The Beaver, Exploring Canada's History, October/November 1994
de Hudson's Bay Company (Dafoe, Christopher, ed. with Carol Preston, managing ed. And Alex Kachur, assist. ed.)
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Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Company, 1994. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 56pp. Ships lettermail. A very good or better copy (other copies of this issue may also be available). Cover: Baseball by George Benjamin Shepherd, from the University of Virginia magazine Corks & Curls, 1910. Feature article traces the roots of baseball to the year 1838 and the small town of Beachville, Ontario. 'The basis of this claim lies with a lengthy letter published 5 May 1886 in the Philadelphia-based Sporting Life magazine. The letter, entitled 'A Game of Long-ago Which Closely Resembled Our Present National Game', was written by Dr. Adam Ford of Denver, Colorado, who had grown up in Beachville. Part of the letter was also printed in the Ingersoll Ontario Chronicle. Contents of this issue also include: Baraga - A Habsburg prelate in the New World by Graham MacDonald; Abner Who? - Baseball's surprising Canadian roots by Mark Kearney; High Priestess of IT - A touch of sin with Elinor Glyn by Marian Fowler; Well Pleased With The Country - British farmers on the grain and banquet circuit by Wayne Norton; A Life of Service - The remarkable Mary Barrett Speechly by Angela Davis; plus Book Reviews. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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- The Beaver, Exploring Canada's History, October/November 1994
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- Beaver Magazine Hudsons Bay Company; Baseball George Benjamin Shepherd Virginia magazine Corks Curls, Baraga Habsburg prelate New World; Graham MacDonald; Abner Doubleday Baseball Canadian roots; Mark Kearney; Elinor Glyn; Marian Fowler; Mary Barrett Spee
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