Rural Life

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Pass the Spuds
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Pass the Spuds

From: Up the Coast

Chapter Seven focuses on the cook house, the cook Dave, the routine at the logging camp, grizzly bears in the shed, and the cook Lousia the nazi. 10 $1.00 Add
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Postscript: A Work Diary
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Postscript: A Work Diary

From: Up the Coast

The postscript is the author’s reflection on her fathers 1959 work diary. 5 $0.50 Add
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Preface
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Preface

From: Up the Coast

An introduction to the methodology, maps, and the explanation of “up the coast.” 3 $0.30 Add
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Summer Camp
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Summer Camp

From: Up the Coast

Chapter Six contrasts life in North Vancouver and Oxford Bay, logging life and realities, evidence of previous loggers in the areas, Smokey the dog discovering a human skull, American tourists on … 30 $3.00 Add
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That’s the Navy for You
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That’s the Navy for You

From: Up the Coast

Chapter Four focuses on the author’s mother Joan O’Connell’s time working during the Second World War, working in the boeing aircraft plant, disposable income, dancing, her special … 8 $0.80 Add
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The Golden Bird
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The Golden Bird

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter One provides a brief introduction to Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, the self-trained amateur ornithologist and field nurse who is the subject of this book. The chapter discusses topics … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Truth About Loggers
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The Truth About Loggers

From: Up the Coast

Chapter Eight focuses on the truth about loggers, entertainment at logging camps, calls in and out of the camps, sport at the camps, animals visitors, the star loggers Erik and Olaf Nyström, life … 25 $2.50 Add
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The View from the Terrace
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The View from the Terrace

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Two explores Louise’s childhood in Svensksund, Sweden. The chapter explores her relationships with her mother, father, and sister. It also examines the influence the natural … 10 $1.00 Add
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This Gentle Art
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This Gentle Art

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Six explores Louise’s growing interest in birds. The chapter discusses Louise’s first recordbook of bird watching, her relationship with Percy Traverner, the evolution of her … 25 $2.50 Add
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Untrammelled Landscapes
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Untrammelled Landscapes

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Four focuses on Louise’s move to Canada. The chapter explores Louise’s joining of the Canadian Red Cross Outpost Service, her settling in Bonfield, Northern Ontario, her … 27 $2.70 Add
Up the Coast
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Up the Coast

One Family's Wild Life in the Forests of British Columbia

Kathryn Willcock and her sisters grew up in logging camps on the coast of B.C. in the 1960s when children were set loose to play in the wilderness, women kept rifles next to the wood stove, and … 224 View
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Visions of Woodpeckers
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Visions of Woodpeckers

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Thirteen focuses on Louise’s work with woodpeckers. 24 $2.40 Add
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With High Heart
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With High Heart

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Fourteen focuses on Louise’s book Lovely, a new approach to her writing. 24 $2.40 Add
Woman, Watching
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Woman, Watching

Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay

Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and worked in an isolated log cabin near North Bay. After her husband was murdered by Bolsheviks, she refused her … 416 View
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Women’s Work
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Women’s Work

From: Up the Coast

Chapter Nine focuses on women’s work, food orders, defending the camp and children from bears when the men are away, the authors stash of nanaimo bars attracting bears, laundry and the … 37 $3.70 Add