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Chronicles of Canada Volume 04 - Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness

by Stephen Leacock

These little books were designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable fashion. This volume, as suggested in the title, follows the Jesuit missionaries through North America as they attempt, with little success, to convert the natives of the new world.
Books in 'Chronicles of Canada' series
Chronicles of Canada Volume 01 - The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada by Stephen Leacock
Chronicles of Canada Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier by Stephen Leacock
Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 – Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain by Charles William Colby
Chronicles of Canada Volume 04 - Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness by Stephen Leacock
Chronicles of Canada Volume 05 - Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by William Bennett Munro
Chronicles of Canada Volume 06 - The Great Intendant: A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada 1665-1672 by Thomas Chapais
Chronicles of Canada Volume 07 - The Fighting Governer: A Chronicle of Frontenac by Charles William Colby
Chronicles of Canada Volume 08 - Great Fortress: A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 by William Charles Henry Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 09 - The Acadian Exiles: A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline by Arthur G. Doughty
Chronicles of Canada Volume 10 - A Chronicle of Montcalm by William Charles Henry Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 11 - The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe by William Charles Henry Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 12 - The Father of British Canada; A Chronicle of Carleton by William Charles Henry Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of the Great Migration by W. Stewart Wallace
Chronicles of Canada Volume 14 - The War With the United States: A Chronicle of 1812 by William Charles Henry Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 15 - The War Chief of the Ottawas: A Chronicle of the Pontiac War by Thomas Guthrie Marquis
Chronicles of Canada Volume 16 - The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant by Louis Aubrey Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 17 - Tecumseh: A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People by Ethel T. Raymond
Chronicles of Canada Volume 18 - The 'Adventurers of England' on Hudson Bay by Agnes C. Laut
Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains by Lawrence J. Burpee
Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North by Stephen Leacock
Chronicles of Canada Volume 21 - The Red River Colony: A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba by Louis Aubrey Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 22 - Pioneers of the Pacific Coast: A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters by Agnes C. Laut
Chronicles of Canada Volume 23 - The Cariboo Trail: A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia by Agnes C. Laut
Chronicles of Canada Volume 24 -The Family Compact : a chronicle of the rebellion in Upper Canada by W. Stewart Wallace
Chronicles of Canada Volume 25 - The 'Patriotes' of '37: A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion by DeCelles by Alfred Duclos DeCelles
Chronicles of Canada Volume 26 - The Tribune of Nova Scotia: A Chronicle of Joseph Howe by William Lawson Grant
Chronicles of Canada Volume 27 - The Winning of Popular Government: A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 by Archibald MacMechan
Chronicles of Canada Volume 28 - The Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion by A. H. U. Colquhoun
Chronicles of Canada Volume 29 - The Day of Sir John Macdonald: A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion by Joseph Pope
Chronicles of Canada Volume 30 - The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Oscar D. Skelton
Chronicles of Canada Volume 31 - All Afloat: A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways by William Charles Henry Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 32 - The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways by Oscar D. Skelton

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English

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English

Published In

1920

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History Non-Fiction

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Politics Culture Middle Ages Vikings

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Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock  was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world. H...

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