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Louisbourg Portraits : Five Dramatic,True Tales of People Who Lived in an Eighteenth-Century Garrison Town
by Christopher Moore
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in a Like Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0771597126
- ISBN 13
- 9780771597121
- Seller
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West Jeddore, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
€15.83€7.92
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About This Item
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada/Gage, 1982. Blue boards the titles in silver gilt to the spine.A tight and well cared for copy.The previous careful owners gift inscription is written neatly on the inside of the front fly sheet..Easily covered with your bookplate.There are no marks of any kind.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine in a Like Jacket. Illus. by Mapped End Papers/Material By Daniel. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Christopher Moore may be Canada’s most versatile writer of history. His first book, Louisbourg Portraits , won a Governor General’s Award and continues to delight readers, and his Loyalists: Revolution, Exile , Settlement won the Secretary of State’s Prize for Excellence in Canadian Studies. He co-authored the authoritative Illustrated History of Canada, and his history of Canada for young people, The Story of Canada (co-authored with Janet Lunn), was a bestseller and won the Mister Christie Award for Children’s Books. He has also written The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario’s Lawyers , Canada: Our Country (co-authored with Mark Kingwell), and 1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal . He has made many radio documentaries for CBC-Radio’s “Ideas” and writes a column for The Beaver. Christopher Moore lives in Toronto.
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- Bookseller
- Mulberry Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 902716
- Title
- Louisbourg Portraits : Five Dramatic,True Tales of People Who Lived in an Eighteenth-Century Garrison Town
- Author
- Christopher Moore
- Illustrator
- Mapped End Papers/Material By Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a Like Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771597126
- ISBN 13
- 9780771597121
- Publisher
- Macmillan of Canada/Gage
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- NoBn/Louisbourg Nova Scotia/History/Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nova Scotia; History;
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
Mulberry Books
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West Jeddore, Nova Scotia
About Mulberry Books
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