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Huge fan of Faded Page, a free digital book archive hosted in Canada. Excited to spread the word about this amazing, yet fairly obscure site. Also a lover of public libraries (to no one's surprise)!
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Faded Page Fan @fadedpagefan.bsky.social · Mar 8
As a huge fan of free digital archives, I made this account to promote Faded Page, a lesser-known eBook archive focusing on books that have entered public domain in Canada, as well as to spread good words about the richness of Canadian literature!

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📚🍁Canadian Author of the Day:

Eleanor H. Lay (18??-1904)

Notable genres: magazine, history, essay, poetry, children's literature

Link: (www.fadedpage.com/csearch.php?...)

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Canadian Author of the Day: Eleanor H. Lay (18??-1904) Description: Canadian writer. After immigrating to Canada from America, she believed it’s important to encourage children to read, which motivated her to publish periodicals aimed toward them such as the Snow Drop and the Maple Leaf. Notable Work: The Maple Leaf series (1852) Many of her books are available for free on FadedPage.com @FadedPageFan
September 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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📚Author of the Day:

James Johonnot (1823-1888)

Notable genres: nature history, children's book, nonfiction

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Author of the Day: James Johonnot (1823-1888) Description: American historian and educator. He was busy most of his life being the principal and superintendent for many schools. For that, many of his publications aim toward youth audience. Notable Work: Book of Cats and Dogs (1884) Many of his books are available for free on FadedPage.com @FadedPageFan
September 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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📚🍁Faded Page's Latest Free Releases (September 14th, 2025):

💸 "The Man with Two Names" by John Leslie Palmer
🚀 "The Big Night" by Henry Kuttner
... and more!

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The Maltese Falcon (1930), Hammett, Dashiell [detective, fiction, mystery, Sam Spade (Fictional character), Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, film/TV adaptation] 1984 [Nineteen Eighty-Four] (1949), Blair, Eric Arthur pseudonym: Orwell, George [fiction, dystopia, science fiction, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, Prometheus Award Hall of Fame, Guardian's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003), film/TV adaptation] The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928), Sayers, Dorothy L. [crime, fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery] Murder in Vienna (Robert Macdonald #42) (1956), Rivett, Edith Caroline pseudonym: Lorac, E. C. R. [fiction, mystery] The Last Escape [AKA Dishonour Among Thieves] (Robert Macdonald #46) (1959), Rivett, Edith Caroline pseudonym: Lorac, E. C. R. [fiction, mystery] The Big Night (1947), Kuttner, Henry pseudonym: Hastings, Hudson [fiction, science fiction, short story] Little House on the Prairie (Little House #3) (1935), Wilder, Laura Ingalls [autobiography, family life, juvenile, non-fiction, film/TV adaptation] Biggles Takes Charge (Biggles #56) (1956), Johns, W. E. (William Earl) [adventure, fiction, France, historical, Biggles (Fictional character)] The Arctic Legions (1929), Smith, A. de Herries [fantasy, fiction, short story] The Female of the Species (Bulldog Drummond #5) (1928), McNeile, Herman Cyril [Bulldog Drummond (Fictional character), fiction, mystery] The Feud in the Chalet School (Chalet School #48) (1962), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary [fiction, juvenile] The Man with Two Names (1940), Palmer, John Leslie [fiction, mystery] L'Étranger (1957), Camus, Albert [fiction, film/TV adaptation]
September 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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📚🍁Faded Page’s Featured Text (credited to FP’s volunteers!):

🔍 Penrod Jashber by Booth Tarkington

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January 15, 2020: Penrod Jashber by Booth Tarkington Penrod Jashber is the story of an 11-year-old middle-class boy in a small Midwest city and his dream to become a detective. Penrod Schofield decides to become detective George Jashber and with his friends sets up a detective agency. He and his gang spend a great deal of effort sleuthing and getting into all kinds of boy mischief as they try to prove to themselves that “their man” really is a horse thief. When reality confronts them and exposes Penrod’s fantasy world for what it is, Penrod discards his alias “Jashber”, closes the agency, and he and the gang return to their boyhood activities. Initially serialized in Cosmopolitan magazine before being published in 1929, Penrod Jashber was preceded by Penrod and Penrod and Sam, (both available at Gutenberg.org.) which were collections of short stories about Penrod and his friends. Penrod Jashber is a complete novel taking place in what could be Tarkington’s own home town, Indianapolis, Indiana. Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869—May 19, 1946) grew up in Indianapolis and wrote about the places and people he was familiar with. His idyllic settings made his novels and plays popular with the public and represented an idyllic life that many people wanted for themselves and for their families. During the 1910’s and 1920’s, Tarkington was a bestseller author and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction (Alice Adams and The Magnificent Ambersons). We currently have 14 Booth Tarkington titles at this site with more to come. Readers who enjoy Booth Tarkington’s style of fiction writing might also enjoy Mary’s Neck, The Fighting Littles, or The Heritage of Hatcher Ide. If you are interested in helping us make more notable books of this kind available to readers, then come join us and proofread a few pages. For more information about how to volunteer, check out our companion site, Distributed Proofreaders Canada.
September 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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📚🍁Canadian Author of the Day:

Lionel Shapiro (1908-1958)

Notable genres: fiction, World War II, military, history

Link: www.fadedpage.com/csearch.php?...

