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IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. - the Autobiography of a Pioneer. by HOLMES, Peggy - 1983

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IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. - the Autobiography of a Pioneer.

by HOLMES, Peggy

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Canada: Totem Book., 1983. Book. Illus. by Painted Cover. GOOD+. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher,.. 190 pages." In 1919, the author arrived from Yorkshire as a Canadian warbride. She and her husband homesteaded in Alberta. They were optimists, even though pioneering in the 1920's was hard work. She shares those early days of good times and bad in this delightful pioneer reminiscence. A refreshing read.the portrait of a gutsy, humorous woman. " >> Cover creasing; Heavy black felt marker to interior front cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall..
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CA (CA)
  • Illustrator Painted Cover
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  • Book Condition Used - GOOD+
  • Edition First Edition By This Publisher,.
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  • ISBN 10 0002168553
  • ISBN 13 9780002168557
  • Publisher Totem Book.
  • Place of Publication Canada
  • Date Published 1983

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It Could Have Been Worse

by Holmes, Peggy

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Harpercollins Canada, Limited. Good in Good dust jacket. 1980. Mass_Market. 0002168553 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages .
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It Could Have Been Worse, The Autobiography of a Pioneer

by Peggy Holmes; Aided and Abetted by Joy Roberts

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Toronto: Totem Books. Good. 1983. First Edition. Softcover. 0002168553 . Totem Books, 1983, paperback edition. Very good interior, with good-minus cover. Pages are clean and intact, with no markings. Age tanning to pages and inside covers. B/w photos. Cover has scuffing, several creases, small amount of price sticker residue, and moderate edge and corner wear. In 1919 young Peggy Holmes arrived in Canada with one of the first contingents of World War I brides, bound for Northern Alberta to homestead in the bush country near St. Lima. Pioneering in the Canadian wilderness was far removed from the comfortable existence Peggy had known growing up in Kingston-upon-Hull, England, but she brought to it all the joy of living that still characterizes her today at 82 (when the book was written)..... (125os,0415) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 190 pages .
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Toronto, On: Totem [0-00-216855-3] 1980. (Mass market paperback) 190pp. Very good. Photograhs..
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