mccracken melinda (22 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Ten-year-old Cassie lives with her working-class family in 1919 Winnipeg. The Great War and Spanish Influenza have taken their toll, and workers in the city are frustrated with low wages and long hours. When they orchestrate a general strike, Cassie - bright, determined and very bored at school - desperately wants to help.She begins volunteering for the strike committee as a papergirl, distributing the strike bulletin at Portage and Main, and from her corner, she sees the strike take shape. Threatened and taunted by upper-class kids, and getting hungrier by the day, Cassie soon realizes that the strike isn't just a lark - it's a risky and brave movement.With her impoverished best friend, Mary, volunteering in the nearby Labour Café, and Cassie's police officer brother in the strike committee's inner circle, Cassie becomes increasingly furious about the conditions that led workers to strike.When an enormous but peaceful demonstration turns into a violent assault on Bloody Saturday, Cassie is changed forever.Lively and engaging, this novel is a celebration of solidarity, justice and one brave papergirl.Financial assistance provided by the Manitoba Arts Council.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. 118 Pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 118 pp. With b&w photos. ".a portrait of a period; the story of the generation who were teenagers in the Fifties." Light edgewear, very small dent on top of front board; price-clipped dj shows light edgewear, chipping at corners and head & heel of spine, light rubbing, some fading along spine.

paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First. Light olive green cloth boards, unclipped jacket; Overall very sound, but there is a small stain on front & back free end pages and small blob stain on page edge; One or two pages have pen lines at the side of the text but no underlining; Jacket is free of chips/tears but quite rubbed along edges; Five of the best women writers in Canada at the time of publication highlight the lives of ten fellow Canadian women at the mid 70's for their views of life and womanhood.212 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Black & White Photographs (illustratore). First Edition. Dust jacket has edge wear repairs. 6 X 9" 118 pages. Dedicated to the 1957 graduating class of Churchill High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Melinda McCracken writes with almost total recall about the experiences of her growing up years.

Paperback. Condizione: As New. As New condition; 10-year-old Cassie lives with her working-class family in 1919 Winnipeg. The Great War and Spanish Influenza have taken their toll, and workers in the city are frustrated with low wages and long hours. When they organize a General Strike, Cassie desperately wants to help. She begins volunteering for the strike committee as a papergirl, distributing the Strike Bulletin at Portage and Main, and from her corner, she sees the strike take shape. Packed with history and heart, this book is a celebration of solidarity, justice, and one brave papergirl.

Paper bound, oblong quarto, illustrated throughout with maps and photos, Pp252. Previous owner name and number neatly and modestly at top of half title page else a tight and unmarked, very good copy. 680 grams. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books and also offer local curbside pick-up. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to edges of dust jacket; area of price sticker removal damage to bottom back inside corner of dust jacket; price clipped; otherwise very minimal wear; This book is a portrait of a period; the story of the generation who were teenagers in the Fifties. McCracken writes with almost total recall about the experiences of her growing up years. Her stories are about Winnipeg's south end (Riverview - Churchill High School) but they could be the stories of almost any Canadian who grew up in that decade. - from the dust jacket.

Hard bound, first edition, illustrated, xii + Pp196. Includes chronology and index. Fine in near fine dust jacket. 560 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Trade Paper. Condizione: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; some wear to inside corners; pp211-236 had top corner turned; otherwise minimal general wear; "Swirling through the centuries, the history of the lake has been filled with harmony and hatred, struggle and serenity. This multi-faceted story-from the lake's ancient formation and long and complex Aboriginal history to the summer 'camps' and vacation resorts of today. ".

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Slight edge wear otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 196 pgs. Personal inscription on first page. Black & white photos. Includes dust jacket - no blemishes. No highlighting or underlining. An informative series of recollections and memories from the political life and times of Magnus Eliason.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Ten-year-old Cassie lives with her working-class family in 1919 Winnipeg. The Great War and Spanish Influenza have taken their toll, and workers in the city are frustrated with low wages and long hours. When they orchestrate a general strike, Cassie - bright, determined and very bored at school - desperately wants to help.She begins volunteering for the strike committee as a papergirl, distributing the strike bulletin at Portage and Main, and from her corner, she sees the strike take shape. Threatened and taunted by upper-class kids, and getting hungrier by the day, Cassie soon realizes that the strike isn't just a lark - it's a risky and brave movement.With her impoverished best friend, Mary, volunteering in the nearby Labour Café, and Cassie's police officer brother in the strike committee's inner circle, Cassie becomes increasingly furious about the conditions that led workers to strike.When an enormous but peaceful demonstration turns into a violent assault on Bloody Saturday, Cassie is changed forever.Lively and engaging, this novel is a celebration of solidarity, justice and one brave papergirl.Financial assistance provided by the Manitoba Arts Council.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 118. 8vo. Publisher's bright yellow boards, black lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, etc. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and tight, sound binding; fine and housed in near fine lightly rubbed dustjacket. Memories are made of this is a portrait of a period; the story of the generation who were teenagers in the Fifties. Melinda McCraken writes with almost total recall about the experiences of her growing up years. Her stories are about Winnipeg's south end but they could be the stories of any Canadian who grew up in that decade.

