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Belaney’s Wilderness Chronicles – All Three Classics in One

haveebook — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:40:42 +0000

TITLE: Belaney’s Wilderness Chronicles – All Three Classics in One

Author: Archibald Stansfeld Belaney
Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons / Lovat Dickson & Thompson Limited
Published Year: 1932–1935
Genre: Memoir, History, Nature, Children’s Adventure, Non-Fiction
Language: English
Format: PDF

DESCRIPTION:
This exclusive collection brings together three of Archibald Stansfeld Belaney’s most celebrated works, offering readers a complete journey through his life, adventures, and passion for the natural world.

The Men of the Last Frontier presents a vivid blend of memoir, history, and wilderness reflection, capturing Canada’s northern frontiers and the threats posed by industry. Belaney’s stories of trappers, First Nations traditions, and encounters with wildlife emphasize the urgent need to protect and respect the environment.

Pilgrims of the Wild follows Belaney’s personal transformation from a skilled trapper to a committed conservationist, alongside his Iroquois wife, Anahareo. The book illustrates his dedication to safeguarding endangered species, particularly the beaver, and offers heartfelt insights into living in harmony with the wilderness.

The Adventures of Sajo and her Beaver People is an enchanting children’s adventure that brings the natural world to life through the story of Sajo, her brother, and two young beavers, Chilawee and Chikanee. It teaches courage, compassion, and the importance of protecting wildlife, while immersing readers in the breathtaking landscapes of Canada’s North.

Together, these three books form a compelling and timeless exploration of humanity’s relationship with nature, inspiring readers of all ages to value, preserve, and celebrate the wilderness.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (1888–1938) was an English-born author and pioneering conservationist who devoted his life to protecting wildlife in Canada. His profound connection with the natural world, combined with his compelling storytelling, made him one of the earliest influential voices advocating for environmental preservation. Through his books, lectures, and public engagement, Belaney inspired generations to respect, protect, and cherish the wilderness and its inhabitants.

The Adventures of Sajo and her Beaver People

haveebook — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:23:36 +0000

TITLE: The Adventures of Sajo and her Beaver People

Author: Archibald Stansfeld Belaney
Publisher: Lovat Dickson & Thompson Limited
Published Year: 1935
Genre: Children’s Adventure, History, Nature, Mixed Fiction/Non-Fiction
Language: English
Total Pages: 88
Format: PDF

DESCRIPTION:
The Adventures of Sajo and her Beaver People is a charming and engaging children’s adventure story based on real events. The novel follows Sajo, a young Ojibwe girl, and her older brother as they adopt two young beavers, Chilawee and Chikanee, and work to protect them from fur traders. Through vivid storytelling and illustrations, the book celebrates the beauty of the natural world and the importance of compassion, courage, and stewardship of wildlife.

First published in 1935, the book became an immediate bestseller, attracting audiences to Grey Owl’s lectures and inspiring readers across generations. Its timeless themes of coexistence with nature and respect for animals continue to resonate, offering young readers a window into the wilderness of Canada and the delicate balance between humans and the creatures around them.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (1888–1938) was an English-born author and conservationist who devoted his life to protecting wildlife in Canada. He became widely recognized for his writings, lectures, and public advocacy on environmental preservation. Belaney’s deep connection with nature and his pioneering work in conservation left a lasting legacy, inspiring generations to value and protect the wilderness and its inhabitants.

Pilgrims of the Wild

haveebook — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:13:40 +0000

TITLE: Pilgrims of the Wild

Author: Archibald Stansfeld Belaney
Publisher: Lovat Dickson & Thompson Limited
Published Year: 1934
Genre: Memoir, History, Nature, Non-Fiction
Language: English
Total Pages: 114
Format: PDF

DESCRIPTION:
Pilgrims of the Wild is the captivating autobiographical account of Archibald Stansfeld Belaney’s transformation from a skilled trapper into a dedicated conservationist. Alongside his Iroquois wife, Anahareo, Belaney devoted himself to safeguarding Canada’s wilderness and protecting endangered species such as the beaver. The book paints a vivid portrait of life in harmony with the natural world, illustrating the profound connection between humans and the wild through his experiences in the northern landscapes he called “the great Northland.”

