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For nearly three decades, Joyce Milgaard told anyone who would listen that her son David was an innocent man trapped in a nightmare, sentenced to life in prison at age seventeen for a rape and murder he did not commit.

From the time David was imprisoned in 1970, Joyce Milgaard pleaded with prime ministers, justice ministers, lawyers, scientists, church groups, police and the media to achieve her son's freedom.

Finally, David was released from prison in 1992, and in the summer of 1997, his name was cleared. DNA testing conducted in a laboratory in England conclusively proved what Joyce had always maintained -- that her son was the victim of a gross injustice when he was convicted and imprisoned for the murder of nursing aide Gail Miller of Saskatoon.

Joyce Milgaard's first-person story is an inspiring example of the unbreakable bond between a mother and her child, an illustration of the supportive strength of religious faith, and an empowering victory for the human spirit.

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This digital document is an article from Alberta History, published by Historical Society of Alberta on March 22, 2003. The length of the article is 6525 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Robert George Brett: "We shall not look upon his like again".(pioneer of Western Canadian medical establishment)(Biography)
Author: Robert Lampard
Publication: Alberta History (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2003
Publisher: Historical Society of Alberta
Volume: 51Issue: 2Page: 13(10)

Article Type: Biography

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From trips to the general store to battles with bedbugs and falling cows, FIVE PENNIES brings to life the experiences of a boy growing up in the early West.

Filled with details about pioneer life, each story gives insight into the difficulties, challenges, and joys faced by families building a home on a rugged, new land. Young Archie's observations offer a different perspective on that life, one tinged by a child's wonder and sense of adventure.

These heartwarming stories about Christmas pageants, starting school, summer jobs, and the exciting potential of owning five pennies were told to author Irene Morck by her father. She has captured the spirit and humour of his memories and brought them together in this entertaining collection. ... Read more

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Struggles and Joys of a Pioneer family
Read it at once like a novel or in chapters like a series of vignettes, this delightful book features difficulties facing a farm family, and rejoices at their victories and grieves over their sorrows and defeats. Enjoy the mischievous pranks of a bunch of farm kids who invented ways to make their hard work more fun, and how their jokes sometimes turned into expensive lessons when things went awry. The intense desire for education that drove these farm boys to make enormous sacrifices in order to have an opportunity to achieve their goals is inspiring. This is a great book for young folks who are wrestling with lifes tough questions, and how faith, persistance and determination can lead to fulfilment of dreams. ... Read more

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An intimate look at the people of the prairies inManitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta – who they are, how they live, what makes them a breed apart

The prairies are Robert Collins’s spiritual home. He was born and raised on a Saskatchewan farm, but spent most of his adult life living elsewhere. Now he returns to his homeland to pay homage to the special character of the people who live in this unique region of Canada.

Prairie People is an absorbing combination of stories, anecdotes, and touches of history told in the voices of ordinary people and linked by the author’s own narrative and memories. It explores the characteristics that define these people to themselves and to the rest of Canada. Prairie people are clearly not all alike: city and town dwellers differ from farmers, farmers from ranchers, ranchers andcowboys from oilmen. But many of the stereotypes are true. They are defiantly pessimistic. They believe they are tougher than everybody else. They are uncommonly independent and self-reliant.

In this sympathetic yet realistic portrait, Collins looks at where the original settlers of the prairies came from. He describes how nature shaped them, and how hard work through good times and bad toughened them. He finds evidence of their legendary friendliness and neighbourliness. And he seeks to understand their deep attachment either to the left and right in politics and their unifying distrust of “Central Canada.” ... Read more

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Between 1830 and 1870, as many as 40,000 slaves made the perilous journey north to freedom in Canada with the help of the Underground Railroad. It was neither underground nor was it a railroad, and was most remarkable for its lack of formal organization, so cloaked in secrecy that few facts were recorded while it “ran.” The story of the Underground Railroad is one of suffering and of bravery, and is not only one of escape from slavery but of beginnings: of people who carved out a new life for themselves in perilous, difficult circumstances. In I Came as a Stranger, Bryan Prince, a descendent of slaves, describes the people who made their way to Canada and the life that awaited them. From Uncle Tom’s Cabin in Dresden, Ontario to Harriet Tubman’s Canadian base of operations in St. Catharines, the communities founded by former slaves soon produced businessmen, educators, and writers. Yet danger was present in the form of bounty hunters and prejudice.Complemented by archival photos, I Came as a Stranger is an important addition to North American history. ... Read more

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An uplifting read for young readers of all ages
Highly recommended, Bryan Prince's I Came As A Stranger: The Underground Railroad is a fascinating history and site guide to the American Underground Railroad, a pre-Civil War secret organization of conspirators who risked life and freedom to help fugitive slaves make the perilous journey to the freedom in Canada. Black-and-white illustrations, and compelling testimony make I Came As A Stranger an educational and uplifting read for young readers of all ages.

