Large Print Reviews - Canada: Literature and History

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Canada: Literature and History
Compiled by Richard Seltzer

Canada: Literature and History
Compiled by Richard Seltzer
Seedy Press, (April 22, 2002)
B & R Samizdat Express
P. O. Box 161
West Roxbury, MA, 02132
ISBN: 0-931968-07-0
Genre: History & Literature - Canadian

Reviewed by Rochelle Caviness - July 21, 2002

Please note: As of 5/1/2008, this CD now contains 347 books.

Seedy Press has compiled a variety of CD-Rom's, each containing a library's worth of books. These CD's are thematically divided into subjects such as Children's Books, Religion, and Non-Fiction. Other CD's are organized by country. One such CD is Seedy Press' Canada: Literature and History, which was compiled by Richard Seltzer.

The Canada: Literature and History CD currently contains 13 works of literature and 13 history books. Seedy Press is continually updating their CD's, and new editions, with more books, are issued on a regular basis.

This CD contains a variety of books written by Canadian authors, as well as books written about Canada. All of the books on this CD are offered in a plain text format, making it readily accessible by most screen reading programs. As well, this CD ships with DLJ Software's Readit program. This is a shareware, dos program, that allows you to bookmark you place within a text. As well, it allows for quick and easy navigation among the various files, and may be especially useful for visually impaired readers.

Canadian Literature

The works of Canadian literature contained on this CD include:

Ralph Centennius' The Dominion in 1983, a book which compares modern day (1983) Canada against the Canada of 1883. Please note that this book was originally written in 1883! Consequently, Centennius (a pseudonym) must have borrowed H.G. Well's Time Machine in order to take a peak at 1983 Canada. Be sure not to miss this one, it is a marvelous story.
John McCrae's In Flanders Fields
Seven books by Lucy Maud Montgomery, including Rilla of Ingleside, the eighth book in the Anne of Green Gables series. This book focuses on Anne's daughter, Rilla.
Four books by Robert Service
Young Canada's Nursery Rhymes

Canadian History

This collection also includes a variety of outstanding histories that chronicle the exploration and settlement of Canada, such as:

The Canadian Dominion, by Oscar Skelton
The first six volumes (more to be added in the future) of the Chronicles of Canada, Edited by George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton
Chignecto Isthmus: First Settlers, by Howard Trueman
The Conquest of New France. by George Wrong
Legends of Vancouver , by E. Pauline Johnson
The Lure of the Labrador Wild, by Dillon Wallace
Pioneers of France in the New World, by Francis Parkman
A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador, by Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard, Junior

This CD runs off of any Windows based PC, however you do need to have a web browser (such as Internet Explorer or Netscape) and/or a Windows based word-processing program such as Microsoft Word, or Corel's Word Perfect, in order to read the text. Once the text is opened, you can enlarge the font to suit your reading needs. In addition, this CD can be read by most screen reading programs.

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Related Reviews:

Australia: Literature and History, compiled by Richard Seltzer.
This collection contains 13 works of Australian literature and 14 books that chronicle Australian history, all on one CD-ROM. (Compact Disc)
Non-Fiction CD, Compiled by Richard Seltzer.
Over 500 books on topics ranging from History to Natural Science, all on one CD. (Compact Disc)

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