The book explores Patterson’s identity as Russian, African, and American. In one short poem, his grandmothers, personifications of Russia and Africa, sing over his crib. This copy of the book is inscribed by the author.
Memoir of the Patterson family told primarily from the perspective of James Patterson’s grandmother, Margaret Glascoe, whose reminiscences were initially translated into Russian and published in 1937. Patterson also adds commentary between…
Title page for collection of technical drawing by James Watson Bain during his time as a student in at the School of Practical Science, University of Toronto.
Title page for collection of technical drawing by James Watson Bain during his time as a student in at the School of Practical Science, University of Toronto.
Title page for collection of technical drawing by James Watson Bain during his time as a student in at the School of Practical Science, University of Toronto.
This image shows King John signing the Magna Carta in 1215. The Magna Carta is considered to be the first declaration in Western history to impose the rule of law.