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Classic fiction and poetry. This file includes: Flint and Feather, Legends of Vancouver, The Moccasin Maker, and The Shagganappi. According to Wikipedia:'Emily Pauline Johnson (also known in Mohawk as Tekahionwak, literally:'double-life') (10 March 1861 – 7 March 1913), commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century. Johnson was notable for her poems and performances that celebrated her First Nations heritage; her father was a Mohawk chief of mixed ancestry, and her mother an English immigrant. One such poem is the frequently anthologized'The Song My Paddle Sings'. Her poetry was published in Canada, the United States and Great Britain. Johnson was one of a generation of widely read writers who began to define a Canadian literature.'

This collection includes 34 books: The Battle of the Strong, Carnac's Folly, The Judgment House, The March of the White Guard, Michel and Angele, The Money Master, Mrs. Falchion, No Defense, The Pomp of the Lavilettes, The Right of Way, The Seats of the Mighty The Trail of the Sword, The Translation of a Savage, The Trespasser, The Weavers, When Valmond Came to Promise, Wild Youth, The World for Sale, You Never Know Your Luck, Embers, A Lover's Diary, At the Sign of the Eagle, Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk, Donovan Pasha and Some People of Egypt, John Enderby, The Land That Had No Turning, The Going of the White Swan, Northern Lights, Parables of a Province, Pierre and His People, A Romany of the Snows, There is Sorrow on the Sea, An Unpardonable Liar, and Old Quebec.

In his novels, poetry, and memoirs, Booker Prize winner Michael Ondaatje moves from the blasted landscape of Billy the Kid in 1880s New Mexico to the New Orleans jazz world of the legendary Buddy Bolden at the turn of the century, from his native Sri Lanka to the African desert of World War II. Compassionate, lyrical, spellbinding, the work he has created unfolds with mystery and eloquence and enlarges our literature.Included in Vintage Ondaatje are portions of the novels Anil's Ghost, In the Skin of the Lion, Coming Through Slaughter, and The English Patient; the memoir Running in the Family; sections from The Collected Works of Billy the Kid; and a selection of the poetry.Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers, presented in attractive, affordable paperback editions.