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by Elaine Perry RAILROAD BOOKS

The story of the railroad is toa large extent the story of Canada and to _ most Canadians trains still hold romance. If you are a buff, check Terrace Library for books on the history and lore of railroads in Canada and around the world. Pierre Berton has probably done more than anyone to popularize the history of Canadian railroads. His two volume history of the CPR. The National Dream and The Last Spike are still among the most readable and popular railroad books. A book by Bruce Ramsey, PGE: Railway to the North tells the history of what is now the B.C.R. as well as something about railways in the Province before the building of the P.G.E.

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Vancouver Island Railroads covers the mining and logging lines in words and

ictures. Another well- illustrated book is the Mikas’ Railways of Canada: A Pictoriat History. I'll Take the Train is a nostalgic look at many railway lines in western Canada. A recent book by Elizabeth Willmot, Meet Me at the Station, is another book of reminiscences — this one about the old stations in Ontario. The Battle for the Bay is a lively history of the long and bitter fight to build a railroad to Canada’s inland sea, Hudson Bay.

If your enthusiasm for railroading has turned into building one of your own,

books on model railroading

will be sure to interest. The Model Railroading Hand- book is a comprehensive..

From the Library

and well-illustrated guide to planning, building and operating a rec room railroad. For young ar- chitects of the _model railroad the children’s department has books such as The Boys’ Book of Model Railroading with in- structions for creating the train and the surrounding wr.

NOTABLE NEW BOOKS

Letters of E.B. White — From one of the great prose stylists of our day, a book of beautiful, funny and honest correspondence.

British Columbia's Trails, Rivers and Shorelines —

The report by the Outdoor i

Recreation Council of B.C.

to the Minister of Recreation and Con- servation. (796.5)

Robert Service: A Biography. The life and’ career of the always popular poet of the Yukon gold rush.

The Last Best West — the story of the great campaign to populate western Canada in thotographs and short

text.

Flaherty Award to NFB

“Los Canadienses” a National Film Board documentar about Canadians in Civil War won the Robert Flaherty Award. The

winner was announced in London by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

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prestigious award honoring the great film pioneer is reserved for ‘documentary films of feature length about subjects of social significance’.

The film which brought the award to Canada this year was directed by Albert Kish. It was seen on CBC

National Television a month ago and drew unanimous praise from Canadian TV critics. .

For director Albert Kish and “Los Canadienses”, this was the third major in- ternational win. He won the Silver Hugo at the Chicago . Festival and ‘best TV film’ at Mannheim, last year.

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