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Shipley, Nan

Whistle on the Wind

Frederick Fell, Inc., 1961

20.00 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canada)

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Year of publication
1961
Place of printing
New York
Author
Shipley, Nan
Publishers
Frederick Fell, Inc.
Edition
1st Edition
Keyword
Fiction Manitoba Canada Railways - CANADIAN WRITERS
Cover description
Very Good, Slight Chips & Tears
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

"A young bride joins her husband in the wilds of Northern Manitoba where he is helping to build a railway through 1200 miles of forest and frozen wasteland from Winnipeg to the bleak shore of Hudson's Bay. Here are the indomitable railroaders waging their never-ending battle with nature - with blizzard and flood, forest fire and typhoid epidemic . and equally heroic struggle with train wrecks, unexpected disasters and broken lives.Another stirring chapter in the story of Canada, one that vividly recreates the taming of a wild country and traces the growth of a sensitive girl into a mature an confident woman.2 21p. Paper age toned
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