The french traveler : adventure exploration & Indian life in eighteenth-century Canada / translation and commentary by William D. Gairdner, PhD.
The french traveler : adventure exploration & Indian life in eighteenth-century Canada / translation and commentary by William D. Gairdner, PhD.
By
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Gairdner, William D. (William Douglas), 1940-
Publication Date
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2019
Publication Information
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[S.I.] : Kinetics Design,
Physical Description
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230 p.
Subject Term
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First Nations -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Iroquois Indians -- History.
Geographic Term
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- 18th century.
Summary
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From the very first page, readers are thrown into scenes of gigantic, crushing “ice monsters” in the high arctic, dangerous exploration among hardy and curious Eskimos, then the rough and tumble lives of the colonists of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia; and finally, deep into the fascinating customs, war, killing, loving, torturing, hunting, and exotic ways of the Huron and Iroquois Indians of “Le Canada.”
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781988360270
General Note
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"The first English translation of the 1768 bestseller"
"Letters to "Chere Madame""
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Corner Brook (WCB) | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 970.004 G12 | Checked In |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay (LHV) Melville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 970.004 G12 | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 970.004 G12 | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 970.004 G12 | NonCirculating |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 970.004 G12 | NonCirculating |