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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. These 336 pages present eleven biographies by an equal number of writers of history. They are biographies of eleven Loyalists who fled the American Revolution to find homes elsewhere in the British Empire. LEARN more about : King Street Riots, Spring Fleet, Pointe au Fer, Chedabucto, Guysborough, Colonel Stephen Bluck, Birchtown, Free Blacks, Cataraqui, Pope's Harbour, Boston King, Canso Gut, Boston ropemaker, Johnson Hall, Mohawk Valley, and Joseph Durfee. A few b/w plates accompany text. Also several maps depicting the journeys. INDEX at back. Also author's bio sketches. Cond : Paper wrapper is gold in colour with blue lettering. Cover illustration is from a 1785 watercolour depicting a ship in port. Volume is square and bright. Light general wear. Light general soiling. No names nor marks. Library pocket verso back cover - UNused. Excellent history reference ! Quote (p. 189) : " Work at the mill was now his chief interest. He found the long ride from his home both tedious and demanding, so, with his customary verve, he quickly settled the problem. At age 66 he deeded his old homestead in Central Bedeque to ._._._. . " Size: 8vo. Maps (illustratore).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good-Very Good. binding tight, no markings, 336 pages S1 1. Photos, Maps, Sketches. (illustratore).