Samuel de Champlain. Francine Legaré
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Francine Legaré
Francine Legaré lives in Quebec City, where she works as a freelance researcher and writer. She studied journalism at Laval University and at Louvain-la-Neuve, in Belgium. When she returned, she wrote several research books for the Quebec government on health, justice, youth resources, the condition of women, the environment, and Quebec history. She has also written numerous articles in various magazines including the Gazette des femmes, to which she has contributed since 1996.
The translator: Jonathan Kaplansky
Jonathan Kaplansky works as a freelance literary translator in Ottawa; he completed Master's degrees in Translation at the University of Ottawa and in French Language and Literature at McGill. He has translated work by Hélène Rioux, Robert Dickson, Sylvie Massicotte, and Hervé Dumont and is currently translating biographies of two Canadian Premiers: René Lévesque and Louis Robichaud.
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Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de CHAMPLAIN
FATHER OF NEW FRANCE
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English translation copyright © 2004 Jonathan Kaplansky and XYZ Publishing.
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National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Legaré, Francine, 1956-
Samuel de Champlain: Father of New France
(The Quest library; 22).
Translation of: Samuel de Champlain, père de la Nouvelle–France.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-894852-10-9
1. Champlain, Samuel de, 1567-1635. 2. Explorers – Canada – Biography.
3. Explorers – France – Biography. 4. Canada – History – To 1663 (New France).
I. Title. II. Series: Quest library; 22.
FC332.L4313 2004 971.01'13'092 C2004-940521-7
Legal Deposit: Second quarter 2004
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Chronology: Michèle Vanasse
Index: Darcy Dunton
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