Canada 150 Books
by Jim Bell
On July 1, 2017, Canada will mark its Sesquicentennial – our country’s 150th birthday. To help celebrate, we have published (link below) a list of 150 recommended aviation books by Canadians, about Canadians.
The complete list can be downloaded here (PDF, 595 kb).
Here is a random list of examples from the list:
Here is a random list of examples from the list:
- The Great Escape: The Untold Story, by Ted Barris, Dundurn Publishers, 2014
- Kittyhawk Pilot, by J.F. “Stocky” Edwards, Turner-Warwick Publications, 1983
- Bush Pilot With a Briefcase, by Ronald A. Keith, Doubleday, 1972
- The De Havilland Canada Story, by Fred Hotson, Canav Books, 1983
- For the Love of Flying: The Story of Laurentian Air Services, by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail, Robin Brass Studio, Inc., 2010
- Wings Over High River: Conversations with A. Gordon Jones, by Anne Gafiuk, Bomber Command Museum of Canada, 2012
- More Stories About Wop May, by Denny May, Maycroft, 2011
- Wings Over Calgary, 1906-1940, by Bruce Gowans, Historical Society of Alberta, 1990
- The Bonnie: HMCS Bonaventure, by J. Allan Snowie, The Boston Mills Press, 1987
- The Lindbergh of Canada: The Erroll Boyd Story, by Ross Smith, General Store Publishing House, 1997
- Bird’s Eye View, by Elinor Florence, Dundurn, 2014
- Captain Roy Brown: A True Story of the Great War, (1914-1918), by Alan Bennett, Brick Tower Press, 2012
- Baz: The Biography of Ian Bazalgette VC, by Dave Birrell, Nanton Lancaster Society, 2014
- Skippers of the Sky: The Early Years of Bush Flying, by William Wheeler, Fifth House Books, 2000
- GUS: From Trapper Boy to Air Marshal, by Suzanne K. Edwards, General Store Publishing House, 2007
