Buy this book on-line Eggleston, Magdelana : Mountain ShadowsWilliam Heinemann / British Book Service (Canada), Toronto, 1955
"...the story has as a background the hills and the Rocky Mountains of Alberta; in the foreground are the mining centre of Coaltown and, living in it, a young girl of nearly seventeen - not a fairytale heroine, but a delightful person, natural, impressionable and intensely alive. Her name is Maggy Mileris and she is the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants, for Coaltown is a 'little Europe' and contains no less than thirty-five different nationalities working and living there, not to mention the gypsies who come and go, and the pedlar, Eli Kharam. Like most communities, only a little more so, Coaltown is full of snobberies, and Maggy, who had never thought that nationality was important, soon finds that other people think it is..." Jackety now protexted in a plastic sleeve. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine - Slight Chips Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Eggleston, Magdelana : Mountain Shadows. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, rare books, fine bindings, out-of-print books and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |