Tall Tales and True Tales From Down East. Eerie Experinces, Heroic Exploits, Extraordinary Personalities, Ancient Legends and Folklore from New Brunswick and Elsewhere in the Maritimes
by Trueman Stuart
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0771085982
- ISBN 13
- 9780771085987
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
CA$22.81CA$11.41
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1979. This collection of amazing and delightful anecdotes is drawn from the past and present inhabitants, both man and beast, of Atlantic Canada. Stuart Trueman, celebrated humourist, winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal, historian, travel lecturer and journalist, has dipped deep into the rich lode of the Maritimes to create a wonderfully entertaining book which ranges in subject from prehistoric monsters to boy smuglers. Ghost ships, sea serpents, Acadian folk stories, Indian Legends, etc, etc. all take their place in this fascinating book.... Blue cloth boards...white title print to spine. No ownership markings. Price-clipped illustrated dust jacket. A clean square copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A2139
- Title
- Tall Tales and True Tales From Down East. Eerie Experinces, Heroic Exploits, Extraordinary Personalities, Ancient Legends and Folklore from New Brunswick and Elsewhere in the Maritimes
- Author
- Trueman Stuart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771085982
- ISBN 13
- 9780771085987
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- New Brunswick-Canada-Folklore Ancient Legends Acadian Folk Stories Indian Legends
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime Provinces;
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