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Livres anciens et modernes

Smith, E Russell, W.H.Bartlett

The raft of the skedaddlers

Baico Publishing, 2004

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Détails

Année
2004
ISBN
1894494857
Lieu d'édition
Gatineau, Quebec
Auteur
Smith, E Russell
Éditeurs
Baico Publishing
Edition
1st Canadian Edition.
Thème
HISTORICAL FICTION CANADA OTTAWA QUEBEC
Illustrateur
W.H.Bartlett
Description
S
Description
Inscribed by Author(s)
Jaquette
Non
Etat de conservation
En excellent ètat
Reliure
Couverture souple
Dédicacée
Oui
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

Before he settled in Gloucester Township, on land that is now part of Ottawa Braddish Billings traded in timber along the Rideau and Ottawa rivers. In 1810 he and a crew of other ex-patriot American "skedaddlers" took a raft of white oak barrel staves from the Rideau front to Quebec City=-a venture which proved to be disastrous. Included in his crew was his nephew Elkanah Stowell the narrator of this tale fifty years later.a chronicle of adventure and romance on the Canadian frontier. 161p.map.illus. Signed on title page.