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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Rice, Waubgeshig, 1979-, author
Moon of the crusted snow : a novel / Waubgeshig Rice.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-77041-400-6 (softcover).—
ISBN 978-1-77305-244-1 (HTML).—
ISBN 978-1-77305-245-8 (PDF)
I. Title.
PS8635.I246M66 2018 C813’.6 C2018-902543-3 C2018-902544-1
The publication of Moon of the Crusted Snow has been generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country, and by the Government of Canada. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays. Ce livre est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada. We also acknowledge the Ontario Arts Council (OAC), an agency of the Government of Ontario, and the contribution of the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.