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'The Heroine of Moodyville' : an epic of Burrard Inlet, 1883 Duncan, Nora M.

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"Cover title. On p. [4]: Printed by kind permission of 'Chatelaine.' The poem tells of the bravery of Mrs. John Peabody Patterson who, with a Squamish Indian, risked her life in crossing Burrard Inlet during a storm to nurse the wife of the lighthouse keeper at Point Atkinson."-- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 192.

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