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Children's Fiction Pre-confederation (to 1867)

The Tinderbox

by (author) Marianne Brandis

Publisher
Porcupine's Quill
Initial publish date
Sep 1994
Category
Pre-Confederation (to 1867), Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889841536
    Publish Date
    Sep 1994
    List Price
    $4.95

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About the author

Marianne Brandis was born in the Netherlands in 1938 and came to Canada in 1947. After earning her BA and MA from McMaster University, she worked in radio and taught at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now University) before becoming a full-time writer. Most of her work has a historical element. She is the author of award-winning historical fiction and has also written biography and memoirs. Pursuing her interest in the relations between people and their surroundings, she has researched and written about Toronto's ravines, environmental and social issues in Malawi, and urban design and planning projects in her current hometown of Stratford, Ontario.

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