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Additional authors

1. Gray, Charlotte

Description

1. 536 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "In Canada: A Portrait in Letters, renowned biographer and popular historian Charlotte Gray weaves together more than two hundred letters written by Canadians, both famous and ordinary. These priceless documents are accompanied by a visual narrative of one hundred illustrations, including maps, sketches, and photographs. Adding her own notes and commentary, Gray creates a captivating portrait of a country, rich in diversity and hope, once a backwater of the British Empire, that has matured to take its place among the world's cultural and economic leaders."--Pub. desc.

Subject

1. Canadian letters
2. Canada > History > Sources
3. Canada > Social life and customs > Sources
4. Canada > Biography
5. Canada > Histoire > Sources

Genre/Form

1. Biographies
2. History
3. Sources
4. History.
5. Sources.

Contents

1. Introduction -- Part 1.A surge of settlers 1800-1850 -- Part 2.A nation takes shape 1850-1900 -- Part 3.A half century of battles -- Part 4.Hurtling towards the millennium.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. "Sources of letters": p. 503-517.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain