Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; In this sweeping, enthralling biography, Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain - soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and Father of New France. This superb biography is a dramatic and exciting as the life it portrays. Deeply researched, it is illustrated throughout with many contemporary images and maps, including several drawn by Champlain himself. Near Fine Soft cover Simon & Schuster 2009 New York, NY
