Boswell's Children: The Art of the Biographer ---a Signed Copy (inc. Aimee Semple McPherson: Fantasizing the Fantasizer? Telling the Tale of a Tale-Teller, La famille O'Leary de Quebec, l'episcopat catholique romain d'origine irlandaise en Amerique, etc)

Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON: Dundurn Press, 1992, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1992. ----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, signed and inscribed by the author, 268 pages, b&w photos, contents include: Foreword: Biography and History by Ged Martin, Part One: Expectations - 1 Expectations of Biography by Francess Halpenny, Part Two: Truth in Biography - Truth in Biography by Elspeth Cameron, Biographical Truth by David A. Nock, Living the Biography, or, the Importance of Being Norman by Ken Mitchell; Part Three: Biographer and Subject: Lisisons Dangereuses - Aimee Semple McPherson: Fantasizing the Fantasizer? Telling the Tale of a Tale-Teller by Janice Dickin McGinnis, Galt versus Byron: "I" and "Other" in Biography by Anna Makolkin; La famille O'Leary de Quebec, l'episcopat catholique romain d'origine irlandaise en Amerique du Nord au XIX siecle: Deut attitudes by George Henri Dagneau, Part Four: On the Edge of History - Strive On! James, Son of William Lyon Mackenzie by Chris Raible, William Patrick: Ecumenical and Econimical Presbyterian by David Rollor, Jesse Lloyd and Silas Fletcher: Two Well-Known Unknowns by Ronald J. Stagg, Henry Caesar Childers, 1868-1963: A Biographical Sketch by John Connor, "Things Are Seldom What They Seem" by Donald Simpson, Canadians in The Dictionary of National Biography by claire England, Part Five: Cultural Migration - Scottish Emigrations and Political Attitudes: Old Wine in New Bottles by Barbara Murison, Timothy Eaton: Canadian Capitalist, Irish Saint by Leon B. Litvack, Part Six: Laurier and McCarthy: Two Solitudes - Ecrire sur la carriere politique de Wilfrid Laurier: Quelques reflexions et hypotheses sur la biographie de personnages politiques au Quebecy by Real Belanger; D'Alton McCarthy, Jr.: A Protestant Irishman Abroad by J.R. Miller, Part Seven: History Enriched by Biography - Lord Lansdowne in Canada, 1883-1888 by John L. Gordon, Jr., The Challenge of Biography: The Case of Francis Hincks by G.A. Davison, Michael Collins and the Problem of Biography by Michael Hopkinson, The Significance of Biography in Historical Study: T.W. Anglin and the Evolution of Canadian Nationalism by William M, Baker, The Two Solitudes of History and Biography by R.B. Fleming, List of Illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see description)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 6.25w x 9.25h Inches. Flap Not Clipped.