At Face Value: The Life and Times of Eliza McCormack/John WhiteMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1 ago 1990 - 264 páginas In a parish register in Ireland, Akenson discovered a record naming an Eliza McCormack White as John's sister. Employing imaginative reconstruction, he proposes that Eliza McCormack, a transvestite prostitute who was in central Canada at the time John White arrived on the Canadian scene, was actually John's sister. Further, he suggests that John White can be best understood by recognizing that he was in fact Eliza! |
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... Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario East , " was remarkable above anything else for the number of ladies present . " That was what the local newspaper said , and it was what first called John White to my attention . White's obituary mentioned ...
... Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario East , " was remarkable above anything else for the number of ladies present . " That was what the local newspaper said , and it was what first called John White to my attention . White's obituary mentioned ...
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... grand airs was not a real lady but the cossetted wife of some merchant . To Martha and the children it made no difference . These were creatures from the wide world beyond Donegal and that in itself was fascinating . The town harbour ...
... grand airs was not a real lady but the cossetted wife of some merchant . To Martha and the children it made no difference . These were creatures from the wide world beyond Donegal and that in itself was fascinating . The town harbour ...
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... grand hall , arched and imperious , and by the upstairs banqueting hall flanked by Gothic windows . Two sculptured chimney pieces spoke of a level of wealth and craftmanship no longer seen in Donegal . Next Martha would take the ...
... grand hall , arched and imperious , and by the upstairs banqueting hall flanked by Gothic windows . Two sculptured chimney pieces spoke of a level of wealth and craftmanship no longer seen in Donegal . Next Martha would take the ...
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At Face Value: The Life and Times of Eliza McCormack and John White Donald Harman Akenson,Don Akenson Vista previa restringida - 1992 |
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