book - Etienne Brule - first edition
AUTHOR: J. Herbert Cranston, Editor, Midland Free Press Herald, 1935-1947; Editor, Toronto Star Weekly, 1911-1933. CONTENTS: Foreword; Bibliography; I. "Columbus of the Great Lakes" II. Brule Joins Champlain's Adventurers III. First Contact with the Indians IV. Battling the Iroquois--Preview of Brule's Fate V. Brule Exchanged for a Huron Indian VI. Back to the Freshwater Sea with the Hurons VII. De Vignau, the Impostor VIII. Brule Among the Hurons IX. Huron Habits and Customs X. Huron Religion and Superstitions XI. Race Without Sex Inhibitions XII. Champlain Goes to Huronia XIII. Disastrous War Against the Iroquois XIV. Brule's Journeys Through the South XV. Discovery of the Grand Lac--Superior XVI. To Quebec with Brother Sagard XVII. Brule Visits the Neutrals XVIII. Champlain Betrayed to the English XIX. Canada Given Back to France XX. Brule Killed and Eaten XXI. Father Brebeuf's Dilemma XXII. Ontario's First Murder Mystery XXIII. His Sins Atoned--Honour His Due XXIV. Death at the Torture Tree. SYNOPSIS: Within the tragic story of Old Huronia, with its heroic Jesuit missionaries and the bloody wars of extermination between the Hurons and the Iroquois, is set the colourful life of Etienne Brule, a man deserving long-overdue recognition for his amazing achievements as an explorer. He was also a man whose vicious life ultimately brought him the unenviable distinction of being the first and probably the only white man to be eaten at a Canadian cannibal feast. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Also not there is a number of signatures in this dedicated copy of a very limited run book. Item is thus priced according to rarity of bookend the addition of signatures
Cannot confirm identity of signatures one looks to be Alger Elliott from Kingston area
dust jacket is in very poor shape as shown but could be restored;
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