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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1967. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no signatures or signs of wear. The green covers are fresh, with just a bit of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is also in very good condition, with minor wear. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. A very nice copy. Synopsis: This is a lightly fictionalized biography of D'Arcy McGee. McGee started his political life as an Irish rebel, and ended it as a member of the Canadian Parliament and a father of Confederation. McGee was assassinated in Ottawa in 1868 by a Fenian sympathiser.
The Ballad of D'Arcy McGee: Rebel in Exile by Phelan, Josephine - 1967
by Phelan, Josephine
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The Ballad of D'Arcy McGee: Rebel in Exile
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Craig, David. 8vo. Great Stories of Canada Series No. 32. Original green cloth boards, black lettering to spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. 132 p.p. B&W illustrations in-text. Minor bruising to spine ends. Dust jacket is price clipped. Some bumping to extremities, chipping to spine ends, sunning to spine. In 1868, D'Arcy McGee, the prophet of Confederation, was murdered on his doorstep after he had returned from a late session of Parliament. At 42, he was teh Father of Confederation and a dramatic figure in the government. In her clear and engaging biography, Josephine Phelan traces the young Irish immigrant's rise as an orator, journalist and politician.
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- Illustrator Craig, David
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- Edition 1st Edition
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- Publisher Macmillan of Canada
- Place of Publication Toronto
- Date Published 1967
- Keywords Josephine Phelan, David Craig, D'Arcy McGee, Canadian History, Biography, Canadian Confederation, Canadian Politicians, Politics, Fathers of Confederation
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The Ballad of D'Arcy McGee: Rebel in Exile (Great Stories of Canada, 32)
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