Bibliograph

Miss Confederation, the diary of Mercy Anne Coles, Anne McDonald

Type

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Miss Confederation, the diary of Mercy Anne Coles, Anne McDonald

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Miss Confederation

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Anne McDonald

Sub title

the diary of Mercy Anne Coles

Summary

A young unmarried woman's chronicle of her experiences in the social whirlwind of Confederation offers a unique view of the events, and the men, that made Canada. Canada's journey to Confederation kicked off with a bang - or rather, a circus, a Civil War (American), a small fortune's worth of champagne, and a lot of making love in the old-fashioned sense (courting, that is). Miss Confederation is a rare opportunity to look back through a woman's eyes at the men and events at the centre of this pivotal time in Canada's history. Mercy Coles, the daughter of PEI delegate George Coles, kept a diary of the social happenings and political manoeuvrings as they affected her and her desires. A unique historical document, her diary is now being published for the first time, offering a window into the events that led to Canada's creation, from a point of view that has long been neglected

Target audience

adult

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