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    The Secret Trails
    The Secret Trails
    The Secret Trails
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    The Secret Trails

    By Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

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    Sir Charles Roberts was a Canadian author and poet - one of the first to be internationally acclaimed. He was very interested in the natural world and wrote several books about it. This story has an unusual subject; pig farming. It is set in a small Canadian town called Lonesome.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateNov 21, 2022
    ISBN8596547425212
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