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Roughing it in the Bush is the compelling true story of pioneer Susanna Moodie's experience immigrating to Canada with her sister, Catharine Parr Traill, in the 1830s. Moodie's narrative is a frank, sometimes humorous, portrayal of life in the Canadian wild, capturing the physical demands of homesteading and the complex personal relationships between settlers.
Initially conceived as a "guide" for British subjects considering immigrating to
...When life gets your goat, bring in the herd
Jennifer McGaha never expected to own a goat named Merle. Or to be setting Merle up on dates and naming his doeling Merlene. She didn't expect to be buying organic yogurt for her chickens. She never thought she would be pulling camouflage carpet off her ceiling or rescuing opossums from her barn and calling it "date night." Most importantly, Jennifer never thought she would only
...10) The River and I
12) The Rough Riders
For a young lad like Mike Pannett, growing up in the North Yorkshire countryside in the late 1960s and early '70s was a dream come true. The sun always seemed to be shining, the summer holidays lasted forever, and when you were sent to buy a fish supper for the family there was change to be had from that crumpled pound note. They really were the good old days.
Given a fishing rod, a bottle of pop and a jam sandwich, a lad could wander as far
...Prairie fires, sod houses, covered wagons, pioneer medicine. Cow chips, prairie dances, claim jumpers, mules, buggies, prairie schools.
Breaking horses, hay ticks, flowing wells, Fourth of July on the prairie, blizzards, pioneer schools ...
For a half century my mother told these stories, first to me, then to my children. Years ago, as we drove late at night on the return trip from Disneyland, she told story after story, the children
...Letter carriers like Wyckoff walk through the same neighborhood each...
Tony DiNardo was born in Italy and immigrated to America eighty-five years ago. He lived through the Great Depression, fought in World War II and retired as a Major from the U.S. Army Air Force. DiNardo describes in detail his early life as a child in Italy and his youth in America during the depression. He depicts his war time military service with the 380th Bomb Group of the U.S. Air Force while in the South Pacific.
Follow his journey
...James Murray recounts nine days spent in the remote and beautiful landscapes of the Northern Territory, yet this is much more than a book about bushwalking. A delicate hymn to the wilderness of Northern Australia, it is also a journey of personal exploration and self-discovery, and a passionate argument for a new way of living. The ways in which rampant consumerism and an obsession with the motor car have become so entrenched in people's lives
...20) My beloved world
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