Rich with personal reflections and anecdotes, Pilgrims of the Wild recounts the daily realities of living amidst Canada’s forests, rivers, and wildlife, while highlighting the healing and sustaining power of nature. Its enduring message emphasizes the importance of preserving the environment against industrial encroachment, making it as relevant today as it was when first published.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (1888–1938) was an English-born author and pioneering conservationist who devoted his life to protecting wildlife in Canada. Deeply influenced by his time in the northern wilderness, he became a prominent voice for environmental preservation, inspiring readers through his books, lectures, and public advocacy. His work helped lay the foundation for modern conservation efforts and fostered a lasting respect for nature.

The Men of the Last Frontier

haveebook — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 23:28:45 +0000

TITLE: The Men of the Last Frontier

Author: Archibald Stansfeld Belaney
Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
Published Year: 1932
Genre: Memoir, History, Nature, Non-Fiction
Language: English
Total Pages: 133
Format: PDF

DESCRIPTION:
The Men of the Last Frontier is a moving blend of memoir, history, and wilderness reflection. Written with great passion, it explores Canada’s northern frontiers at a time when the advance of industry began to threaten its untouched lands. Grey Owl captures the beauty of forests, rivers, and wildlife while warning of the dangers posed by uncontrolled exploitation.

Through stories of trappers, First Nations traditions, and his encounters with nature, he calls for a lasting respect for the environment and the creatures that inhabit it. The book remains a timeless message on the need to protect and preserve the natural world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (1888–1938) was an English-born author and conservationist who devoted his life to protecting wildlife in Canada. Deeply connected to nature, he became one of the earliest and most influential voices advocating for environmental preservation through his books, lectures, and public campaigns.

Makers of American History

haveebook — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:00:18 +0000

Makers of American History

The Lewis and Clark Exploring Expedition, 1804-06 — and — Life, Explorations, and Public Services of John Charles Fremont

eBook Details

Title:

Makers of American History: The Lewis and Clark Exploring Expedition, 1804-06 — and — Life, Explorations, and Public Services of John Charles Fremont

Author:

Adam, Graeme Mercer

Author:

Upham, Charles Wentworth

Published:

1905

Publisher:

The University Society, Inc.

Tags:

history, non-fiction, U.S.A.

Description:

“Few chapters in the annals of American discovery in the once dark places of the New World Continent are more interesting to the modern-day reader, or more full of venturesome daring and hardy adventure, than the story told in the narrative of the Lewis and Clark Exploring Expedition in the years 1804-06. That notable expedition, fruitful in high and useful achievement, for the first time threw light upon the wilderness region that at that early era stretched from the mouth of the Missouri River to where the waters of the Columbia River enter the Pacific Ocean. The vast region now to be opened to civilization, and then known as the Louisiana Territory, came into the possession of the United States, at the farsighted instigation of President Jefferson, by a rare stroke of American diplomacy.”

Language:

Eng

Pages:

214

Author Bio for Adam, Graeme Mercer

Graeme Mercer Adam (1839-1912) was a Scottish born Canadian editor and publisher. Born in Loanhead, Scotland, he came to Canada in 1858 to work for the Canadian publishing house Cunningham Geikie. Two years later he assumed control of the company which eventually became Adam, Stevenson and Company. The company published several magazines including the British American Magazine, The Canada Bookseller and The Canadian Monthly and National Review. He left Canada in 1892 apparently frustrated by the state of literary life in Canada but also attracted to the more lucrative industry in New York which was where he died in 1912.

Author Bio for Upham, Charles Wentworth

Charles Wentworth Upham (1802-1875) was an American politician and historian. He served a term in the U.S. House of Representatives for Massachusetts. He is notable for chronicling the Salem Witch trials. He also wrote a biography of John Charles Fremont, an American explorer of the Midwest.

Kootenay National Park – Wild Mountains and Great Valleys

haveebook — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 20:37:39 +0000

Kootenay National Park – Wild Mountains and Great Valleys

eBook Details

Title:

Kootenay National Park Wild Mountains and Great Valleys

Author:

Baird, David M. (David McCurdy)

Published:

1964

Publisher:

The Geological Survey of Canada

Tags:

Canada, non-fiction, parks, travel

Description:

The popularity of this guide led the Geological Survey of Canada to engage Dr. Baird to continue the series of books on the geology of the mountain national parks which had been initiated by Dr. Belyea. Between 1962 and 1967 Dr. Baird completed the text and provided pictures and sketches for guides to most of the mountain parks in Canada, which were published by the Geological Survey of Canada. Well illustrated, they provided excellent descriptions of the mountains, alpine lakes, glaciers and other physical features accessible by motor highway or walking trails in Banff, Jasper, Yoho, Kootenay, Waterton Lakes, Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National Parks. Dr. Baird expanded this series to provide geological histories of Prince Edward Island, Fundy, and Terra Nova Parks, and the national parks of Ontario.

Language:

Eng

Pages:

119

Author Bio for Baird, David M. (David McCurdy)

David McCurdy Baird (1920-2019) was a Canadian geologist and professor. Born in Fredericton, he studied in New Brunswick and New York and obtained his Ph.D. at McGill University in Montreal in 1947. He held many teaching jobs at Canadian universities as well as prominent administrative positions at museums. He was instrumental in the creation of Gros Morne National Park on the west coast of Newfoundland. He wrote several books focusing on Canadian geography and science.

Klee Wyck

haveebook — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 20:21:43 +0000

Klee Wyck

eBook Details

Title:

Klee Wyck

Author:

Carr, Emily

Published:

1941

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Tags:

biography, British Columbia, Canada, non-fiction

Description:

“Klee Wyck” (1941) is a memoir by Canadian artist Emily Carr. Through short sketches, the artist tells of her experiences among First Nations people and cultures on British Columbia’s west coast. The book won the 1941 Governor General’s Award. The original, unpublished title for the book was “Stories in Cedar”. Carr instead chose “Klee Wyck”, a nickname given to her by the First Nations people of Ucluelet. It means ‘Laughing One’.

Language:

Eng

Pages:

Author Bio for Carr, Emily

Emily Carr (1871-1945),Emily Carr was a Canadian artist and writer who was inspired by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. One of the first painters in Canada to adopt a Modernist and Post-Impressionist painting style, Carr did not receive widespread recognition for her work until the subject matter of her painting shifted from Aboriginal themes to landscapes—forest scenes in particular of British Columbia. As a writer, Carr was one of the earliest chroniclers of life in British Columbia.

In 1898, at age 27, Carr made the first of several sketching and painting trips to Aboriginal villages. She stayed in a village near Ucluelet on the west coast of Vancouver Island, home to the Nuu-chah-nulth people, then known to English-speaking people as ‘Nootka’. In 1912, Carr took a sketching trip to First Nations’ villages in Haida Gwaii, the Upper Skeena River, and Alert Bay. Even though Carr left the villages of the Pacific Northwest, the impact of the people stayed with her and she adopted the Indian name Klee Wyck. Carr continued to travel throughout the late 1920s and 1930s away from Victoria. Her last trip north was in the summer of 1928, when she visited the Nass and Skeena rivers, as well Haida Gwaii, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands. She also travelled to Friendly Cove and the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, and then up to Lillooet in 1933.Recognition of her work grew steadily. It was at the exhibition on West Coast Aboriginal art at the National Gallery in 1927 that Carr first met members of the Group of Seven, at that time Canada’s most recognized modern painters, who welcomed her into their ranks of Canada’s leading modernists. The encounter ended the artistic isolation of Carr’s previous 15 years, leading to one of her most prolific periods, and the creation of many of her most notable works.In 1937, Carr suffered her first heart attack, which marked the beginning of a decline in her health and a lessening of the energy required for painting. She began to devote more time to writing. Her first book, Klee Wyck, a collection of short stories based on her experiences with Aboriginal people, was published in 1941, a year that also effectively marked the end of her painting career. The book won a Governor General’s Award and was followed by the publication of four other books, two of them posthumously.

Jasper National Park

haveebook — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 19:42:08 +0000

Jasper National Park

eBook Details

Title:

Jasper National Park

Author:

Baird, David M. (David McCurdy)

Published:

1963

Publisher:

Queen’s Printer, Ottawa

Tags:

Canada,non-fiction, parks, travel

Description:

The first part of this guidebook describes in some detail the general aspects of the geology of Jasper National Park . . . where it is, how the mountains there originated, what the rocks of the region are and where they came from, and the different shapes of mountains related to the structures of the rocks composing them. The last part comprises a series of notes on what is to be seen at each of the lookouts and roadside stops along the main travel routes.

Language:

Eng

Pages:

223

Author Bio for Baird, David M. (David McCurdy)

Hundreds and Thousands – The Journals of an Artist

haveebook — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 19:29:57 +0000

Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of an Artist

eBook Details

Title:

Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of an Artist

Author:

Carr, Emily

Published:

1966

Publisher:

Irwin Publishing Inc.

