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Woodsmen of the West
by M.Allerdale Grainger
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1973. second reprint. pp.149. Paperback. New Canadian Library N42. Introduction by Rupert Schieder, General Editor Malcolm Ross, Very Good copy showing minor edge wear, age toning to paper, small stain on bottom spine edge, unmarked interior. This is a novel of the Canadian West first published in 1908.
Synopsis
Martin Allerdale Grainger was born in London, England, in 1874. When he was two years old, his family moved to Australia, where he spent his childhood. He returned to England following his early education abroad, eventually entering King’s College, Cambridge, in 1893. After his graduation, Grainger set out for the Klondike, where he stayed briefly before volunteering to serve in the Boer War in 1899. After the war he fashioned a varied and colourful career which included logging and placer mining in the Canadian Northwest, tutoring students in England, and teaching mathematics on Vancouver Island. Grainger began his career in the British Columbia forestry industry in 1909, first as chief of records, serving as a secretary of a royal commission on logging practices in the province, and writing most of the report that led to the Forestry Act of 1912 and the creation of the British Columbia Forest Service. In 1917 he was appointed chief forester, a position he held until he retired to his private lumber business in 1920. Drawing extensively on his first-hand experience in the coastal forests, Grainger wrote his single literary work, Woodsmen of the West , in 1908, a highly original depiction of the frustrations and struggles of the West Coast logger at the turn of the century. Martin Allerdale Grainger died in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1941.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J.H. Gordon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00148
- Title
- Woodsmen of the West
- Author
- M.Allerdale Grainger
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1973
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- New Canadian library, canadiana, classic, Canadian West, forestry, British Columbia, fiction Pacific Coast, nature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; Fiction;
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J.H. Gordon Books
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Hamilton, Ontario
About J.H. Gordon Books
J.H. Gordon Books is a small boutique shop in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada selling general fiction and non-fiction titles, classic literature, Canadiana, history, philosophy and social sciences. We sell both reading copies and collectible books.
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