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Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North

by Stephen Leacock

This is volume 20 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This volume describes the explorers who braved the Canadian Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage, focusing on Samuel Hearne, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, and Sir John Franklin.
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Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North by Stephen Leacock

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English

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English

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1914

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Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock  was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world. H...

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