Henry Walter Bates: Naturalist of the Amazons

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Barnes & Noble, 1969 - Amazon River - 269 pages

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Contents

Preface page
9
The Hosiers Apprentice
15
Escape from England
23
Copyright

10 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (1969)

George Woodcock was born in Winnipeg, Canada on May 8, 1912. He was educated in England, and returned to Canada in 1949. He was a poet, critic, and essayist. During his lifetime, he wrote and edited almost 150 books. His works included Anarchism, The Anarchist Reader, The Crystal Spirit, and Canada and the Canadians. He was the founding editor of Canadian Literature, the first journal to look solely at Canada's literary world. He also founded the anarchist literary journal Now in 1940. He died from coronary problems on January 28, 1995 at the age of 82.

Bibliographic information

TitleHenry Walter Bates: Naturalist of the Amazons
Great travellers
AuthorGeorge Woodcock
Editionillustrated
PublisherBarnes & Noble, 1969
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedAug 22, 2011
ISBN0389010146, 9780389010142
Length269 pages
  
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