 228 pages ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PB1684 M135
Songs in Gaelic with English translations. Includes indexes.
Songs, Gaelic — Canada — Texts
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Poets, Gaelic
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An exhibition organized by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, October 5 to November 27, 1978 = Une exposition organisée par la Galerie d'art de la Nouvelle-Écosse, Halifax, du 5 octobre au 27 novembre, 1978 Halifax : The Gallery, 1978. 124 pages, [1] leaf of plates : ports. (some col.) ;
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ND249 F455 A784
Cover and spine title: Robert Field. Text in English and French.
Hoskins, Alice
Paikowsky, Sandra.
Painting — Canada — Exhibitions
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The Hank Snow story / Hank Snow with Jack Ownbey and Bob Burris. Urbana, Ill. : Published in association with the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame by University of Illinois Press, 1994. 555 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML420 S674 A3 1994
Includes index.
Burris, Bob
Ownbey, Jack, 1933-
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.
Country musicians — United States — Biography.
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I'm movin' on : the life and legacy of Hank Snow / Vernon Oickle. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2014. 193 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML420 .S674 O39 2014
Born in tiny Brooklyn, Queen's County, Nova Scotia, Hank Snow (1914-1999) enjoyed a musical career that spanned five decades and sales of more than 80 million albums. Journalist Vernon Oickle chronicles Snow's hardscrabble life, from his destitute childhood on Nova Scotia's South Shore, to international fame. Leaving no stone unturned in his richly detailed profile of The Singing Ranger, Oickle exposes the highs and lows of Snow's career, and his journey ('Everywhere, man,') from small East Coast radio stations to the Grand Ole Opry in Texas. Includes a foreword from Hank's son, Jimmie Rodgers Snow, a timeline, discography, and 75 photographs.
Snow, Hank
Country musicians — Canada — Biography
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Singers — Canada — Biography
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Nova Scotia — Biography
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Butterbox survivors : life after the Ideal Maternity Home / Robert Hartlen. Halifax : Nimbus, 1999. xxvi, 238 pages : ports.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV700.5 H37 1999
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The log of the skipper's wife / edited by James W. Balano. Camden, Me. : Down East Books, 1979. x, 160 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G540 B148 1979
Seafaring life
Travelers — United States — Biography.
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So obstinately loyal : James Moody, 1744-1809 / Susan Burgess Shenstone. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. xiii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2321.1 M66 F54 2000 - Open Shelf
United Empire loyalists — Nova Scotia Biography
American loyalists — New Jersey Biography
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 Biography.
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Storm signals : more undiplomatic diaries, 1962-1971 / Charles Ritchie. Toronto, Canada : Macmillan of Canada, 1983. x, 175 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC626 R58 A3 1983 - Open Shelf
Ambassadors — Canada — Biography
Canada — Foreign relations — 1945-
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United States — Foreign relations — Canada.
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Eleven exiles : accounts of Loyalists of the American Revolution / edited by Phyllis R. Blakeley and John N. Grant. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1982. 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5069.1 E39 - Open Shelf
Blakeley, Phyllis R. (Phyllis Ruth), 1922-
Grant, John N.
United Empire loyalists — Biography
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United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Biography.
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Imprint of the Maritimes : highlights in the lives of 100 interesting Americans whose roots are in Canada's Atlantic Provinces Boston : Christopher Pub. House, 1959. 229 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5015 C212 #51a-b - Open Shelf
Canadians — United States
Atlantic Provinces — Biography
Maritime Provinces — Biography.
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