[1-896474-04-7] 1997. (Mass market paperback) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. xii, 196pp. 8vo. The encounters and anecdotes from the political life of Magnus Eliason. Personal inscription from Magnus Eliason to front free endpaper. Dust jacket shows very mild wear along the top edge, else is near fine. Green boards, with gilt title to spine. Clean, tight, bright, solid copy. As Told to Kevin Jon Johnson & Melinda McCracken.

[0-88862-076-4] 1975, 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 118pp. Photographs. What it was like to grow up in the Fifties. Locale: Fort Rouge--Winnipeg; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Riverview--Winnipeg; Western Canada; Winnipeg--Manitoba. (Manitoba, Social History--Canada).

1975. (Hardcover) Very good to fine in very good to fine dust jacket. 118pp. Signed with inscription by the author. Photographs. The dust jacket has edgewear and a chip missing from the bottom edge of the back panel. Signed and inscribed by Melinda McCracken. Locale: Fort Rouge--Winnipeg; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Riverview--Winnipeg; Western Canada; Winnipeg--Manitoba. (Manitoba, Social History--Canada).

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Cowan, Harvey (illustratore). First Edition. 96 pages. Features: Robert Stanfield's Conservaties - a response to Quebec is essential; Manitoba's Schreyer - a little to the right of the left; Fiat car ad; Our silent courtiers - scientists rely upon the hands that feed them; Color photo ad for the 1973 Chevrolet Impala (maroon); Changing mood without drugs; Canadian Club Whisky ad features color photos of rocket pack in use at Cheakamus Canyon in B.C.'s Tantalus Mountains; Pontiac one-page color-photo ad for the blue Parisienne Brougham 4-Door Hardtop; Argument against the Mackenzie Pipeline; Why the Canadian gourmet too often pays first class but eats fourth; The great Canadian lunch counter as a threatened species; A Childhood in Birch Hills, Saskatchewan; A Conversation with Simone De Beauvoir; A Human Alternative to the House - prison design ideas; Nice colour ad for Zenith SuperChromacolor TVs; Colour Chrysler ad features the New Yorker Brougham, Imperial and Newport; Great one-page Chevrolet colour-photo ad features the Senior Motorhome, Mini Motorhome, Junior Motorhome and 3+3 Crewcab with fifth wheel travel trailer; One-page ad for CBC Radio News; One-page ad for CTV's morning show Canada AM; Nice colour ad for the Oldsmobile Cutlass 'S'; Roloff Beny's reflections on a journey home; Murray McLauchlan - Street Singer; Bobby Hull -Being and Selling the World Hockey Association (WHA); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Beaver, Bert (illustratore). First Edition. 64 pages. Features: The U.S.S.R. and I - colour-photo-illustrated article describes what it's like to be a tourist in the Soviet Union; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for the 1967 Dodge Dart, red - convertible and black hardtop; When the Cable Came to Heart's Content - one hundred years ago the ship 'Great Eastern' linked Newfoundland with Europe; Snow Cruiser snowmobile half-page colour-photo ad; Let's Give The All Assists - a discussion of how assists are awarded in the NHL; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for the line of C.C.M. sports products; Lt.-Gen. E.L.M. Burns discusses what hope he sees for peace in the nuclear age; Vintage one-page colour toy ad for Eldon Road Racing Sets and new Eldon Tinyrooms; Centrefold colour ad for Parker Pens; My Pet Tarantula - Robert Scarlett describes his pet, one of 2,500 insects, butterflies and spiders in his collection; Safe Driving Week - A Sad Report on how Canadian motorists die; Great one-page colour-photo ad for Aylmer Soup features two photos of Phyllis Diller; How to Build a Candy House; Nice photo-illustrated article on Brampton radio station CHIC's all-girl team of disk jockeys, Jan Campbell, Marilyn Macdonnell, Penny Machtell and Febby Barnard; (Toy) Dolls Come Alive with Personality; Great photo-illustrated article on Beatle John Lennon going to war as Gripweed in making of the film 'How I Won The War'. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.