James Forbes
@tartantie.bsky.social
Canadian Historian & Author of "Protestant Liberty" (MQUP 2022)
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Visited my favourite bookstore today, Bailey Books in St. Alberta, Alberta.
Found three great books to add to the research library
Found three great books to add to the research library
February 7, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Visited my favourite bookstore today, Bailey Books in St. Alberta, Alberta.
Found three great books to add to the research library
Found three great books to add to the research library
Canadians "share in a stream of history that has enriched a quarter of the world's population within the Commonwealth, and free men everywhere, with the heritage of the common law, trial by jury, and parliamentary democracy."
J. Diefenbaker, Those Things we Treasure (1972)
J. Diefenbaker, Those Things we Treasure (1972)
February 4, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Canadians "share in a stream of history that has enriched a quarter of the world's population within the Commonwealth, and free men everywhere, with the heritage of the common law, trial by jury, and parliamentary democracy."
J. Diefenbaker, Those Things we Treasure (1972)
J. Diefenbaker, Those Things we Treasure (1972)
Posting Canadian books, day 2 👇
"I wanted to decentralize up to a certain point as a way to strengthen, indeed to establish and maintain, unity... some of the centralists were the greatest separatists."
Mike: The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, vol. 3 (1975)
"I wanted to decentralize up to a certain point as a way to strengthen, indeed to establish and maintain, unity... some of the centralists were the greatest separatists."
Mike: The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, vol. 3 (1975)
February 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Posting Canadian books, day 2 👇
"I wanted to decentralize up to a certain point as a way to strengthen, indeed to establish and maintain, unity... some of the centralists were the greatest separatists."
Mike: The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, vol. 3 (1975)
"I wanted to decentralize up to a certain point as a way to strengthen, indeed to establish and maintain, unity... some of the centralists were the greatest separatists."
Mike: The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, vol. 3 (1975)
Read Canadian history. Buy Canadian books.👇
What is the oldest book in my collection? This 1st ed. biography of Canada's second prime minister, "Hon. Alex. Mackenzie: His Life and Times" (1892) by William Buckingham
What is the oldest book in my collection? This 1st ed. biography of Canada's second prime minister, "Hon. Alex. Mackenzie: His Life and Times" (1892) by William Buckingham
February 1, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Read Canadian history. Buy Canadian books.👇
What is the oldest book in my collection? This 1st ed. biography of Canada's second prime minister, "Hon. Alex. Mackenzie: His Life and Times" (1892) by William Buckingham
What is the oldest book in my collection? This 1st ed. biography of Canada's second prime minister, "Hon. Alex. Mackenzie: His Life and Times" (1892) by William Buckingham
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Bio of the Day: John Palliser (1817–87), landed gentleman, big game hunter, and explorer.
The ruling preoccupation of Palliser, and most of his brothers and friends, seems to have been travel “in search of adventure and heavy game.” www.biographi.ca/en/bio/palli...
The ruling preoccupation of Palliser, and most of his brothers and friends, seems to have been travel “in search of adventure and heavy game.” www.biographi.ca/en/bio/palli...
January 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Bio of the Day: John Palliser (1817–87), landed gentleman, big game hunter, and explorer.
The ruling preoccupation of Palliser, and most of his brothers and friends, seems to have been travel “in search of adventure and heavy game.” www.biographi.ca/en/bio/palli...
The ruling preoccupation of Palliser, and most of his brothers and friends, seems to have been travel “in search of adventure and heavy game.” www.biographi.ca/en/bio/palli...