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Governor General’s Literary Award

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1959 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1959 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1959 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Watch that Ends the NightHugh MacLennanJerome Martell abadoned his wife Catherine and their daughter Sally to fight on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. After he was presumed dead, Catherine married her childhood friend George. Twelve years later, Jerome returned to Montreal and tur...Amazon
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1958 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1958 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1958 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerA Suit of NettlesJames ReaneyThe title of A Suit of Nettles was inspired by a German fairy tale. Seven suits of nettles are woven by the sister of seven brothers who have been changed into swans. When the time comes for the seven swans to put on their suits of nettles and regain human...Amazon
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1958 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1958 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerKlondikePierre BertonWith the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We m...AmazonThe History of Fanny BurneyJoyce Hemlow...Amazon
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1958 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1958 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1958 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerExecutionColin McDougallThe great Canadian novel of the Second World War in Italy, winner of the 1958 Governor Generals Award Lieutenant John Adam, recovering from wounds sustained in the Italian campaign of 1943, faces a terrible dilemma when he finds that one his men, a volunt...Amazon
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1957 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1957 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1957 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerCanada: Tomorrow's GiantBruce Hutchison...AmazonThe Path of DestinyThomas H. RaddallGovernor Carleton The Quebec Act, Canada on the eve of theAmerican Revolution, Ehtan Allen in the Champlain pass, Benedict Arnold plans a dash on Quebec, Montgomery, Ben Franklin, the fight at three rivers, Lord Durham, Reform movement in Nova Scotia, the ...Amazon
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