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About R M Ballantyne:
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated. The first edition of this book is dated 1850. The edition used is dated 1901. The publisher was Thomas Nelson & Sons. R.M. Ballantyne used to work for the Hudson Bay Company and knows this subject very well: Quote:
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