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    Canadian Gypsy
    Canadian Gypsy
    Canadian Gypsy
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    Canadian Gypsy

    By Kimberly Bird

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    Flash Fiction Free-Verse style Epic poetry on the history of the Metis People of Canada, my birth-rite. This was the time of the fur trade in the New World; a time of barter and mayhem, a time of new birth.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKimberly Bird
    Release dateApr 6, 2013
    ISBN9781301389476
    Canadian Gypsy
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    Kimberly Bird

    Kimberly Bird is a Canadian Author who was born in the rugged northern landscape of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan where her ancestral blood runs strong. She now resides happily in Alberta still close to the forests and river's edge. Her Scottish and First Nations inheritance influences her writings, which she blends uniquely into her story telling.

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