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BL
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995714
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b750084
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Delafosse, F. M., (Frederick Montague),1860-1950.
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| Title & Author
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English bloods : : in the backwoods of Muskoka, 1878 /\ Frederick de la Fosse ; edited by Scott D. Shipman.
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| Edition Statement
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New augm. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto :: Natural Heritage Books,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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145971489X
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: 1554881552
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: 1896219969
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: 9781459714892
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: 9781554881550
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: 9781896219967
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1896219969
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-199) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgements; Editor's Introduction; Introduction; I: Voyage to the Canadian Backwoods; II: From the Canadian Shores; III: My Trip Into the Interior; IV: The Government Road; V: The Harston Homestead; VI: Harston's Agricultural Farming School; VII: The Settlers; VIII: Communities of the District; IX: Preparation of the Log Shanty; X: Local Dentistry; XI: Purchasing Cattle and Sheep; XII: The First Winter; XIII: Winter Woodsman; XIV: The Second Year; XV: Emigrants In the Colony; XVI: Wild Life of the Woods; XVII: A Permanent Settlement; XVIII: Our Education.
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| Abstract
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Farming in the Canadian backwoods in the late 1800s was a prospect that enticed many young Englishmen to cross the Atlantic. One such fellow was Frederick de la Fosse, whose well-meaning uncle paid £100 per annum for his young nephew to serve as a farm pupil in the northern reaches of Muskoka. Some years later, de la Fosse, under the pseudonym of Roger Vardon, wrote an illuminating and humorous biographical account of the trials and tribulations of the "English Bloods," the local epithet attached to these young lads attempting to hone farming skills in a land never intended to be agricultural.
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Delafosse, F. M., (Frederick Montague),1860-1950.
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Frontier and pioneer life-- Ontario-- Muskoka.
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Immigrants-- Canada, Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Literary.
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Frontier and pioneer life.
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Immigrants.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Canada.
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| Dewey Classification
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813.52
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F1057.D43 2004eb
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| Added Entry
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Shipman, Scott D.,1958-
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