Magellan's Clouds
- Publisher
- Vehicule Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1987
- Category
- General, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919890817
- Publish Date
- Jan 1987
- List Price
- $12
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Description
Philosopher, romantic, a teller of tales, Robert Allen exhibits a humour rare to the serious job of the poet. What marks the pages of Magellan's Clouds most is the stamp of the clear-seer and the attentive listener.
About the author
Robert S. Allen earned his doctorate in history at the University of Wales. His previous publications include The British Indian Department and the Frontier in North America (1975), Native Studies in Canada: A Research Guide (1989, 3d ed.), and Loyalist Literature (1982). Allen lives in Ottawa and is deputy chief, Claims and Historical Research Centre, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. The centre's mandate is to facilitate native researchers and others in aspects of native history and land-claims investigations.