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Canadian Author of the Day: Lionel Shapiro (1908-1958) Description: Canadian journalist and writer. He worked at the Montreal Gazette before joining the army as a war correspondent during World War II. Notable Work: The Sixth of June (1955) Many of his books are available for free on FadedPage.com @FadedPageFan
September 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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📚Free Book of the Day:

🏠 “Brentwood” by Grace Livingston Hill

Genre: fiction, romance, family, kindness, cozy

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Free Book of the Day: 🏠 “Brentwood” by Grace Livingston Hill Description: A cozy novel about a young woman who attempts to re-connect with her biological parents Tags: romance, family, adopted protagonist, heart-warming, and more! @FadedPageFan
September 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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📚Author of the Day:

Ian Fleming (1908-1964)

Notable genres: fiction, spy, James Bond, intelligence service, adventure

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Author of the Day: Ian Fleming (1908-1964) Description: British journalist and writer. Using his time in the army as source of inspiration, he created the charming, adventurous spy James Bond, starring in the novel series with the same name. Notable Work: Casino Royale (1953) Many of his books are available for free on FadedPage.com @FadedPageFan
September 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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📚🍁Faded Page's Latest Free Releases (September 7th, 2025):

❤️ "An Irishman’s Luck" by Edward Anthony Wharton Gill
🐎 "A Rider of the High Mesa" by Ernest James Haycox
... and more!

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Ex-Wife (1929), Towle, Katherine Ursula pseudonym: Parrott, Ursula [fiction, romance] The Lady Next Door (1912), Begbie, Edward Harold [history, Ireland, non-fiction, politics, Home Rule] Work of Art (1934), Lewis, Sinclair [fiction, satire] A Rider of the High Mesa (1927), Haycox, Ernest [fiction, western] A Kind of Magic (1963), Ferber, Edna [autobiography, non-fiction] An Irishman’s Luck (1914), Gill, Edward Anthony Wharton [Canada, fiction, Manitoba, romance]
September 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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📚🍁Free Book of the Day (Canadiana):

🎭 “Humour of the North” edited by Lawrence J. Burpee

Genre: humour, comedy, collection, multiple authors, short stories, poem

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Free Book of the Day (Canadiana): 🎭 “Humour of the North” edited by Lawrence J. Burpee Description: Collection of humorous pieces from notable Canadian writers Tags: comedy, poetry, easy read, collection, and more! @FadedPageFan
September 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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📚🍁Canadian Author of the Day:

Alexander Maitland Stephen (1882-1942)

Notable genres: fiction, poetry, short plays, epic lyric

Link: www.fadedpage.com/csearch.php?...

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Canadian Author of the Day: Alexander Maitland Stephen (1882-1942) Description: Canadian writer & poet. A man of many jobs, he became the president of Child Welfare Association of B.C after WWI. Notable Work: The Rosary of Pan (1923) Many of his books are available for free on FadedPage.com @FadedPageFan
September 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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📚Free Book of the Day:

💡“The Story of Nancy Meadows” by Louise Platt Hauck

Genre: fiction, romance, single mother, female lead

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Free Book of the Day: “The Story of Nancy Meadows” by Louise Platt Hauck Description: After leaving her philandering husband, Nancy Meadows soon discovers her inner strength Tags: woman protagonist, single mother, independent, and more! @FadedPageFan
September 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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📚Author of the Day:

Frank Kane (1912-1968)

Notable genres: fiction, detective, mystery, TV show, Johnny Liddell

Link: www.fadedpage.com/csearch.php?...

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Author of the Day: Frank Kane (1912-1968) Description: American writer of detective fiction and creator of Johnny Liddell, a hardboiled detective series with over 40 novels. He also worked on TV shows such as Mike Hammer. Notable Work: Dead Blood Runs Purple (1944) Many of his books are available for free on FadedPage.com @FadedPageFan
September 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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📚🍁Faded Page's Latest Free Releases (August 31st, 2025):

More than 30+ books just get updated and released this week!

