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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... 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 his ...
... 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 his ...
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... Orange Lodge official . In 1871 White surprised everyone by winning a dominion parliamen- tary election , and from then until 1887 he was a trustworthy Tory backbencher . Not a great career , but an interesting and in some ways puzzling ...
... Orange Lodge official . In 1871 White surprised everyone by winning a dominion parliamen- tary election , and from then until 1887 he was a trustworthy Tory backbencher . Not a great career , but an interesting and in some ways puzzling ...
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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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