Celebrating Canadian Stories Readathon - hosted by markedwithanm

A Canadian Nonfiction Historical Book
The book does not have to be about Canadian history, but does have to have an element of history. I will accept true crime books as history since many are studied this way. 
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Immoral, Indecent, and Scurrilous by Gerald Hannon

Immoral, Indecent, and Scurrilous

Gerald Hannon

318 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir medium-paced
Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling by Esi Edugyan

Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling

Esi Edugyan

236 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Peyakow by Darrel J. McLeod

Peyakow

Darrel J. McLeod

missing page info • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King

The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America

Thomas King

314 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Two Generals by Scott Chantler

Two Generals

Scott Chantler

152 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction comics history emotional sad fast-paced
One Day in August: The Remarkable True Story Behind the Greatest Raid of World War II by David O'Keefe

One Day in August: The Remarkable True Story Behind the Greatest Raid of World War II

David O'Keefe

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional slow-paced
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Jessica McDiarmid

332 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hui

Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants

Ann Hui

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Nation by Charlotte Gray

The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Nation

Charlotte Gray

308 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime reflective medium-paced
Extraordinary Canadians by Peter Mansbridge

Extraordinary Canadians

Peter Mansbridge

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced