Index to highway book shopnorthern ontarios unexpected. In addition to his work with guided by voices, he continues to have a prolific solo career with 22 solo albums released so far. Milebymile highlights so you can make the most of this winding highway through olympic national park, cape perpetua, avenue of the giants, hearst castle, and more. Oct 28, 2014 a serious and comprehensive survey of its history is a great topic for postgraduate research.
Other writers have noted that from its small beginning in job printing, highway book shop became one of the largest inde. Northern ontarios unexpected treasure pollard, lois, ranchuk, deborah, hopkins, susan c. Click on the image or title for additional information and availability purchases are provided by. Your source for great books, old and new, since 1957. From the evergreen giants of the pacific northwest to the beaches and brews of san diego, road trip usa. Box is the bestselling author of three weeks to say goodbye, and more than a dozen other novels including the awardwinning joe pickett series.
Poley, april pollins, matt pollard, krystyna pollard, maya pollard, lois pollard, loleeta pollard, lois. Following jean pollards death, douglas remarried in 1979 to lois nee williams, who also became active in the store. Such a book could never be published today, and in many ways that is a pity. Find people in missouri if you are looking for someone in the state of missouri, then you have found the right spot. Starting small, as a printing shop, the business rapidly developed away from printing and into book sales. Northern ontarios unexpected treasure by lois pollard. The curious history of a forgotten canadian institution. Two highway 11 institutions turn the page northern ontario business. Neighbors are delighted to have their very own independent bookstore right in their backyard, and we are delighted to recommend the perfect book to read in that backyard. Located at the gateway to temiskaming shores, the highway book shop is now on the block as lois pollard, its 88yearold owner, seeks to.
He served his country during world war ii at gander, newfoundland with the royal canadian air force where he worked as an armourer and leading. Two of the great institutions of highway 11 are facing equally great change, with the highway book shop seeking to close a chapter of its history while thornloe cheese seeks to grow and expand. But if big isnt to your taste, perhaps you can visit the worlds smallest bookstore. Laurentian university archives has meters of records on the institution provided by lois pollard. The northern ontario bookstore and publishing house, founded in 1957 by douglas pollard, was in the business of books for more than fifty years before closing in 2011, a product of the changing economy and the owners passing in 2009. Our powerful servers run through millions of public records to find information that is useful to you. Each book in our childrens section is selected with care. Road trip usa pacific coast highway by jamie jensen. Mar 11, 2016 the highway book shop is probably one of canadas most important cultural icons youve never heard of. Notes on the highway book shop, cobalt ontario conduitcanada. On, images of its legendary highway book shop immediately come to mind, thanks entirely to douglas.
Highway book shop northern ontarios unexpected treasure a history of this unique book store located on highway 11 in northern ontario. Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data. Lois pollard poley, april pollins, matt pollard, krystyna pollard, maya pollard, lois pollard, loleeta pollard, lois 10 contacts. Expert advice from roadwarrior jamie jensen, who has zoomed along nearly 400,000 miles of highway in search of the perfect stretches of pavement. Pollard, dr douglas charles passed away suddenly at temiskaming hospital on wednesday, november 25, 2009 at the age of 84 years. P186highway book shop fonds p186 highway book shop fonds. If cj box isnt already on your list, put him there. P186highway book shop fonds p186 laurentian university. Northern ontarios unexpected treasure, in 2011, 9 and donated a large collection of records and memorabilia from the. The highway book shop a literary legacy northeastern. Public info directory is a website that provides free access to view all sorts of public data. The highway book shop was a bookstore and publishing company, located on ontario highway 11 near cobalt, ontario, which operated from 1957 to 2011.
Here is an alphabetical list of books about highways, roads, and roadside features, both historic and modern, compiled by a librarian, that are currently available. We provide answers to over 2 million searches every day, helping 35. After 54 years of being in business the time has come for highway book shop to turn off the lights and close its door for the last time on may 29, 2011 i would like to take this time to thank each and every patron, young and old alike, who supported highway book shop over the years. Blue heaven won the edgar award for best novel in 2009, and box has won the anthony award, the macavity award, and the barry award. Highway book shop northern ontarios unexpected treasure. In it she remembered fondly her six years as librarian at the united church training school ucts and reminisced about her. First established as a conventional printing business in 1957 by douglas pollard and his thenwife jean, the business. Aug 12, 2010 two of the great institutions of highway 11 are facing equally great change, with the highway book shop seeking to close a chapter of its history while thornloe cheese seeks to grow and expand. Pollard coming into the back in his dark suit and white shirt wanting to discuss punctuation.
Highway book shopnorthern ontarios unexpected treasure. The highway book shop is probably one of canadas most important cultural icons youve never heard of. River road books opened in 2006 with the goal of bringing a community of readers together. Highway book shop cobalt, ontario bookstore, library facebook.
