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the Bronfmans: the Rise and Fall of the House of Seagram
Unbelieveably badly written.How can you make this family boring?Also, seemed to "borrow" from a lot of other authors. Don't waste your time.

NIcholas Faith has a problem with gangsters
This isn't a bad book but Nicholas Faith has a problem acknowledging the gangster beginning of the Bronfman fortune. Pure and simple Sam B et all were thugs and likely murders. Mr. Faith goes to grea great endless endless lengths to explaine how anti-semnitism shaped the Bronfman's. Huh. It never seems to occur to him that the alleged anti- Jewish sentiment could have been whipped up precisely because the Bronfmans made such a big deal of their religion/heritage solely to cover up their ways.That most of the people they dealth with and enriched were also Jewish thugs doesn't help. Mr. Faith's inability to deal with this fact almost ruins the book.
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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Bronfman family    6. Business    7. Businesspeople    8. Canada    9. Distilling industries    10. Biography: general    11. Family history   

Editorial Review

Jack Todd made a fateful decision in 1969. A farm boy from a time and place where the obligation to serve in the military was taken for granted, Todd had just completed basic training at an army post near Seattle when he opted to take a Vietnam-veteran friend's advice and slip across the border into British Columbia rather than risk his life fighting in an unpopular war. His life in Canada was by no means easy; he spent time on Skid Row among fellow deserters and draft evaders, many of them parasitical criminals, and, although he was a veteran journalist, he had to start from scratch at a Vancouver paper, slowly winning the acceptance of his colleagues.Read more

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Born In The U.S.A.
Toward the end of his treacly memoir, Jack Todd lists all the things he lost when he deserted the Army and fled the country during the Vietnam War, or as he so euphemistically moans, was "forced into exile". Country. Citizenship. Profession. Family. Love. He acknowledges that he will be called a coward and perhaps "... the people who say that are right". Well, if the shoe fits, wear it. A coward?
If you're not afraid of ideas and opinions that may differ from your own, read this book. Breaking the Silence
Between 50,000 and 100,000 young men and women fled northward to Canada during the Vietnam War era.Yet, their voices have remained largely silent during the past three decades while a significant body of literature concerning the war experience has been evolving.Jack Todd has broken that silence with the publication of Desertion: In the Time of Vietnam, a moving memoir of a young man who followed his conscience to Canada in 1970 and waged his own private "war" as an exile in search of himself in an unknown land.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1946-    2. Americans    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Canada    6. Desertions    7. General    8. History    9. Military    10. Military - Vietnam War    11. Personal Memoirs    12. Todd, Jack,    13. U.S. History - Vietnam Conflict (1965-1973)    14. United States    15. Vietnam War, 1961-1975    16. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975    17. Biography & Autobiography / Literary    18. Todd, Jack   

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A family on two soils.
In this fascinating tale, Denise Chong deftly writes the story of her migrant Chinese family on two soils - Canadian soil, and Chinese soil. Her grandmother ("concubine" May-ying) moves to Canada following Chan Sam, her assigned husband. Times prove not to be so easy for the Chinese in "Gold Mountain". Their isolation and institutionalized exclusion from mainstream Canadian society stifled any progress. May-ying moves almost constantly from Nanaimo to Vancouver (the two Chinatowns) waitressing to support her husband, Hing (the third daughter and author's mother), and also the family left in China. Following relations in this book is key to understanding how the story unfolds.
A history of a polygamous family
For those of you who think polygamy works when it is culturally supported, this is the book that will give you a new viewpoint to consider.
A Captivating Read
I may be a white, teenaged, american male, but I still can appreciate the value and hard work that went into this book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Canada - General    5. Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies    6. Historical - General    7. Personal Memoirs    8. Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs    9. Biography: general   

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Canada - History - 20th Century (General)    5. General    6. Historical - General    7. Political    8. Biography & Autobiography / General   

