Reluctant Pioneer

Reluctant Pioneer
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Publisher : Dundurn
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9781459702394
ISBN-13 : 1459702395
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Book Synopsis Reluctant Pioneer by : Thomas Osborne

Download or read book Reluctant Pioneer written by Thomas Osborne and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-05-18 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1870s in Ontario's Muskoka, teenager Thomas Osborne endured starvation, freezing, accidents with axes and boats, and narrow escapes from wolves and bears. Decades later, after moving to the United States, Osborne wrote down all his adventures in a graphic memoir four years before his death in 1938.


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