For more information please consult lois pollards, highway book shop. To access person s phone and email just run the installation wizard and get the zoominfo community edition. Search our online phone book to find phone numbers, addresses, and more. Located at the gateway to temiskaming shores, the highway book shop is now on the block as lois pollard, its 88yearold owner, seeks to sell this piece. The highway book shop a literary legacy northeastern ontario. Dr douglas pollard obituary haileybury, ontario buffam. A serious and comprehensive survey of its history is a great topic for postgraduate research. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. The highway book shop was a bookstore and publishing company, located on ontario highway 11 near cobalt, which operated from 1957 to 2011. Northern ontarios unexpected treasure, in 2011, donated a large collection of records and memorabilia from the store to. That summer 2003 i intended to find it and buy it at your hwy book shop but sorrow intervened. Site includes alphabetical index of the books available direct from this site, directions and maps to our store, contact information and other areas of interest.
Northern ontarios unexpected treasure 2011 which is available in the regional collection at the archives. Two highway 11 institutions turn the page northern. The actress who was the first to play supermans love interest, lois lane, on screen has died. Cover pencils by henry martinez, inks by bud larosa. All about lois pollard centre for christian studies. Lois pollards history of the hbs is now out and available. Signed by lois pollard and dedicated to a friend of hers. Pacific coast highway celebrates the great american road trip, and gives you the tools, resources, and inspiration to make it your own. Jun 07, 2016 the highway book shop is probably one of canadas most important cultural icons youve never heard of. Kids are welcome any time, any day because weve got a great range of books for any age explore the world, go on adventure, solve a mystery, learn the secrets of science. The lois lane trilogy brings the iconic comic book character front and center in novels showcasing her life as a teenager moving to metropolis and becoming a reporter for the first time. Our missions is to make public data available to everyone, free of charge. Written by coowner lois pollard, many valuable and relevant insights into the 53 year history of this large independent book store revealed. Highway book shop ebook by lois pollard 9781927541197.
Considered a landmark and cultural institution in the region, it was one of the largest and most famous independent bookstores in canada. Nevil shute norway was an aircraft engineer by profession, and most of his novels of which a town like alice is the bestknown touch to some degree on flying. Index to highway book shopnorthern ontarios unexpected treasure. Two stories in an august issue of common threads marion pardya person of eleos and we celebrate with oriole veldhuis prompted lois pollard u1953 to write a long and newsy letter. Several years ago i heard about a book written by a native of south porcupine about that community back in the hey day of the macintyre mine and your bookstore had it. Highway book shop has been in operation since 1957 under the continuous ownership of dr. Dr pollard was born march 18, 1925 at alliston, ontario to the late james gordon pollard and the late mary frances brown. Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data compiled from public records, white pages and other directories in all 50 states. The highway book shop fonds attests to the activities of the enterprise in promoting and publishing works by northern ontario authors. My husband died that summer and i have not been looking for it since. Tg books is a new and used bookseller, located in york, pa. Printing became prominent again when publishing began in the early 1970s. One of my favourite big bookstores was the highway bookshop located on ontario highway 11 near cobalt, ontario, which operated from 1957 to 2011. Fallout is the first in the series, followed by double down, and concluding with triple threat.
There are also two free prequel stories, available via the links below. In march 1981, the toronto stars today magazine asked its readers to. She published a history of the store, highway book shop. In it she remembered fondly her six years as librarian at the united church training school ucts and reminisced about her encounters with marion and oriole when they were students. P186highway book shop fonds p186 highway book shop. Susan c hopkins in march 1981, the toronto stars today magazine asked its readers to nominate 100 praiseworthy things, the best in their category anywhere in canada.
Douglas charles pollard and his first wife jean bogart and lois. The highway book shop is probably one of canadas most important cultural icons youve never. Two highway 11 institutions turn the page northern ontario. Highway book shop northern ontarios unexpected treasure by lois pollard. Much has shifted in the world of books since that time but thanks to you, our loyal customers and friends, river road books continues to thrive. The highway book store opened in 1957 as a profitoriented business. Our phone book of names, phone numbers and addresses will help you locate anyone, anywhere. We have tapped into the largest databases of information to offer you landline, cellphone and business information on any phone number or.
Read highway book shop northern ontarios unexpected treasure by lois pollard available from rakuten kobo. We have all types of data available to search for, including property. Box is the bestselling author of back of beyond, three weeks to say goodbye, and sixteen other novels including the awardwinning joe pickett series. This bookstore formed my original conception of what a bookstore was. Claras bewitched eyes continue to cause trouble for the quentin carnival. After 54 years of being in business the time has come for highway book shop to turn off the lights. Find 20 listings related to hwy 290 adult store in austin on. Highway book shopnorthern ontarios unexpected treasure a history of this unique book store located on highway 11 in northern ontario. In her late 80s and keen to retire, lois pollard placed the store up for sale soon after douglas death, but closed it in 2011 after failing to find a willing buyer. Along the way, you pass through cobalt which, in addition to being the home of the band grievous angels heres a really, really poor fidelity song from their first album is also home to the highway book shop.
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