Book by Bagnell, Kenneth
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The story of the 100,000 impoverished children who travelled from the British Isles to Canada to solve the farm labour shortage.
Kenneth Bagnell grew up in Nova Scotia and moved to Toronto in the sixties to pursue a career in journalism. He has worked with the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, and has received various awards for magazine writing and editing. He is also a renowned public speaker.
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Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 1.2. Seller Inventory # 0771595719-2-4
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Seller: Cornerstone Books, Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. This work is the story of a special group of children--over eighty thousand of them. Some became our mothers and fathers; all became the parents of much of our history. Thus begins this moving account of one of the most astonishing schemes in all of Canada's history, the exporting of tens of thousands of British children from their homes in Britain to the farms of Canada in its early years. It is a story, told in a style that is clear and graceful, of their loneliness, their hardship, and their heroism. The book contains photographs, illustrations, notes, a bibliography, and an index. This HARDCOVER copy is clean and solid. With letter and book review laid in. Appears to be unread. Seller Inventory # 022672
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Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Paperback Edition. An account of British Orphans, exported from the Old Country in the tens of thousands, to a new life in Canada - some well-treated, some not. 271pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. No wear to the covers. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Appears unused. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail, or via the USPS Media Mail, within North America, in card sleeve. From $5.00 to $8.00 depending on exact weight etc. Those requiring Tracking in Canada will find postage considerably more. Tracking with all shipments to the USA. Image available if required. Overseas orders, Postage, at cost, determined by final weight and destination. Seller Inventory # 29302
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. First. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 8401998-6
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Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. First. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP94520219
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. First. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # 13836308-6
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Seller: ABC: Antiques, Books & Collectibles, Tantallon, NS, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Good. New Edition. Some bumps and creases on covers Some black pen marks on half-title page. Story of over eighty thousand British orphans as they were settled on farms across Canada. Section of black and white photos. Seller Inventory # 008325
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Seller: Alex Simpson, Carrying Place, ON, Canada
Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Reprint. 271pp. with b/w illustrations. Gift note on the front free endpaper and light soil to the outer edges. Bump wear to board corners. DJ has edge/rub wear, creasing along the edges and light fading to the spine. Actual book for sale pictured. 15.5 x 23.7 x 2.8cm, wt700g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 005082
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Reno, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.25. Seller Inventory # G0771595719I3N01
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.25. Seller Inventory # G0771595719I5N00
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