Shortlisted for the Ottawa Citizen Book Prize for Non-Fiction. This book is full of facts, legends, written and oral histories, and previously unpublished maps and photographs. Includes a comprehensive guide to both the Canadian and the American islands. Why would anyone name an island Deathdealer or Bloodletter? Why does the international boundary between the U.S. and Canada erratically through the islands? Where were the many historic battles fought? Who were the first summer people? Read all about it in this fascinating ...
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Shortlisted for the Ottawa Citizen Book Prize for Non-Fiction. This book is full of facts, legends, written and oral histories, and previously unpublished maps and photographs. Includes a comprehensive guide to both the Canadian and the American islands. Why would anyone name an island Deathdealer or Bloodletter? Why does the international boundary between the U.S. and Canada erratically through the islands? Where were the many historic battles fought? Who were the first summer people? Read all about it in this fascinating book.
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Add this copy of The First Summer People: the Thousand Islands 1650-1910 to cart. $79.99, very good condition, Sold by Koster's Collectible Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Farmingville, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Stoddart Publishing.
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Very Good, Very Good. Oblong 8vo, B/W Phot & Ill, Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. Maroon cloth boards with title in gold on spine. Text pages are crisp and clean. Illustrated dust jacket has light wear/ rubbing and looks great in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.
Add this copy of The First Summer People: the Thousand Islands 1650-1910 to cart. $105.48, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Boston Mills Press.
Add this copy of The First Summer People: the Thousand Islands 1650-1910 to cart. $298.00, very good condition, Sold by RareNonFiction rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ladysmith, BC, CANADA, published 1993 by Stoddart / Boston Mills.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1550460374. "The culmination of many years of research, [this work] contains interesting facts and legends collected from some 200 publications and countless hours of interviews. It also features dozens of previously unpublished maps and photographs. The second section catalogues most of the individual islands and provides historical name information and excerpts from early survey reports."-dust jacket. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock profusely illustrated in black and white. [8]-248 pp. Oblong 8.8" x 10.6". References, Bibliography, Index, Lists of Canadian and U.S. islands. Clean, bright, and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy of this marvelous reference.