Tags:

autobiography, diary, non-fiction

Description:

Emily Carr chose to call her published journals HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS after the minute English candies so small they need to be eaten by the mouthful to be appreciated.“Too insignificant to have been considered individually, but like Hundreds and Thousands lapped up and sticking to our moist tongues, the little scraps and nothingnesses of my life have made a definite pattern.”In her notebooks, she chronicled her philosophy of art, her criticism of her own work and others’, her hopes and fears. She also wrote of the subjects she painted—the sea, sky and forests of British Columbia. A personal and passionate manifesto of an extraordinary artist.

Language:

Eng

Pages:

300

Author Bio for Carr, Emily

Emily Carr (1871-1945), Emily Carr was a Canadian artist and writer who was inspired by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. One of the first painters in Canada to adopt a Modernist and Post-Impressionist painting style, Carr did not receive widespread recognition for her work until the subject matter of her painting shifted from Aboriginal themes to landscapes—forest scenes in particular of British Columbia. As a writer, Carr was one of the earliest chroniclers of life in British Columbia.

Humour of the North

haveebook — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 19:16:19 +0000

Humour of the North

eBook Details

Title:

Humour of the North

Editor:

Burpee, Lawrence J.

Author:

Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Author:

De Mille, James

Author:

Duncan, Sara Jeannette Writing under the pseudonym: Cotes, Mrs. Everard

Author:

Drummond, William Henry

Author:

Howe, Joseph

Author:

McCarroll, James

Author:

Lanigan, George Thomas

Published:

1912

Publisher:

The Musson Book Company

Tags:

Canada,humour, non-fiction

Description:

This book is an anthology of humorous poems and short stories, often political, written by authors from Canada. It features the work of the following individuals, amongst other greats—George Thomas Lanigan, William Henry Drummond, and James Demille. Here’s an excerpt from a poem entitled ‘To Mary’ by Joseph Howe: “Oh! blame me not, Mary, for gazing at you / Nor suppose that my thoughts from the Preacher were straying / Tho’ I stole a few glances—believe me ’tis true— / They were sweet illustrations of what he was saying.”

Comments:

Other Contributors: Howe, Joseph; Lanigan, George Thomas; McCarroll, James

Language:

Eng

Pages:

Author Bio for Burpee, Lawrence J.

Lawrence Johnston Burpee (1885-1946) was a Canadian author and civil servant. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he joined the civil service in Ottawa at age 17 and remained with the government for his entire career. He served as private secretary to three successive Ministers of Justice. In addition to his government duties he was also a prolific writer delving into Canadian history, geography, and bibliography. He wrote and edited many books and articles including several entries in the Canadian encyclopedia, Canada and Its Provinces. In 1927 the University of Toronto conferred on him an honorary degree of LL.D. (Who Was Who, 1941-1950)

Author Bio for De Mille, James

James De Mille (1833-1880) was a Canadian writer of popular fiction in the Victorian era. Born in St. John, New Brunswick, he was educated at Acadia in Nova Scotia and Brown in Rhode Island. He briefly ran a bookstore from 1857 to 1861 before turning to teaching at Dalhousie University. During the last quarter of the 19th century he wrote several popular novels. He had a knack for writing intricate plots, moving between comedy and suspense and had a gift for writing good dialogue. His books ranged from juvenile boys stories such as B.O.W.C. Club (Brethren of the White Cross), comedy/satire as in The Lady of the Ice, to fantastical settings in books such as A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder. (Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature)

Author Bio for Duncan, Sara Jeannette

Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861–1922) was a Canadian author and journalist. Born in Brantford, Ontario, she trained as a teacher but she soon began to concentrate on writing. In 1884 she worked for The Globe (now the Globe and Mail) writing articles and columns about literature and woman’s social life. In 1890 she married Everard Charles Cotes, a noted entomologist. She travelled with him to India where he was employed by the British government. After her marriage she concentrated on writing novels. Nine of her novels are set in India and most of her works are in the setting of Anglo-Indian society, of which she said “there is such abundance of material … it is full of such picturesque incidence, such tragic chance”. The progress of her novels show her experimenting with different genres that might sell well or were known to be popular, and they were of increasing complexity. Generally, she followed a nineteenth-century tradition of “society” novels in which personal and public politics might play a part. (Dictionary of Canadian Biography)