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    Miss Confederation: The Diary of Mercy Anne Coles
    Miss Confederation: The Diary of Mercy Anne Coles
    Miss Confederation: The Diary of Mercy Anne Coles
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    Miss Confederation: The Diary of Mercy Anne Coles

    By Anne McDonald and Christopher Moore

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    History without the stiffness and polish time creates.

    Canada’s journey to Confederation kicked off with a bang — or rather, a circus, a civil war (the American one), a small fortune’s worth of champagne, and a lot of making love — in the old-fashioned sense. Miss Confederation offers a rare look back, through a woman’s eyes, at the men and events at the centre of this pivotal time in Canada’s history.

    Mercy Anne Coles, the daughter of PEI delegate George Coles, kept a diary of the social happenings and political manoeuvrings as they affected her and her desires. A unique historical document, her diary is now being published for the first time, offering a window into the events that led to Canada’s creation, from a point of view that has long been neglected.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDundurn
    Release dateJun 24, 2017
    ISBN9781459739680
    Miss Confederation: The Diary of Mercy Anne Coles
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    Anne McDonald

    Anne McDonald is an award-winning author. Her novel To the Edge of the Sea won the Saskatchewan First Book Award. Her play Lullabies and Cautions was recently showcased at the 2016 Spring Festival of New Plays. Her work has appeared in literary journals, Canada’s History, and on CBC Radio. Anne teaches theatre and creative writing. She lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.

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