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Presenting four titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent people in Canada’s history.

This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world.

When she learns that her husband is missing in action during World War II, a desperate young wife decides to give up their baby daughter for adoption.

Nothing in her cultured East Coast upbringing prepared Elizabeth for a teaching position on the Canadian frontier. Yet, despite the constant hardships, she loves the children in her care.

Just before the French were expelled from Nova Scotia early in the 18th century, two women, one French, one English, became as sisters.

When Sarah Perry loses her husband, she resolves that the best thing she can do for her young daughter Rebecca is send her off to a "proper" boarding school.

In Acadia two young mothers, one British and one French, have become good friends, despite the enmity between their peoples. The French woman's baby girl becomes critically ill.