Toronto: Doubleday. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385074751 . DJ and boards show some shelf wear, DJ has tears and light chipping. Previous owner's bookplate and address stamp on FFEP with rippling, address stamp also on BFEP. Remnant of sticker on front dustjacket panel ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 181 pages; Symons recounts two legends; 'The Garden of the Manitou' as told by an old, blind Cree which recounts the coming of the Indian from Asia across the Bering Strait and 'The Sign of the Bear', the story of a white boy who survived a plane crash, was raised by Eskimos and eventually searched out white civilization. .

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Bookseller: Ainsworth Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 19126
Title: North by West Two Stories from the Frontier
Author: Symons, R. D
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0385074751
ISBN 13: 9780385074759
Publisher: Doubleday
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1973
Keywords: 0385074751, cree nation, Bering strait, origin story
Bookseller catalogs: Canadiana;

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Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.

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