On The Iron At Big Cloud
by PACKARD, Frank L
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Goodchild, [1911]. First Canadian edition. Hardcover. Good +. [6], 343 p. 21 cm. Tissue-protected colour frontispiece by Howard Brown. Grey cloth hardcover with pictorial cover in black, blue, and brown. Wrapped in mylar sleeve. Some dents to top edges. Spine ends a little softened and spine title faded. A little light soiling with some stains up to p. 9.
Canadian novelist Frank Lucius Packard worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured the character Jimmie Dale. This collection of 15 short stories is Packard's first book. The best-known story, to Canadians at least, may be Shanley's Luck, based on the C.P.R. Beavermouth Riots of 1885 that interfered with construction until the legendary Sam Steele intervened.
Canadian novelist Frank Lucius Packard worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured the character Jimmie Dale. This collection of 15 short stories is Packard's first book. The best-known story, to Canadians at least, may be Shanley's Luck, based on the C.P.R. Beavermouth Riots of 1885 that interfered with construction until the legendary Sam Steele intervened.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107102
- Title
- On The Iron At Big Cloud
- Author
- PACKARD, Frank L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Canadian edition
- Publisher
- McClelland & Goodchild
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- [1911]
- Keywords
- Literature, Railroads, Railways, Short stories, Shanley's Luck, Beavermouth Riots,
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