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Edmonton, AB: M.G. Hurtig Ltd. [0-88830-028-X] 1970. (hardcover) xix, 311. viii, 344.. Near fine in very good dust jacket. 12mo. Two volumes in one. Blue cloth boards. Book is internally clean, crisp and tight, with a miniscule amount of smudging to the lower edge. Introduction by Carl F. Klinck. The Canadian Reprint Series..
TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS IN CANADA WEST - or, The Experience of an Early Settler - Two Volumes in One by Strickland, Major Samuel (edited by Agnes Strickland) - 1970
by Strickland, Major Samuel (edited by Agnes Strickland)
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TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS IN CANADA WEST - or, The Experience of an Early Settler - Two Volumes in One
by Strickland, Major Samuel (edited by Agnes Strickland)
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Edmonton, Alberta: M. G. Hurtig, 1970. (xix) 311, 344 pp. Two volumes in one, paginated individually. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Blue cloth decorated in black and gilt on the spine; headband. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings.. First Printing - First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Date Published 1970
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- Keywords susanna moodie; catherine parr traill; upper canada; ontario; peterborough; pioneer; wilderness; canadiana; canadian author;
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Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West or the Experience of an Early Settler
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Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West
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STRICKLAND, [Samuel], Major. Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West; or, The Experience of an Early Settler. Edited by Agnes Strickland. London: Richard Bentley, 1854. 1st ed., remainder issue, with the titlepage of vol. II removed and the contents leaves bound at the beginning; first issued in 1853. 2 vols. in 1 (as issued). [ix]-xix, viii, 311; 344pp. Orig. cloth. Hinges cracked, extremities rubbed, else a very good copy. Sabin 92810. Staton & Tremaine 3213. The author, a brother of Agnes Strickland, came to Upper Canada in 1825, served the Canada Company from 1828 to 1831 and settled at Lakefield near Peterborough. This work describes his experiences as land agent and settler from 1825 til 1851.
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Twenty-Seven Years In Canada West; Or, The Experience Of An Early Settler.Edited By Agnes Strickland
by STRICKLAND, Major [Samuel] [1804-1867]
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London: Richard Bentley, 1853., 1853. 2 Volumes in 1. 12mo. pp. 1 p.l., [ix]-xix, 311, [1]; viii, 344. 1 music illus. in the text. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (spine ends & joints bit frayed, front hinge cracked). subscription request for the Protestant Church and Schoolhouse at Lakefield, Township of Douro, Canada West, tipped in at front. First Edition. The candid reminiscences of almost three decades of pioneer experience in early nineteenth century Ontario. Strickland, the brother of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill, emigrated to Upper Canada in 1825. After a brief apprenticeship in Darlington Township, he acquired 200 acres of uncleared lands in Otonabee Township near the new settlement of Peterborough. As an officer of the Canada Company from 1828 to 1831, he was intimately involved in the early settlements of Guelph and Goderich. Returning to Otonabee Township, he soon became one of the leading citizens of the growing community of Lakefield, serving as a justice of the…
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