Dick's Desertion: A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests / A Tale of the Early Settlement of Ontario
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1905. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 138 Dick's desertion a bo...
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- "The great branch torn from a neighbouring maple told all the tale."—p. 20
- DICK'S DESERTION
- A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests
- A TALE OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF ONTARIO
- MARJORIE L. C. PICKTHALL
- WITH SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS
- Toronto: The Musson Book Company, Limited. 1905
- CONTENTS.
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- "The great branch torn from a neighbouring maple told all the tale." . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece "'If I had fifty rivers and fifty canoes, I could not leave Stephanie.'" "They began to sing the old carols their mother had taught them long before." "He flung out his arm, circled with savage ornaments—flung it out with a wild gesture, and began to speak." "He held out a tiny package, wrapped in birch-bark, with an inquiring glance towards her." "'For pity's sake, let me alone!' Dick pleaded. 'Go on and leave me.'" "'Dick! Dick! Where are you?'"
- DICK'S DESERTION:
- A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests.
- CHAPTER I.
- In the Heart of the Woods.
- "'IF I HAD FIFTY RIVERS AND FIFTY CANOES, I COULD NOT LEAVE STEPHANIE.'"
- CHAPTER II.
- The Fall of the Tree.
- CHAPTER III.
- Friends Indeed.
- CHAPTER IV.
- A Day in the Woods.
- CHAPTER V.
- A Backwoods Christmas.
- "THEY BEGAN TO SING THE OLD CAROLS THEIR MOTHER HAD TAUGHT THEM LONG BEFORE."
- CHAPTER VI.
- The Call of the Forest.
- "HE FLUNG OUT HIS ARM, CIRCLED WITH SAVAGE ORNAMENTS— FLUNG IT OUT WITH A WILD GESTURE, AND BEGAN TO SPEAK."
- CHAPTER VII.
- A Message from the Wanderer.
- "HE HELD OUT A TINY PACKAGE, WRAPPED IN BIRCH-BARK, WITH AN INQUIRING GLANCE TOWARDS HER."
- CHAPTER VIII.
- A Wood's Adventure.
- CHAPTER IX.
- On the Prairie.
- CHAPTER X.
- In the Grip of the Storm.
- "'FOR PITY'S SAKE, LET ME ALONE!' DICK PLEADED. 'GO ON AND LEAVE ME.'"
- CHAPTER XI.
- Back to Stephanie.
- CHAPTER XII.
- To a Goodly Heritage.
- "'DICK! DICK! WHERE ARE YOU?'"
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