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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Ghosts in a Photograph	In Ghosts in a Photograph, award-winning nonfiction writer Myrna Kostash delves into the lives of her grandparents, all of whom moved from Galicia, now present-day Ukraine, to Alberta at the turn …	Myrna Kostash	304	2022	View
NEW! 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 …	Margaret Macpherson	296	2022	View
NEW! 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 …	Kathryn Willcock	224	2022	View
From NEW! Foreword From: Ghosts in a Photograph View	The forward reflects on the author’s connection to the past and connection to their family through old photographs, discussing emigration, immigration, the old country of Galicia, …	Myrna Kostash	7	2022	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Preface From: Up the Coast View	An introduction to the methodology, maps, and the explanation of “up the coast.”	Kathryn Willcock	3	2022	$0.30 Add
From NEW! Flying In From: Up the Coast View	Chapter One focuses on getting up to Oxford Bay, the bush plane the “Beaver”, logging life, passengers on the plane, and the small community up the coast in the 1960’s.	Kathryn Willcock	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Maps From: Ghosts in a Photograph View	Maps of Galicia, in context to the historical periods discussed throughout the book.	Myrna Kostash	2	2022	$0.20 Add
From NEW! Vision From: Tracking the Caribou Queen View	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, …	Margaret Macpherson	7	2022	$0.70 Add
From NEW! A Normal Childhood From: Up the Coast View	Chapter Two focuses on the author’s father John Brandon Willcock, leaving North Bay, Ontario for work, hardship during the Great Depression, his father’s (the author’s …	Kathryn Willcock	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Gold Range From: Tracking the Caribou Queen View	This chapter discusses the Margie’s family’s big move to the North, the history around the development of Yellow Knife as the capital of the Northwest Territories, their time living …	Margaret Macpherson	8	2022	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Notes on Dates and Place Names From: Ghosts in a Photograph View	Notes on the dates and place names relevant to the text.	Myrna Kostash	4	2022	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Abbreviations From: Ghosts in a Photograph View	Abbreviation relevant to the text.	Myrna Kostash	1	2022	$0.10 Add
From NEW! Fired or Dead From: Up the Coast View	Chapter Three focuses on Willcock’s time working in Swanberg’s cook house, Greasy Erickson, getting “Up the hill”, becoming a “Whistle punk”, the risks of logging, and the Schnarr girl’s …	Kathryn Willcock	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From NEW! School From: Tracking the Caribou Queen View	The chapter describes their father’s career in the northern school system, the paternalism of the school system, her fathers role in running the residential school, and the original …	Margaret Macpherson	8	2022	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Antler From: Tracking the Caribou Queen View	This chapter focuses on the simple gift of an antler to Marie from her sister Jennifer, exploring topics including sibling relationships, the original caribou queen, the tragic death of Sophie …	Margaret Macpherson	12	2022	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Fedor/Fred Kostash(chuk) 1871 – 1938 From: Ghosts in a Photograph View	Chapter One focuses on Fedor/Fred Kostash(chuk), the author’s paternal grandfather or “Dido.” Topics discussed include Peter Svarich, “Uncle Peter” and his memoirs, Ukrainian …	Myrna Kostash	43	2022	$4.30 Add