LoginThe Danger Tree: Memory, War and the Search for a Family's Past
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Emulating the circuitous tales told by his mother's relatives, the Goodyears of Newfoundland, David Macfarlane has crafted a masterpiece of history and memory that will remain indelibly in the minds of its readers. Macfarlane weaves the major events of Newfoundland's twentieth century—the ravages of tuberculosis; the great seal-hunt disaster; the bitter debate over whether to become part of Canada; and above all, the First World War—into a saga of the ill-starred yet heroic fortunes of his family, who were rarely in control of events but often at the center of them. With deep affection, he brings to life a multigenerational
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Manufacturer: Walker & Company
Release date: 1 April 2001
ISBN-10 : 0802776167 | ISBN-13: 9780802776167
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Release date: 1 April 2001
ISBN-10 : 0802776167 | ISBN-13: 9780802776167
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