I am doing the first edit of my second novel, a fictionalised version of my dad's oral history. I have a small detail I'd like to ask for your help with: in the mid-1880s a character from Nova Scotia, now in Colorado, gives a small early reader children's book to a newborn saying it was his back in Nova Scotia when he was a child which would have been around 1850-60 or thereabouts. I'd like to add the name of a likely book and would appreciate it if any of you might know of one, or a site you might recommend where I could research it.

Also, not Nova Scotian-centric, but any advice on what to call an ore wagon when used in the winter over mountain passes? I hesitate to call it a sleigh or sledge. I wonder if just "sled" would be accurate? I see WIKI has some interesting details, so I'll probably go with one of them, but again, I always appreciate Mudcatters' input.

Thanks!