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Thomas Costain essay: The Man Who Was Always First

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Published in the Canadian Anthology “Cavalcade of the North”, in 1955, Thomas Costain contributed four short historic essays. Thomas Costain (b. 1885 – d. 1985) wrote the essays about French Canada in a section of the book titled Vignettes of French Canada. This anthology is loaded with the writings from Canadian authors, but the book […]

Canadian history and culture: writings by Thomas Costain

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Canadian history and culture published in 1958

A Canadian anthology was published in 1958, titled Cavalcade of the North, edited by George L. Nelson, and includes a series of interesting short historical essays about New France, written by Thomas B. Costain. The essays were published in a chapter titled Vignettes of French Canada. I purchased this book (without a dust cover) for […]