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[Image: 36 books get updated/released this week]
August 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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📚🍁Faded Page’s Featured Text (credited to FP’s volunteers!):

✒️ Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Link: www.fadedpage.com/featured.php

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September 1, 2025: Edgar Rice Burroughs On September 1, we celebrate the birthday of Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, westerns, and modern fiction. He is best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan, the Mars adventurer John Carter, and the Venus adventurer Carson Napier. The image accompanying this article shows the author’s personal bookplate designed by his nephew, featuring Tarzan holding Mars, surrounded by other characters from his stories. Against the advice of many experts, Burroughs was an early pioneer in syndication and syndicated comic strips, movies, TV shows, and merchandise around his newly created Tarzan character. With the Tarzan proceeds, he was able to buy his ranch, “Tarzana”, now in the Los Angeles community of Tarzana, and develop other characters including the John Carter and Carson Napier characters of the Mars and Venus series. Here at Faded Page, we have the entire Venus or Amtor series, in individual volumes and as a specially compiled compendium, Chronicles of Amtor. We also have a large number of books from Burroughs’s other series, including the Pellucidar, Mars and Tarzan series. You can find our entire list of Burroughs’s works here. If you would like to help us in our work to complete these series and bring other public domain titles to Canada, then come join us and proofread a few pages. More information about volunteering is available on our companion site Distributed Proofreaders Canada.
August 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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📚🍁Free Book of the Day (Canadiana):

🐦 “From Distant Shores” by Mary Electa Adams

Genre: poetry, collection, one author

Link: www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php...

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Free Book of the Day (Canadiana): 🐦 “From Distant Shores” by Mary Electa Adams Description: Poems by Canadian women's rights activist and educator Mary Adams List: RECOLLECTION. Jesus Amor Meus. Refreshment. Among the Foot-Hills of the Rockies. and more! @FadedPageFan
August 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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📚🍁Canadian Author of the Day:

Laura Goodman Salverson (1890-1970)

Notable genres: short story, immigrant, nonfiction, Icelandic heritage

Link: www.fadedpage.com/csearch.php?...

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Canadian Author of the Day: Laura Goodman Salverson (1890-1970) Description: Canadian writer. She used her Icelandic heritage as inspirations for her novels, which often touched upon immigrant’s experience. Notable Work: “Confessions of an Immigrant’s Daughter” (1939) Many of her books are available for free on FadedPage.com @FadedPageFan
August 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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📚Free Book of the Day:

⚰️ “As I Lay Dying” (1935) by William Faulkner

Genre: fiction, Mississippi, family, dark comedy, film/TV adaptation

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Free Book of the Day: ⚰️ “As I Lay Dying” (1935) by William Faulkner Description: “As I Lay Dying is Faulkner’s harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Narrated in turn by each of the family members--including Addie herself--as well as others; the novel ranges in mood, from dark comedy to the deepest pathos. Considered one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama, As I Lay Dying is a true 20th-century classic.” —Goodreads. A Work by William Faulkner @FadedPageFan
August 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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📚Author of the Day:

Rose Macaulay (1881-1958)

Notable genres: fiction, essay, reflection, religion, travel

Link: www.fadedpage.com/csearch.php?...

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Author of the Day: Rose Macaulay (1881-1958) Description: English writer. She wrote many autobiographies, travelogues, and poetry throughout her career. Her works often explore the complexity of Christian faith. Notable Work: The Towers of Trebizond (1956) Many of her books are available for free on FadedPage.com @FadedPageFan
August 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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📚🍁Faded Page's Latest Free Releases (August 24th, 2025):

✍️ "Joy's Loom" by Ruth Collie
🔪 "The Dear Old Gentleman" by George Goodchild
... and more!

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The Higher Hill (1944), Campbell, Grace [fiction, historical, War of 1812, Upper Canada] Biggles' Special Case (Biggles #76) (1963), Johns, W. E. (William Earl) [adventure, fiction, flying, Biggles (Fictional character), Turkey] The India-Rubber Men (1929), Wallace, (Richard Horatio) Edgar [detective, fiction, film/TV adaptation] Joy's Loom (1929), Collie, Ruth pseudonym: Stitch, Wilhelmina [essay, non-fiction] Blue Eyes and Diamonds (1946), De Bra, Lemuel [fantasy, fiction, short story] Unrevised and Unrepented—Debating Speeches and Others (1949), Meighen, Arthur [Canada, Canadiana, non-fiction, speech, politics and government] The Lamp in the Valley (1938), Stringer, Arthur [Alaska, fiction] The Shadow Out of Time (1936), Lovecraft, Howard Phillips [fantasy, fiction, short story] Von den Irrtümern der Liebenden. Eine Nachtwache (1922), Hessel, Franz [fiction] The Dear Old Gentleman (1936), Goodchild, George [fiction, murder, mystery, Scotland] The Feudists (1978), Haycox, Ernest [fiction, western] Marlborough His Life and Times--Volume VI (1937), Churchill, Winston S. (Spencer) [biography, England, historical, military, non-fiction, Churchill] Down English Lanes (1933), Johnston, Lukin [England, non-fiction, travel, travelogue]
August 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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📚🍁Faded Page’s Featured Text (credited to FP’s volunteers!):

👣 The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

You can check out the books listed in the Featured Text by visiting Faded Page!

