Written in the Ruins - Cape Breton Island’s Second Pre-Columbian Chinese Settlement

Paul Chiasson

Publisher: Dundurn

Summary

Explores a wild, controversial theory and the evidence suggesting that China may have colonized Canada long before Europe did
Author’s previous book, The Island of Seven Cities, published in 2006, sold 6,000 copies in Canada
The topic of whether or not there were Chinese settlers in Cape Breton is a highly debated topic
In the vein of Gavin Menzes, the author of 1421: The Year China Discovered the World and an outspoken writer who has written many books on early Chinese settlements

Available since: 01/30/2016.

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