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pp. 266, dustjacket has slight wear to edges, wrapped in protective bro-dart covering. “Sketching in the great explorer’s background (it is now known that he spent nine years as a Jesuit novice), Osler follws La Salle’s eager, restless life in the New World from his arrival at Montreal and taking up of the seigneury at Lachine, through his journeys into the unknown interior, his bewildering financial dealings, his profitable friendship with the imperious Frontenac, his lobbying at the Court at Versailles on which hung all his fortunes, his dream of ruling a vast French province as he sailed intrepidly to the Mississippi’s mouth, and his ruthlessness in his pursuit of that dream, to his tragic death.”previous owners name on front end page
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| Published Date | 1967 | |
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| Book Condition | Good | |
| Jacket Condition | Sl/chipped and Worn | |
| Binding | Hard Cover | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Don Mills | |
| Edition | First Edition | |
| Category: | Canadian Studies | |
| Author: | E.B. Osler | |
| Publisher: | Longmans Canada Limited |
pp. 266, dustjacket has slight wear to edges. “Sketching in the great explorer’s background (it is now known that he spent nine years as a Jesuit novice), Osler follows La Salle’s eager, restless life in the New World from his arrival at Montreal and taking up of the seigneury at Lachine, through his journeys into the unknown interior, his bewildering financial dealings, his profitable friendship with the imperious Frontenac, his lobbying at the Court at Versailles on which hung all his fortunes, his dream of ruling a vast French province as he sailed intrepidly to the Mississippi’s mouth, and his ruthlessness in his pursuit of that dream, to his tragic death.”
| Weight | 0.85 kg |
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