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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... matter of general morbid fasci- nation . One can imagine various governmental health author- ities , like generals of the late Roman empire , placing flags on their maps and sadly shaking their heads at the inevitable approach of ...
... matter of general morbid fasci- nation . One can imagine various governmental health author- ities , like generals of the late Roman empire , placing flags on their maps and sadly shaking their heads at the inevitable approach of ...
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... matters worse . In the 1830s , the town of Donegal had slightly more than eight hundred inhabitants and was a deceptively pleasant place to look at . With its row of sea - side businesses fronting on a wharf and a town square shaped ...
... matters worse . In the 1830s , the town of Donegal had slightly more than eight hundred inhabitants and was a deceptively pleasant place to look at . With its row of sea - side businesses fronting on a wharf and a town square shaped ...
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... matter of shoes . It was a source of great pride to Martha that she and the twin - ones always wore shoes , not just when they were going to church or on fair days . And their shoes matched . Outside of Donegal town , in summer , fully ...
... matter of shoes . It was a source of great pride to Martha that she and the twin - ones always wore shoes , not just when they were going to church or on fair days . And their shoes matched . Outside of Donegal town , in summer , fully ...
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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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