Granfield, Linda

Examines the life of John McCrae, discussing his childhood, family, careers in medicine and the military, World War I experience, and other related topics, and including more than one hundred photographs, documents, and images.

Text and archival materials help describe the conditions that millions of immigrants faced in many North American cities.

Challenges readers to use given clues to guess the identity of a variety of objects, and provides information about each item under discussion.

Presents anecdotes, along with photographs, postcards, and other memorabilia, that provide information about various aspects of World War I, focusing on the participation of Canada in the war.

Describes the job of the President, the history of voting rights, how the electoral college works, and the language of campaigns.

Traces the history of circuses from the time of ancient Egypt and Greece through their evolution in eighteenth-century Europe to the spectacles created by P.T. Barnum and other modern-day showmen.

Describes the events of the life of John Newton as a captain aboard a slave trade vessel and later as a clergyman that led to his writing the well-loved hymn, "Amazing Grace.".