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The Danger Tree|David MacFarlane

The Danger Tree : Memory, War and the Search for a Family's Past

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Emulating the circuitous tales told by his mother's relatives, the Goodyears of Newfoundland, David Macfarlane has crafted a masterpiece of history and memory that will remain indelibly in the minds of its readers. Macfarlane weaves the major events of Newfoundland's twentieth century-the ravages of tuberculosis; the great seal-hunt disaster; the bitter debate over whether to become part of Canada; and above all, the First World War-into a saga of the ill-starred yet heroic fortunes of his family, who were rarely in control of events but often at the center of them. With deep affection, he brings to life a multigenerational cast of characters who are as colorful as only Newfoundlanders can be-heroes and charlatans, pirates and dreamers, whose humanity manages to illuminate and enrich our own.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780802776167
  • ISBN-10: 0802776167
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
  • Publish Date: April 2001
  • Dimensions: 7.98 x 5.22 x 0.93 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.81 pounds
  • Page Count: 320

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