THE LABRADOR FIASCO
by Atwood, Margaret 06f
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- AS NEW paperback. Pristine, flawless. A story within a story.
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About This Item
London: A Bloomsbury Quid. AS NEW paperback. Pristine, flawless. A story within a story.. (1996). 1st edition.. Softcover. AS NEW softcover (paperback) book. Blue paper with author title publisher & 1 pound price. Cover states "A Paperback Original". . The quids were published only in wraps in the UK. Synopsis: Margaret Atwood is listening as her mother reads to her father, a stroke victim, Dillon Wallace's book "Lure of the Labrador Wild". Atwood summarizes LLW while talking of her father. LLW is the true account of an ill fated 1903 canoe expedion in northern Labrador. Throughot the reading her father is commenting, starting with: "They took the wrong supplies" & "Darn fools". LLW is a famous piece of Canadiana and is itself a fascinating read. It was followed by "The Long Labrador Trail" & "A Women's Way in Unknown Labrador". The three books themselves make for fascinating reads. They were summarized in the 1990s by Davison & Rugge's "Great Heart". .
Synopsis
Margaret Atwood's title under the "Bloomsbury Birthday Quid" collection. Published in published in 1996, Labrador Fiasco is made up of two stories, interwoven about the wilds and history of Canada.
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002749
- Title
- THE LABRADOR FIASCO
- Author
- Atwood, Margaret 06f
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- New AS NEW paperback. Pristine, flawless. A story within a story.
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- A Bloomsbury Quid
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1996)
- Keywords
- AS NEW softcover (paperback) book. Blue paper with author title, publisher & 1 pound price. Cover states "A Paperback Original"., s
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