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Louisbourg Portraits: Life in an Eighteenth-Century Garrison Town

Louisbourg Portraits: Life in an Eighteenth-Century Garrison Town

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Louisbourg Portraits: Life in an Eighteenth-Century Garrison Town

by MOORE, Christopher

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Toronto: Macmillian of Canada, 1983. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. 302pp. Very good a gift inscription, spine creasing, and rubbing. Five tales of people who lived in eighteenth-century Garrison. Winner of the 1982 Governor General's Literary Award.

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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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Title
Louisbourg Portraits: Life in an Eighteenth-Century Garrison Town
Author
MOORE, Christopher
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Softcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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Publisher
Macmillian of Canada
Place of Publication
Toronto
Date Published
1983
Keywords
History

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