A Must Have
Very seldom do we get the opportunity to read history from the voices of those that lived it and, the persons who are descendants of those who lived it. In this amazing volume, you have both. Bryan Prince is not only a consumate historian, he is a descendant of the fugitives who made it to freedom and settled in Southern Ontario. While intended for young adults, older readers, especially from the U.S. will have the opportunity to learn "the rest of the story" of the Underground Railroad. ... Read more

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While Canadian service personnel made heroic sacrifices battling theNazis, other Canadians on the home front were sabotaging the war effort. Billy Kelly,former Deputy Commissioner and Director of Security and Intelligence of the RCMP,was part of the RCMP Black Market Squad in Toronto, investigating and prosecutingblack market activity and security risks in southern Ontario during World War II.

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"No Burden to Carry exquisitely weaves the threads of autobiography and history into flexible and meaningful relationship. Never again will I be at a loss for names of Black women who have stood at the junctions of Canadian History." - Angela Y. Davis ... Read more

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Picture a place 125 miles from the nearest human where the land is as wild and unpredictable as the adventure it delivers.Imagine stepping from a bush plane on to a frozen lake where the temperature is 60 degrees below zero.Three miles away sits a cabin that will be your home for the next year.Now, imagine not finding it for six bitter cold days.This is where the unforgettable true story begins for two young men in search of adventure in the Canadian wilderness.Share their struggle for survival, hunt moose for winter meat and build a cabin at Paradise Creek.Discover the joy and hardships of living for one year in a wilderness log cabin.This is a coming of age story.The range of emotions stretch from the pain of frostbite to the awesome splendor of Northern Lights.From the darkness and loneliness of a subarctic winter to the bliss of watching a sunset on a home-made swing.Journey with these two young men on an adventure you will never forget. ... Read more

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Gripping adventure story
I read this book several years ago from the library. I rarely buy a book but this one I have. Great adventure story about the challenges two young men face living in a cabin for a year in Manitoba. The description of the first six days trying to find the cabin after getting dropped off is a page turner.

Makes me wish I did something similar at that stage im my life as opposed to sitting at a cubicle. This books gives me the inspiration to maybe strike out and seek my own adventure someday.

An eye-opening experience for any Arctic traveler
The opening sequence of their expedition rivals that of any true life-and-death experience, including "Touching The Void." A must-read for any winter-camper who ventures off the beaten path more than a few days away from luxuries like mechanical heat from an automobile. This is one of the most profound stories of northern wilderness experience that I have ever read. Their story is similar to going to the moon on an Apollo mission, with no backup and no radio contact, and making it on their own. Truly the best story ever told of a modern Arctic expedition with a happy ending. This is a book that I read and immediately gave to a friend to read, and it has passed around to no less than 12 people as a "must read" already, and is still in motion.

Simple, refreshing and sincere
Although I found the book simple and intellectually unchallenging, its sincerity, freshness and admiration for the wilderness and being a part of it were emotionally stirring. It reminded me of the importance of being able to step away from comitments to work, banks and acquaintances to experience something larger than all of us. We need this to remind us of the essence of being alive and human.

A great personal adventure story. Wish I couldhave done it.
Most of us dream of adventures when we are young ... but the responsibilities of the world often derail them. David Scott's story is a tale of the dream of adventure fulfilled.

This is a wonderful exciting adventure.
I love outdoor adventure books and this book is a great one. This is a story of living and thriving in the Canadian wilderness. I was fascinated with the authors adventures of building a cabin, hunting moose, and exploring. If you like outdoor books I recommend this as a must read. ... Read more

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Ernest C. Manning, premier of Alberta for 25 years, died on February 19, 1996, at age 87. Some say, though, that his spirit lives on, not only in the hereafter in which he so strongly believed, but in his son, Preston Manning, the new kid on the federal political block. In Like Father, Like Son, Lloyd Mackey traces the footsteps of these two Canadian political figures, focusing on their similarities and differences. Both Ernest and Preston Manning were shaped by-and shaped-Alberta's "Bible belts." Mackey, aware that one out of every eight Canadians is directly connected with Christian evangelicalism and another six draw some spiritual sustenance from its sway, provides a vivid word picture of the movement. ... Read more

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Welcome to the World's Most Exciting Race! Chuckwagon racing is unlike any other race, anywhere. Professional chuckwagons thunder at 45 miles per hour. The horses are swift and the cowboys are tough. The ground literally shakes as the wagons careen around the oval track. Never Holler Whoa! provides an inside look at this most thrilling of sports. Through the real-life adventures of three compelling athletes-Kelly Sutherland, Buddy Bensmiller and Jim Nevada-readers will experience the danger, pain and sacrifice of professional racing. From the triumphs to the heartbreaks, these cowboys share their stories. ... Read more