Parrot and Olivier in America

Carey, Peter 1943- (Author).

Summary: Set in the 19th century and inspired in part by the life of Alexis de Tocqueville. Olivier is the son of French aristocrats who (barely) survived the French Revolution. Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerate English printer. Fate finds them together on a picaresque adventure in the New World.

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ISBN: 0307358348
ISBN: 9780307358349 (hc)
ISBN: 9780307358349 (hc.)
ISBN: 9780307358356 (trade pbk.)
Physical Description: print
379 p. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : Random House Canada, c2010.

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Originally published: Australia : Hamish Hamilton, 2009.

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Tocqueville, Alexis de -- 1805-1859 -- Travel -- United States -- Fiction
French -- Fiction
Master and servant -- Fiction
Voyages and travels -- Fiction
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction
Spy stories
United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- Fiction

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Adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.
Adenture fiction.

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Location	Call Number / Copy Notes	Barcode	Shelving Location	Holdable?	Status	Due Date
Tatla Lake Branch	CAR (Text)	33923004776708	General Fiction	Volume hold	Available	-
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