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Another country, another life : calumny, love, and the secrets of Isaac Jelfs / J. Patrick Boyer.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Boyer, J. Patrick, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Newspaper editors--Ontario--Muskoka (District municipality)--Biography.
Newspaper editors.
Judges--Ontario--Muskoka (District municipality)--Biography.
Judges.
Town clerks--Ontario--Bracebridge--Biography.
Town clerks.
Frontier and pioneer life--Ontario--Muskoka (District municipality).
Frontier and pioneer life.
Law clerks--Great Britain--Biography.
Law clerks.
Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography.
Soldiers.
Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)--Biography.
Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality).
Boyer, J. Patrick.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (329 p.)
Place of Publication:
Toronto, Ontario : Dundurn, [2013]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Quiet Isaac Jelfs led many hard lives, his escape from each wrapped in deep secrecy. In 1869 he reached Toronto and started his new life with his new wife and his new name. His great-grandson follows that journey, revealing Jelfs' well-hidden tracks and the reasons for his double life.
Contents:
Escape from New York
On the Path of the Law
Calumny in Stratford
Hannah Boyer's Plight
Crucible of War
America's Promise
New York Double Life
Canada Promises Another Life
Homesteaders in a New Country
First Muskoka Winter
Opening the Frontier
Moneyless in Muskoka
Northern Advocates
An Editor's Life
Paper Wars
Birth of a Village
Movin' in from the Bush
A Quickening Village Pace
Powers of the Pen
A Patriot's Refuge
Upholding the Rule of Law
Bound Up in Farming
Muskoka's Magnetism
Belated Exoneration
Life Must Go On
The View from Magistrate's Bench
James Boyer's Last Escapes
Unrequited Love
The Dutiful Son
Free and Unshackled
Exeunt.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781299319059
129931905X
9781459708419
1459708415
OCLC:
841908713

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