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The letters Grace Ladd sent home to Yarmouth in the late 1800s provide a fascinating account of life aboard both sailing ships and steamers during the Victorian era. Grace spent 25 years travelling with her husband aboard ships. Grace (Forrest) Ladd was born into a distinguished Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, family in 1864 duiring the province's golden age of sail.
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- PublisherNimbus Pub Ltd
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1551094304
- ISBN 13 9781551094304
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages196
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Quite a Curiosity: The Sea Letters of Grace F. Ladd
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Nimbus Publishing Limited, 2003
ISBN 10: 1551094304
ISBN 13: 9781551094304
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Seller: ABC: Antiques, Books & Collectibles, Tantallon, NS, Canada
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor soiling and creases on covers. Grace Ladd was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1864, married a sea captain and spent 25 years sailing with him around the world. Except for a small mark on the title page, interior is very clean. Seller Inventory # 005989
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Quite a Curiosity: The Sea Letters of Grace F. Ladd
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75. Seller Inventory # G1551094304I3N00
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Quite a Curiosity
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Nimbus, Halifax, 2003
ISBN 10: 1551094304
ISBN 13: 9781551094304
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Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustrator). SUBTITLED : ` The Sea Letters of Grace F.Ladd' . The subject of this 196 page biography was born Grace Forrest Brown in December 1864 in Yarmouth, Nove Scotia. Read more about Dennis the Pig. Also : ox-tail soup, Charing Cross station and Anjer Light. Bright, tight, square and clean. QUote (p. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 014124
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