Margaret Macpherson

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Scoop
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Scoop

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

This chapter focuses on the families first government house in the north, their neighbours,  the forced friendship with Carmel Johnson and Margie’s cruel gift of soap, the residential … 24 $2.40 Add
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Soul

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

This chapter remembers Margie’s relationship with Sylvan Johnson, her sickly neighbour, his attempt to save Margie’s soul, his death and funeral, his sister Carmel’s regret, and … 20 $2.00 Add
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Sun Spot

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter explores Margie’s memories of new mukluks, the 1956 Meteor station wagon, and a child’s fear of the unknown. 13 $1.30 Add
Tracking the Caribou Queen
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Tracking the Caribou Queen

Memoir of a Settler Girlhood

In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the ’60s and ’70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexamined … 296 View
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Vision

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter reflects on Margie’s recounting of the 1964 Caribou Carnival and the Caribou Queen, learning what stretching formula meant, her relationships with her mother, a baby in a parka, … 7 $0.70 Add
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White

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter recounts further adjustments to highschool, an ill fated winter camping trip with Suz, the kindness and generosity of the man who saved them, and the end of the friendship between the … 8 $0.80 Add
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Wild

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter explores the impact of Margie’s mother returning to work, the Old Town and New Town, no go zones, the allure of Rainbow Valley and the reserve, their mothers reaction to Paul … 11 $1.10 Add