Dog-Team and School-Desk

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pp. [12] 160.  B&W photos throughout book.  “‘Dog-Team and School-Desk’ is a factual and fascinating  account of life on ‘the roof of the world’, as seen through the eyes of an English school-mistress.  This is her own story, recounting how, having corresponded for eight years with a Canadian backwoods trapper, she accepted a teaching post at a fur trading settlement a hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle in order to see for herself the country her pen-friend had so vividly described.”

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Book Information

Number of pages 160
Original Title Dog-Team and School-Desk
Published Date 1960
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Torn
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication London
Edition First Edition
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pp. [12] 160.  B&W photos throughout book.  “‘Dog-Team and School-Desk’ is a factual and fascinating  account of life on ‘the roof of the world’, as seen through the eyes of an English school-mistress.  This is her own story, recounting how, having corresponded for eight years with a Canadian backwoods trapper, she accepted a teaching post at a fur trading settlement a hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle in order to see for herself the country her pen-friend had so vividly described.”

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Weight 1 kg