The colony of unrequited dreams
1999, First Edition. New York : Doubleday. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. FLATSIGNED.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 562 pages; Physical description: 562 p : maps ; 25 cm. Subjects: Smallwood, Joseph R. - Fiction. Newfoundland - History - Fiction. Newfoundland - Politics and government - 20th century - Fiction. Summary: Joseph Smallwood was born on Christmas Eve in 1900, and was fated to lead his native Newfoundland out of English rule and into the arms of its giant neighbour, Canada. He suffered from bad luck and worse judgement, but his rise to power seemed almost inevitable. Item #193474
Price: €35.00