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A Brilliant Biography of a Brilliant Doctor
Despite almost a century since his death, William Osler persists as the `the grand old man of medicine', a life devoted to doctoring and doctors, who has supplied inspiration for many generations of physicians in the United States, Canada, Britain and the Continent.
A Real Eminent Victorian
William Osler remains an iconic figure in American medicine.Osler is taken often to epitomize the physician who brings a crticial and scholarly approach to the bedside in conjunction with compassion and empathy.In this very well written biography, Bliss traces Osler's life, his achievements, and examines how he assumed iconic status and whether or not this status is deserved.Bliss is particularly well equipped to undertake this task.A well known specialist on Canadian history, he has written other fine books on medical history in a Canadian context. the good doctor
This is, quite honestly, a hefty tome, but no less may be expected when writing about the greatest American physician who ever lived. Bliss presents us with a detailed, well-paced, and engaging biography of Dr. Osler, from his childhood days in Canada to his final years at Oxford. Being both a student of medicine and a Baltimorean (currently), I took a special interest to the chapters devoted to his post as the first chief of medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1849-1919    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Canada    7. Historical - General    8. History    9. Medical - General    10. Medical - Physicians    11. Osler, William,    12. Physicians    13. Practice Of Medicine    14. Sir,    15. Biography & Autobiography / Medical    16. Biography: general    17. History of medicine    18. Medicine | History of Medicine   

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Fascinating memoir, full of interesting anecdotes and views on China
Jan Wong's account starts with her move to China from Canada to attend university just as the Cultural Revolution dawned.Naive, idealistic and fascinatedby Mao, she cheerfully went to the farms to work and describes her own complicity in the tragedies of the time.It is only when the Cultural Revolution is ended and the country suddenly turns around, denouncing most of what the CR had stood for, does she start to think for herself.It may also have had something to do with realizing that her college education was wasted, and that people in China know students from those years did not learn anything.
Excellent Memoir
This superb memoir by Canadian Jan Wong describes her student and worker days in China during the latter part of the Cultural Revolution.Rebelling against the middle class values of her Chinese immigrant parents, Wong left for China in the early 1970's as an eager young Maoist.The author describes her student days at Beijing University, her life on a rural farm commune, and her eventual transformation from na�ve idealist to disillusioned realist.Wong left for home six years later, but returned to Beijing in 1988 as foreign correspondent for the Toronto Globe Mail.There she witnessed the stunning prosperity China suddenly enjoyed along with the tragedy of Tiananmen Square. I read this eloquent 1996 memoir shortly after visiting China and found the author's analysis completely on target.
A must-read if you're planning to visit China
I read the book before traveling to China.It was invaluable in helping me understand recent Chinese history.Wong's story helped me understand what someone experienced during the Cultural Revolution.We had a speaker who told many of the same kinds of stories.This book helped make my visit to China richer, more meaningful and interesting.Her images prepared me for what I would be viewing myself.Very well-written and interesting to read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Asia - China    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Canada    6. China    7. Historical - General    8. History    9. Journalists    10. Journeys    11. Women    12. Wong, Jan    13. Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs   

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FAV BOOK ABOUT THE FAB 4!!!
I think Larry Kane did a wonderful job on this book! I actually bought this off of amazon, and i am glad i did. He Describes the American tours so well, you can picture everything!! THis is my favorite book about the "Boys" and i am sure you will think so too!

Feels Like You're Reading The Same Chapter Over and Over and Over....
This book seemed pretty good until about the 4th chapter, when I realized that all I'm reading is how excited the fans were at the concert in (fill in city name here).We all know that already, and don't need to hear someone confirm it for us.Larry refuses to get into anything controversial that may have happened, opting instead to "fade to black", or end chapters with teasing lines about something that was to happen later.Very repetitive, boring.

WhenThey Were Fab
Author and former radio dj Larry Kane was 21 when he accompanied the Beatles on their first and second American tours. What is striking about Kane and the Beatles is how mature they seemed (for the most part) in the face of unprecedentedly frantic, and sometimes terrifying, whirlwind tours. Sometimes it is startling to think just how young they were -- at one point Kane mentions that George was worried about his pimples.
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Subjects:  1. 1942-    2. Beatles    3. Canada    4. Genres & Styles - Rock    5. History & Criticism - General    6. Kane, Larry,    7. Music    8. Music/Songbooks    9. Popular Music    10. Travel    11. United States    12. Biography: film, television & music    13. Rock & pop   

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A Crowning Achievement in Thoroughbred Journalism
Avalyn Hunter brings to life the outstanding racing career of Northern Dancer and his legacy through his sons of establishing a royal dynasty in the Thoroughbred industry.
Well written and researched
The book is a fine piece of research by Hunter and does a good job of telling the story of Northern Dancer's life and how his connections contributed to the game.While it is a fairly quick read, it's not a page turner on the level with some of the classics such as Nack's "Secretariat" or Schwartz's "Ruffian".The book does do a wonderful job of conveying the importance of Northern Dancer immeasurable contribution to the breed through his numerous offspring.It really is quite a remarkable legacy that the little colt from Canada has left behind.

The Kingmaker: How Northern Dancer Founded a Racing Dynasty
I have been a racing and breeding enthusiast for 30 years, and Avalyn Hunter's The Kingmaker: How Northern Dancer Founded a Racing Dynasty is the finest work on the subject I have ever read.
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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Canada    3. History    4. Horse Racing    5. Northern Dancer (Race horse)    6. Pedigrees    7. Race horses    8. Sports    9. Sports & Recreation    10. Thoroughbred horse    11. Non-Classifiable   

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The heroing tale of a young girl taking a stand
Emma Edmonds is a young girl from Canada, living in the North during the Civil War. She's always been outgoing and bold- never able to stay in one place at a time. So when she feels a calling to join the Union army, she does what any rebellious girl would do- cuts her hair, gets the uniform, and joins up. At first she's awkward and unsure- terrified that she'll be discovered. She sees the whole thing as a big adventure-that is, until an old love interest of hers is killed in the war. She decides to really take a stand and looks at the war in a whole different way. She fights with all her power-until she gets word that a Union spy was recently killed by the Confederates. She quickly lands the job of replacement. She goes across the rebel lines, a different disguise each time, and collects useful information which helped to save many battles.
The Civil War Story
Behind Rebel Lines is an excellent book by Seymour Reit. It is about a girl named Emma Edmonds, who disguised herself as a man to be a Civil War spy. In a part in the book, she was in the enemy base disguised as a black slave. When she was in the base, she had found that many of the guns where fake. Finding that out saved the Union army many casualties. I will recommend this book for 4th grade and up. This book is based on a true story.
Stregth and curage
I liked this book because it is about a girl named Emma Edmonds 1841- 1898 in the civil war disguised as a man. This is a story about courage, strength, and knowing what's possible. This book has no pictures, but is still great anyway. I think that the voice was very good because the author goes by her disguise.This is a great book. I hope you will read this book, and like it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. (Sarah Emma Evelyn),    2. 1841-1898    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. Edmonds, S. Emma E    8. Edmonds, S. Emma E.    9. Historical - Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    10. Historical - United States - Colonial    11. History - United States/Civil War    12. Juvenile Fiction    13. Juvenile literature    14. Spies    15. United States    16. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods   

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Horseshit...
Not only is the author a bad writer.....jumping from timeline to time line...not able to tell a story in order.....he tries to pose the Hell's Angels as the bad guys. Anyone with a solid head on their shoulders will see thru his rhetoric and realize HA is a stand up orginization that takes care of business like any normal person would. The crimes they were accused of, weren't crimes at all......they were simply the exercising of human rights against agressors that would try to deny said so rights......in fact in the entire book, i found no fault with the Angel's actions, and applaud them for their efforts.

facts and names lacking storytelling
The author have gone though a great deal to find the facts in hundreds of events during many years. He covers hundreds of people. Hundreds of crimes and killings. He could have picked a few events, clubs or people and written their full story. Instead the book hops between people and clubs, between centuries and continents like a school book. Theres no story, but namedropping enough to confuse anyone. Stadnik is one of hundreds of figures skidding though events, none of them with depth. People are shot and stabbed, but you find it difficult to care, since none is in the book for more than a page, and you dont get to know them. It feels disorganised. If it was in cronical order, or at least with chapter names reveiling what every chapter will cover it would be easier. Perhaps its interesting and understandable for the surviving few who were there. If your looking for facts its fine, but its too packed with facts for me. I need a story.

Disturbing Errors for an
This book provides a lot of information on Walter Stadnick and the Canadian Hells Angels along with information on lesser clubs in Canada.The author, Jerry Langton, however, has made numerous disturbing errors in reporting on certain aspects of the Hells Angels and other clubs.Langton reports on page 26 that prospective members (prospects) are awarded the top rocker (Hells Angels) along with the center patch. Langton then states that the prospects recive the bottom rocker which identifies the chapter's geographical location upon earning full membership.THE OPPISITE IS TRUE for the Hells Angels and ALL OTHER CLUBS!It is hard to believe that Lanfton could make such an obvious error in his writing.
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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Crime And Criminals    3. Criminology    4. Gang members    5. General    6. History    7. Motorcycle gangs    8. Ontario    9. Quâebec (Province)    10. Sociology    11. True Crime    12. Biography & Autobiography / Military    13. Canada    14. Organized crime   

