Duncan, Norman,  1871-1916. <br/><br/>
Selected Stories of Norman Duncan / 
edited and with an introduction by John Coldwell Adams. 
 - Ottawa, ON :  University of Ottawa Press,  1988. 
 - 184 p. :  cov. ill. ;  20 cm. 
 - The Canadian Short Story Library .
<br/><br/> Vol. 13 in the The Canadian Short Story Library series. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 178-184. 
<br/><br/>Introduction Part I - STORIES OF NEW YORK'S SYRIAN QUARTER<br/>  Introduction: A People from the East<br/>  The Lamp of Liberty<br/>  The Spirit of Revolution Part II - STORIES OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR<br/>  Introduction: The Codfishers of Newfoundland<br/>  The Strength of Men<br/>  The Fruits of Toil  From Doctor Luke of the Labrador<br/>  From The Adventures of Billy Topsail<br/>  A Croesus of Gingerbread Cove<br/>  The Doctor of Afternoon Arm<br/>  The Rose of Great Price<br/>  The Wreck of the Rough-an'-Tumble A  Preliminary Bibliography 
<br/><br/> "These unusual stories offer the reader colourful, realistic descriptions of life in Newfoundland and Labrador, and in immigrant communities in New York, around the turn of the century. Their publication presents an opportunity to become acquainted with the work of a Canadian author who deserves greater recognition than he has so far received. The settings of Norman Duncan's stories are far removed from the towns and villages of southwestern Ontario where he was born in 1871 and where he grew up. As a journalist whose work took him to many distant places, Duncan was a practised observer of unfamiliar modes of life, and his fiction, which grew out of his travels, is infused with the fresh outlook of the wide-eyed discoverer. While in New York, he wrote anecdotal tales of the Syrian immigrants he met there. But he is chiefly known for his intense and convincing stories of life in the fishing ports of Newfoundland, a life of courage, endurance, and grim struggle against the sea. This volume brings together the best of the Syrian and Newfoundland stories, many of which are drawn from rare and out-of-print editions, and includes the most extensive bibliography of Duncan's work so far published." (Book Cover) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0776602055 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>880902264 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Manners and customs.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Canada --Social life and customs --Fiction.<br/>Newfoundland and Labrador--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>C813/.4