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edition:Paperback
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category: History
published: May 2008
ISBN:9781550652413
publisher: Vehicule Press
imprint: Véhicule Press

This Island in Time

Remarkable Tales from Montreal's Past

by John Kalbfleisch

tagged: pre-confederation (to 1867), post-confederation (1867-)
Description

A Mohawk who thought he was the rightful king of France, an Anglican priest who could barely speak English and - just maybe - the assassin of Abraham Lincoln: what do these three men have in common? Not much, perhaps, except the Montreal air they breathed. From Montreal's founding nearly four centuries ago down to the present day, an astonishing range of people have trod the city's streets. Priests and princes, heroes and the humble, financial wizards and outright fools - all have their stories to be told. Here we have no ordinary history of Montreal. Instead, with this account of spies, zealots, royal tourists, people on the brink of death, and many others besides, something different emerges. It's a portrait as colourful as the city itself.

About the Author
John Kalbfleisch is a long-time Montreal journalist and the author of several books, including This Island in Time: Remarkable Tales from Montreal’s Past (2008) and A Stain Upon the Land: Love and Death in Old Montreal (2017), a novel. Second Draft, his popular column on the city’s history, ran in the Montreal Gazette for seventeen years. He lives near Perth, Ontario.

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