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THE GOOD FIGHT: CANADIANS AND WORLD WAR II.

By: Granatstein, J.L. and Neary, Peter, eds. (William Lyon Mackenzie King, Howard Graham, Timothy Findley, Hugh Garner, Marc Milner, Raymond Souster, Farley Mowat, Bill McAndrew, Murray Peden, Rene Levesque, Roch Carrier, William Caplan, F.R. Scott, et

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Copp Clark: 1995

Seller ID: 23899

ISBN: 0773054588

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

466 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H). B&w and colour plates. "World War II has been called the last just war. For most of the Canadian men and women who served their country on land or at sea, in the factories, mills, or hospitals, in the air or on the farm, this was the defining moment of their lives. Now, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of the War, (this book) brings together the experiences of Canadians, at home and abroad, in a unique collection of memoir, non fiction, poetry, fiction, photography, and art that will touch and intrigue all those interested in this remar...
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HO TRACKSIDE STRUCTURES YOU CAN BUILD. MODEL RAILROAD HANDBOOK NO. 40. (MODEL RAILROADER.)

By: Hayden, Bob & Drury, George, selected by. (Peter Barney, J. Harold Geissel, John Swatsley, Paul Lubliner, Harold Russell, L. Lammes, Gordon Odegard, Don Reschenberg, Ben King, Richard Ivins, Andy Sperandeo, Jim Hediger, Jim Findley, John Olson, et a

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Waukesha, WI, Kalmbach: 1994

Seller ID: 25618

ISBN: 0890242194

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

120 pp, 10 3/4" H. Color and b&w photographs, diagrams, scale drawings. Contents: Introduction; Stations and interlocking towers (Build a small-town station / The North Conway station (drawings) / Modeling the North Conway station / PRR's Devon baggage room (drawings) / Modeling an O&W station / New York, Ontario & Western station and interlocking tower (drawings) / GO tower on MR&T / Lattice-post watchman's tower (drawings) / Building an HO interlocking tower / Railroad yard structures (drawings) / Build an HO brick freight station); Engine servicing facilities (Steam locomotive servici...
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KNIGHTS OF THE AIR: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY PIONEERS WHO FIRST BUILT BRITISH AEROPLANES.

By: King, Peter.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Iowa City, University of Iowa Press: 1989

Seller ID: 23677

ISBN: 0877452652

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

544 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). "(The) story of the men who spent their youth designing and building England's first flying-machines: the men who pioneered the British aircraft industry. Some of their aircraft have achieved immortality - the legendary Pup, Camel, Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster. But of the men who designed and built them, men like Frederick Handley Page, Tommy Sopwith, George Holt Thomas and Geoffrey de Havilland, perhaps only Rolls and Royce are still household names. These pioneers of aviation development began to build their empires during Worl;d War I, although se...
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CLASSIC TRAINS: THE GOLDEN AGE OF RAILROADING. WORLD WAR II: RAILROADING'S FINEST HOUR. WINTER 2001. VOLUME 2, NUMBER 4.

By: McGonigal, Robert S.; Withers, Bob; Zega, Michael; Hansen, Peter A.; Houser, Fred N.; Middleton, William D.; Wider, Patrick C.; King, Ed.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Waukesha, WI, Kalmbach: 2001

Seller ID: 30260

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

114 pp, 10 3/4" H - magazine format. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color photographs. Articles: Ready to Serve the Nation: Soldiers' signatures recall a time when railroaders and railroads answered an urgent call; The B&O Goes to War: Records from early December 1941 show the effects of global conflict on Baltimare & Ohio's St. Louis line; Inspiring the Home Front: When war suddenly indundated them with traffic, the railroads switched advertising strategies; Hitler's Rail-Wreckers: Some of America's great railroad landmarks were prime targets in a daring Nazi sabotage plot; GI with ...
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Author:King, Peter

THE GOOD FIGHT: CANADIANS AND WORLD WAR II.

HO TRACKSIDE STRUCTURES YOU CAN BUILD. MODEL RAILROAD HANDBOOK NO. 40. (MODEL RAILROADER.)

KNIGHTS OF THE AIR: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY PIONEERS WHO FIRST BUILT BRITISH AEROPLANES.

CLASSIC TRAINS: THE GOLDEN AGE OF RAILROADING. WORLD WAR II: RAILROADING'S FINEST HOUR. WINTER 2001. VOLUME 2, NUMBER 4.