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Synopsis
"Twelve months in any place, my friend, is quite a weary while And seems more like a century when lived on Sable Isle ..."
So wrote Thomas Raddall at the age of eighteen, not dreaming that many years later Sable Island – that "hell on earth" – would provide a romantic background for one of his greatest novels, The Nymph and the Lamp.
Traumatized by the horror of the great Halifax Explosion of 1917, followed in a few months by the death of his father in battle overseas, Tom was forced to leave school at the age of fourteen.
This brief account of his life tells of his early adventures and of how he became one of Canada’s most renowned storytellers.
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About the Author
Joyce Barkhouse, the biographer, shares Thomas Raddall's love of romantic history and of her native Nova Scotia.
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- PublisherNatural Heritage
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0920474586
- ISBN 13 9780920474587
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages96
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A Name for Himself A Biography of Thomas Head Raddall
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Natural Heritage Books, Toronto, 1990
ISBN 10: 0920474586
ISBN 13: 9780920474587
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Seller: Riverwash Books (IOBA), Prescott, ON, Canada
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. 86 pp. Photos. Edgewear, corners rubbed. An account of the life and early adventures of one of Canada's notable storytellers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # BIO0931
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Name for Himself, a: a Biography of Thomas Head Raddall
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Toronto: Canada: National Heritage/National History Inc. 1990, 1990
ISBN 10: 0920474586
ISBN 13: 9780920474587
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Seller: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
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Condition: Fine. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine. Revised Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.86. previously published 1986 by Irwin Publishing Inc. Known as one of Canada' greatest story tellers, he lived through the 1917 Halifax Explosion, at the age of 15 became a marine telegrapher and served at sea before he was posted to remote Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia. He then bought a typewriter and became a writer. This is the story of his courage, his suffering and his successes through all his experiences. Seller Inventory # 000527
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