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Excellent! -- A Must Read
The other reviewers say it all -- except for the guy who thought it was a novel! What makes this book memorable is the writing. Mercer is clearly an experienced professional writer and he knows how to bring Paris, Shakespeare and Company, and his own life and generation into clear and interesting focus (not an easy job). I would have picked a more descriptive title, but no matter. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Paris, books and bookshops, and the restless bohemian life.
Couldn't put this down!
I read this book in one sitting, although it had the unfortunate title it was given in the UK, Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs.I thought that a rather frivolous name for a book in which the author revealed a lot of himself, both good and bad.I cared about all of the characters, most of all the author and as each page turned, was hoping for good outcomes for all.
I want to visit again
Mercer has captured life At Shakespeare & Co. warts and all in an amusing straight forward manner. It certainly makes we fans want to return there. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Authors, Canadian    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Booksellers and bookselling    8. Bookstores    9. Commerce    10. Europe - France    11. France    12. History    13. Paris    14. Personal Memoirs    15. Shakespeare and Company (Paris    16. Travelers   

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The story of one of golf's greats
This is the tale of Moe Norman, one of golf's greatest, but probably least well known heroes. Born into poverty, he used the extra time he had to turn himself into the greatest ball striker ever known. Overcoming financial problems, numerous brushes with the RCGA and other ruling bodies, he carved a place out for himself in golf history, and is now one of its immortal figures.
A Brilliant Golfer!! Moe Norman Rules!!
The reknowned author,Stan Sauerwein has written a great biography of a brilliant golfer,Moe Norman.He rules!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Canada - General    3. Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    4. General    5. Golf - General    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Sports - General   

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Grass Beyond the Mountains
Pan Phillips had the "Pan Phillips International Airport" at his fishing camp beyond Anahim Lake B.C.For several years, we flew into his little airport between 2 lakes.Pan told us some of the same stories that are in this book.Louis Soukup was one of the first pilots to the area.Louis would fly in, any equipment that Pan needed, on the pontoons of his airplane.This book gives the stories as though you were sitting at the feet of the men who were the first settlers in this area of British Colombia.It is really an adventure to read.

Read It!
We own the Legacy Ranch high in the mountains of Northeastern Utah.For years we have loved the beauty of the unspoiled wilderness. Nursing newborn elk calves, watching Canadian Lynx outside their lairs, and many other adventures have cast us in the mold of lovers of the wilderness.To read the adventures of true cowboys, who started with nothing else but their "grit" and ended up with lives spent plumbing the depths of fun and hard work was one of the top literary experiences of our lives. This book, far better than the sequels, will be part o four Christmas giving this year.

Nothing To It!
Nothing to reading it, that is. This is one of the first nonfictions books I've read that I have ever liked. I got interested in it when I saw the TV show 'Nothing Too Good For A Cowboy' and had to read the books. This bookmade me laugh and almost made me cry. The characters are too funny and veryheart-warming. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. British Columbia    4. Canada    5. Canada - General    6. Cattle trade    7. Cowboys    8. Frontier and pioneer life    9. Historical - General    10. History    11. History: World    12. Regional Subjects - West    13. Fiction / General   

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Amazing, as always
No matter how many books he writes, Farley Mowat continues to amaze his fans. His non-fiction is never dry or uninspiring, though he's a talented fiction writer as well, and this faithful reader of his work is certainly not disappointed. Thank you again, Mr. Mowat for your great writing. It is truly appreciated!
A priceless look into a word that is probably gone forever.
A book I could not put down. It is a well written insight into a world that none of us will ever experience. Mr. Mowat is a great story teller and anational treasure. Anyone who is interested in the least about people and lands of the north must read this book.

Another outstanding book by Farley Mowat
Farley Mowat has been one of my favorite authors since I was in 6th grade in the early 1960s. I ordered a copy of "Two Against the North" from the Arrow Book Club and read it over and over. The story of two boys from different cultures trying to survive winter in the barrens was riveting to me, a gal firmly stuck in the suburbs. Mowat's descriptions of glacial landforms in that book remained with me and were recalled with every earth science and geology lesson I ever took. (The book can be found in some libraries under the title "Lost in the Barrens"--a great read for a middle schooler curious about the world outside familiar places.) Part of what I loved about No Man's River was that the journeys described were clearly the basis for many aspects of "Lost in the Barrens"--kind of like an echo of an old favorite. Mowat is the consummate story teller--reading his books makes you want to sit around a campfire with him for several hours hearing spin his yarns. One of my favorite quotes comes from him--"Never let the facts get in the way of a good story." No Man's River has jaw-dropping adventure as well as thought provoking commentary on the clash of vastly different cultures. Enjoy! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Adventurers & Explorers    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Canada - General    5. Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    6. Discovery And Exploration (General)    7. History - General History    8. Native American    9. Personal Memoirs   

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The Real Thing!
I've read all three of Hobson's excellent books about his adventures inthe Canadian wilderness.My son, who is a real cowboy in Montana, told meabout the books, saying, "These books tell the real story, mom--thisis what it's like out here, particularly during the long, lonely, winterdays and nights."Hobson's writing style, simple yet eloquentimagery, is perfect.I actually got chills when reading about grizzlyattacks and those 70-degree below nights when both man and beast had towork to stay alive.Great stories, great writing!

