Inside Hamilton's Museums

John Goddard (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2016
Dundurn Group Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4597-3354-1 (ISBN)

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Take a journey through Hamilton’s past by way of the houses, heritage museums, and historic sites. Learn about founders, families, wars, and politics through tours of the grounds and houses and a discussion of some of the most prized possessions contained therein.

Exploring Hamilton through its heritage museums.

Inside Hamilton’s Museums helps to satisfy a growing curiosity about Canada’s steel capital as it evolves into a post-industrial city and cultural destination. With an emphasis on storytelling and unsung heroes, the book identifies where Sergeant Alexander Fraser bayonetted seven enemy soldiers in a shocking attack to save Upper Canada in 1813. It evokes the day in 1939 when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth opened the Queen Elizabeth Way, the first intercity divided highway in North America. And it illuminates the four months in 1846 when an otherwise immensely privileged teenager, Sophia MacNab, documented her mother’s excruciating demise.

Appealing to Hamiltonians and visitors alike, the book brings to life the former residents of Dundurn Castle, Whitehern Historic House, the Old Waterworks, Battlefield House, Griffin House, the Joseph Brant Museum, and the Erland Lee Museum, birthplace of the Women’s Institutes.

John Goddard is a former magazine writer and Toronto Star reporter with a curiosity for little-known Ontario wonders. His books include Inside the Museums: Toronto’s Heritage Sites and Their Most Prized Objects and, with TV’s Richard Crouse, Rock and Roll Toronto, a cheeky guide to the city’s rock and roll historic sites.

Preface and Acknowledgements
1 Dundurn National Historic Site (and Hamilton Military Museum)
2 Whitehern Historic House and Garden
3 Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology (The Waterworks)
4 Battlefield House Museum and Park
5 Griffin House (with Fieldcote Memorial Park and Museum)
6 Joseph Brant Museum
7 Erland Lee Museum
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.7.2016
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography; Index; 103 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	319 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4597-3354-1 / 1459733541
ISBN-13	978-1-4597-3354-1 / 9781459733541
Zustand	Neuware