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Article: Dictionary of Manitoba biography.
- Article from:
- Manitoba History
- Article date:
- March 22, 2000
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J.M. Bumsted, Dictionary of Manitoba Biography. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999; 304 pp. paperback $24.95 ISBN 0-88755-662-0; hardcover $55.00 ISBN 0-88755-169-6.
Anyone looking for biographical information about Canadians has a large number of reference works to chose from. The most substantial, of course, is the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Its lengthy entries, followed by substantial bibliographies, are indispensable for people who need in-depth information about a person, but this dictionary only covers Canadians who died before 1920 and it requires that one know the year in which a person died before one can find the appropriate entry. ...
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