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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. pp: 224 [72]. The book is part of a series published with the intent to preserve local folklore from various parts of Canada. This volume features the folklore Newfoundland, specifically the outports. The isolated outports, with communication by sea only, have a long history, and solid cultural traditions. All this began to quickly change with Confederation. Electrical power, roads, and other forms of contact with the rest of the province, and county dramatically altered, in some cases destroyed, the outport life. This editors of this book have attempted to preserve some of that culture and history. This is a remarkably well preserved copy with very minor signs of wear.…