Link: www.fadedpage.com/featured.php

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June 15, 2018: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 to 11 February 1940), was a lawyer, journalist, novelist, and the 15th Governor General of Canada. Buchan wrote in a variety of genres: spy fiction, short stories, biography, and history. He also established the first proper library at Rideau Hall (the Governor General’s official residence) and founded the Governor General’s Literary Awards, which continue to this day as Canada’s premier literature award. The Thirty-Nine Steps is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay and is Buchan’s best-known work. Hannay, a Scottish mining engineer, has come from Rhodesia to London to start a new life for himself. Within days, he’s found a man dead in his flat and himself on the run in southwestern Scotland as he tries to prevent the assassination of a visiting political leader. This book has been adapted several times, most notably in 1935 by Alfred Hitchcock, with Robert Donat portraying Hannay. Here at Faded Page, we also have books 4 and 5 in the Richard Hannay series (The Three Hostages and The Island of Sheep), as well as examples of Buchan’s biographies (Sir Walter Scott), retellings of Scottish legends (Witch Wood), and his own memoir (Memory Hold-the-Door). If you like these books, come join us and proof a few pages to help us bring even more public domain titles to Canada. For more information about how to volunteer, check out our companion site: Distributed Proofreaders Canada.
August 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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📚🍁Free Book of the Day (Canadiana):

🐎 “Tortuous Trails” by Hulbert Footner

Genre: crime, detective, fiction, mystery, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Link: www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php...

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Free Book of the Day (Canadiana): 🐎 “Tortuous Trails” by Hulbert Footner Description: Collection of four exciting Mountie-themed adventures and mysteries Tags: Mounties, protagonist duo, mystery, collection, and more! @FadedPageFan
August 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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📚🍁Canadian Author of the Day:

Emily Murphy (1868-1933)

Notable genres: suffragist, history, law, essay, court system, speech

Link: (www.fadedpage.com/csearch.php?...)

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Canadian Author of the Day: Emily Murphy (1868-1933) Description: Canadian judge and author. She became the first female magistrate in Canada in 1916 and was a part of the “Famous Five”. Notable Work: “Out of the North” (1921) Many of her books are available for free on FadedPage.com @FadedPageFan
August 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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📚Free Book of the Day:

🕰️ “Rome, Regal and Republican: A Family History of Rome” by Agnes Strickland

Genre: historical, non-fiction, Roman soldiers, Rome, Roman History

Link: www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php...

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Free Book of the Day: “Rome, Regal and Republican: A Family History of Rome” by Agnes Strickland Description: History of Rome between B.C. 753 to B.C. 121 Tags: culture, civilization, conquest, nonfiction, and more! @FadedPageFan
August 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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📚Author of the Day:

Alice Grant Rosman (1882-1961)

Notable genres: fiction, romance, England, Australia

Link: www.fadedpage.com/csearch.php?...

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Author of the Day: Alice Grant Rosman (1882-1961) Description: Australian novelist. She worked on many Austrialian magazines such as The Gadfly, The Herald, and The Bulletin before she moved to UK in 1911 and started her novel writing career. Notable Work: “Somebody Must” (1934) Many of her books are available for free on FadedPage.com @FadedPageFan
August 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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📚🍁Faded Page's Latest Free Releases (August 17th, 2025):

🔍 "The Mystery at Lilac Inn" by Mildred A. Wirt Benson
🍳 "The Joy of Cooking, 3rd Edition" by Irma Rombauer
... and more!

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Delicate Fuss (1932), Klickmann, Flora [adventure, fiction] The Coat of Arms (1931), Wallace, (Richard Horatio) Edgar [fiction, mystery] A History of the English Speaking Peoples: Vol. II. The New World (1956), Churchill, Winston S. (Spencer) [England, history, non-fiction] The Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew Mystery #4) (1930), Benson, Mildred A. Wirt pseudonym: Keene, Carolyn [fiction, mystery] The Joy of Cooking, 3rd Edition (Revised) (1946), Rombauer, Irma S. [cooking, food, instructional, non-fiction, reference, entertaining] Fury (1947), Kuttner, Henry pseudonym: O'Donnell, Lawrence [fiction, science fiction] [Makers of Canada] Index and Dictionary of Canadian History (1912), Burpee, Lawrence J. [biography, Canada, Canadiana, non-fiction, politics and government] Trial by Water (1929), Wright, Sewell Peaslee [fantasy, fiction, short story]
August 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM