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Revenge of the Land; A Century of Greed, Tragedy, and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm
by Maggie Siggins
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0771081553
- ISBN 13
- 9780771081552
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, Inc. , 1991 McClelland & Stewart, Inc., Toronto, Canada. 1991. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light head and tail bumping; slight soiling to fore edge. DJ: Very Good; light edge bumps and rubbing to panels. Blue boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 435 pp 8vo. The author's interest in the story was due to a gruesome murder on a Saskatchewan farm where the author soon begins to look more at the farm and the stories of those who owned it over the years to uncover a microcosmic history of the Prairies as a whole. A clean presentable copy.
Synopsis
Maggie Siggins is a journalist, author, and script writer. She is the author of eight books including A Canadian Tragedy: The Story of JoAnn and Colin Thatcher , which won an Arthur Ellis Award for crime writing and Revenge of the Land, which won a Governor General’s Award for Nonfiction.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006900
- Title
- Revenge of the Land; A Century of Greed, Tragedy, and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm
- Author
- Maggie Siggins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771081553
- ISBN 13
- 9780771081552
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Canada
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- murder, Canadian prairie, farming, Saskatchewan, Frank and Kay Eberle, Kenneth Eberle, homesteaders in Canada, wealth, greed,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Items;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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