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Thomas Nelson and Sons. Hardcover. Good. J. Merle Smith. 1967 Second Edition. Very Good Hardcover in a Good-Very Good Dustjacket. Blue boards. DJ with edge and corner wear, creased at front corner, rubbing along spine. Solid, clean copy. B&W illustraations by J. Merle Smith

Toronto: Thomas Nelson and Sons (Canada) Limited, 1967. An adventure story of the valient days when man and boy set out to build a nation with little else save a musket and broad-axe as tools. Young Peter Hartley learns the price of loyalty and finds the will to fight through against all odds. Because he saves Fort Niagara, and with it the North-West, he is granted the King's Commission. Through this historically accurate and living narrative emerges clearly the story of the birth of British Canada. The young hero takes his place in the First Parliament of Upper Canada, with his neighbours of many races, overcomes the forces of cynicism and selfishness to lay the foundations of democratic government. Blue boards. B/w frontispiece and many illustrated chapter headings. Endpapers make up a two-page spread of "Plans and Sketches of Niagara" by Peter Hartley....Text extremely white and bright. A very nice copy in a well-illustrated dust jacket.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Toronto, Canada: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1967. 226 pp. White endpapers with maps. Blue cloth with red titles. Pink illustrated DJ. Faded spine, light wear along the edges. VG+/VG. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Smith, J. Merle. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.