Buy this book on-line Smith, E Russell : The raft of the skedaddlersBaico Publishing, Gatineau, Quebec, 2004 ISBN 1894494857
Before he settled in Gloucester Township, on land that is now part of Ottawa Braddish Billings traded in timber along the Rideau and Ottawa rivers. In 1810 he and a crew of other ex-patriot American "skedaddlers" took a raft of white oak barrel staves from the Rideau front to Quebec City=-a venture which proved to be disastrous. Included in his crew was his nephew Elkanah Stowell the narrator of this tale fifty years later...a chronicle of adventure and romance on the Canadian frontier. 161p.map.illus. Signed on title page.. Illustr.: W.H.Bartlett. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft cover 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 Smith, E Russell : The raft of the skedaddlers. 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 livres d'occasion, antiquarian books, collectables, used books and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |