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Fiction Historical

Rob MacNab

A Story of Old Pictou

by (author) Frank Baird

introduction by Laurie Stanley-Blackwell

Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Initial publish date
Nov 2013
Category
Historical, Classics
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781459502789
    Publish Date
    Nov 2013
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

Named after the ship that brought nearly 200 Highland Scots to the wilderness of Pictou and West River, Nova Scotia, in 1773, "Hector" Davie narrates this tale of witchery, muscular Christianity, press gangs, and Culloden-haunted memory in an historical novel in the tradition of Sir Walter Scott. The setting is Pictou County, Nova Scotia. The story revolves around Rob Macnab -- a young man of mysterious background whose future begins to be resolved as the Gaelic-speaking Scots of Pictou literally "fight" an election against the "wily Halifax men" surrounding the all-powerful governor and bishop of the colony.

Originally published in 1923, with drawings by famed illustrator C.W. Jeffreys, Rob Macnab is an action-packed story which brings late-18th-century Nova Scotia to life.

About the authors

Frank Baird's profile page

Dr. Laurie Stanley-Blackwell, currently chair of the History Department at St. Francis Xavier University, is a specialist in Maritime Canada and has published works relating to its medical, religious, and social history.

Laurie Stanley-Blackwell's profile page

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