KIRBY, WILLIAM

The Golden Dog a Romance of Old Quebec

Toronto: The Musson Book Company, 1900. Later Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Decorative Endpapers. Green cloth boards show some shelf wear, gift inscription on FFEP. Gilt stamped titles on spine quite faded. A light lean. ; A tight solid book, green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles and design. Undated but appears to be circa 1900. The book was originally published in 1877. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 580 pages; "It draws upon the historical background of the city of Quebec for its characters, and tells its story through two intertwining plotlines. The first is of the lady Angélique de Méloizes, Madame de Péan, while the second is of Coronel Pierre Philibert, the son of a prosperous merchant.". Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 19038

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian:Historical

Keywords: Fiction::Historical

LECKIE, KEITH ROSS

Coppermine

Toronto: Viking, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670064637. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 446 pages; This is a novelized treatment of an actual crime that occurred in the Coppermine region of the Arctic in 1913. The trial in 1917 was the first jury-system trial of an Inuit in Canada and was widely covered by journalists. "The story begins when two missionaries disappear in the remote Arctic region known as the Coppermine in 1913. North West Mounted Police officer Jack Creed and Angituk, a young Copper Inuit interpreter, are sent on a year-long odyssey to investigate the fate of the lost priests. On the shores of the Arctic Ocean near the mouth of the Coppermine River, they discover their dismembered remains. Two Inuit hunters are tracked and apprehended, and the four begin an arduous journey to Edmonton, to bring the accused to justice. Instructing the jury to "think like an Eskimo," the defence counsel sets out to prove the Inuit acted in self-defence. They hear how the hunters believed the priests were possessed by demons about to kill them, and how, acting on this belief, they killed the men and ate their livers. The jury finds them not guilty. The hunters become celebrities, a parade is held for them, they visit a movie theatre and an amusement park, and become guests of honour at socialite dinners. They are given new suits, fine cigars, and champagne. But Rome is outraged that the murderers of its martyred priests will go free. As secrets of Jack Creed's past in the trenches of Europe are revealed, Jack tries to save his two friends, and himself. ". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18795

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian::Historical

Keywords: 0670064637 Inuit Coppermine Fiction::Canadian