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Great Cape Breton Storytelling

Great Cape Breton Storytelling Edited by: Ronald Caplan

$18.95

From a lifetime of collecting, Ron Caplan offers tales from the rare complex of Cape Breton Island. From a grim sealing trek to a mother’s courage in a windstorm, to memories of drunken hens, to a shark attack. Mackerel fishermen bag a huge tuna, and an itinerant butcher chases a wild cow. The book includes fables from the island’s Czech, Pakistani, and Lebanese heritage in among stories from the Gaelic, French and Mi’kmaq traditions. Good solid reading in one lasting... Read More

From a lifetime of collecting, Ron Caplan offers tales from the rare complex of Cape Breton Island. From a grim sealing trek to a mother’s courage in a windstorm, to memories of drunken hens, to a shark attack. Mackerel fishermen bag a huge tuna, and an itinerant butcher chases a wild cow. The book includes fables from the island’s Czech, Pakistani, and Lebanese heritage in among stories from the Gaelic, French and Mi’kmaq traditions. Good solid reading in one lasting collection!

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Page length: 220 Publication Date: 2017-08-02 Book themes: FICTION / Cultural Heritage,  Publisher: Breton Books ISBN: 9781926908496

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ISBN: 9781926908496
Title: Great Cape Breton Storytelling
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Subject: FICTION / Cultural Heritage
Contributor: [object Object]
Format: Paperback / softback | Trade paperback (US)
Price (CAD): 18.95
Publisher: Breton Books
Imprint: Breton Books
ISBN13: 9781926908496
ISBN10: 192690849X
Publication Date: 20170802
Last Updated: 20190809
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From a lifetime of collecting, Ron Caplan offers tales from the rare complex of Cape Breton Island. From a grim sealing trek to a mother’s courage in a windstorm, to memories of drunken hens, to a shark attack. Mackerel fishermen bag a huge tuna, and an itinerant butcher chases a wild cow. The book includes fables from the island’s Czech, Pakistani, and Lebanese heritage in among stories from the Gaelic, French and Mi’kmaq traditions. Good solid reading in one lasting collection!

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Weight 0.314 kg
Dimensions 9 × 6 in

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Ronald Caplan
Ronald Caplan

Ronald Caplan served as interviewer and photographer for Cape Breton's Magazine for twenty-five years. His work is best known for keeping the Cape Breton story alive through oral testimony and images. Caplan is the author of several books and the publisher of Breton Books.

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