Superb
AS exciting as the other two books.Humerous,yet portrays the adventure and hardship of that era. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Canada - General    3. Historical - General    4. History    5. History: American    6. Regional Subjects - West    7. Fiction / General   

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Almost shockingly good
This book has no right to be so absorbing.Though the topic of this forgotten book by Wallace Stegner reeks of self-indulgence-- A writer returns to where he grew up, reminisces about his youth and the history of the frontier town his transient childhood most identified as home and concludes with a 100-page fictionalized account of a the terrible winter of 1906-- he manages to tie his past inexorably to ours, linking his nostalgia for his youth with our own, and exploring the promise and inevitable waste of the American Dream lived out on our frontiers.
Vividly told account of the Canadian frontier
This wonderful collection of essays and fiction about the last Western frontier is both romance and anti-romance. Writing in the 1950s, Stegner captures the breath-taking beauty of the unbroken plains of southwest Saskatchewan and the excitement of its settlment at the turn of the century. Part memoir, the book recounts the years of his boyhood in a small town along the Whitemud River in 1914-1919, the summers spent on the family's homestead 50 miles away along the Canadian-U.S border. His book is also an account of the loss of that Eden and the failed promise of agricultural development in this semi-arid region with thin top soil. wistful retrospective
Part history and part dreamy reminiscence, this book is an account of a boy growing up in Southwest Saskatchewan in the early part of the 20th Century. The central portion of the book is pure history, and the long chapters on cowboys are particularly challenging because they require an intimate knowledge of cowboy terminology.Stegner does not mince words about the difficulties of life on the plains--extremes of heat and cold, wind, hostile topography, lack of cultural amenities--the result of which is that most who grew up there moved elsewhere.But he also shows a passionate attachment for the country of his childhood.The narrative often seems rambling because, like James Michener, the author tries to incorporate so much besides history--including the biology and geology of the nearby Cypress Hills, the biologically diverse area nearby--and even his poetic musings have elements of fact, as when he describes the wind, or the gophers, or his swimming hole, or his school, or his family's homestead, or the problems involved in the town's incorporation. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Canada - General    3. Cypress Hills Region (Alta. an    4. Cypress Hills Region (Alta. and Sask.)    5. Fiction    6. Frontier and pioneer life    7. Literary    8. Literature: Classics    9. Social life and customs    10. Stegner, Wallace Earle,    11. Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs    12. Childhood and youth    13. Stegner, Wallace Earle   

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Only Opal
This story is about the life of a little girl named Opal who loves nature.Her mother and father died and went to Heaven.Just by looking at the pictures you can tell that she has a sad life.Her new mama is not very nice.Opal has a favorite tree that she loves. The tree is called Michael Raphael.He has an understanding soul. She also has a sweet dog named Brave Horatius. My favorite part is when Opal writes about her feelings.Kids who like to relax will like this book because it has soothing words.It has really great illustrations, too! This is a terrific story!

every edition is worthwhile
The "point" of the picture book edition of Opal's diary is to make it accessible to younger readers.I would not hand a young child Boulton's longer edition or _The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow_,whereas any Barbara Cooney book can be recommended to young childrenwithout reservations. Read the unabridged version -- it's much better
Opal Whitely's story is an utterly amazing thing in every respect. Her life as a child, her exquisite sensitivity, and her way of expressing herself -- it's all just amazing. Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Children's poetry, Canadian    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Cooney, Barbara    5. Diaries    6. Emotions    7. Frontier and pioneer life    8. Girls    9. Historical - U.S.    10. Juvenile poetry    11. Oregon    12. Preschool Informational Books    13. Social life and customs    14. United States - 19th Century/Old West    15. Whiteley, Opal Stanley   

Editorial Review

In 1903 Leonidas Hubbard set out to cross the Ungava-Labrador Peninsula, and to forge a name for himself as an adventure writer. He took a friend, a guide, a canoe, a ton of equipment, and scads of naive hope. Months later, the friend and guide staggered out of the snow, and Hubbard starved to death in his tent, too weak to attempt the 30-mile trek to safety. And that's just Part I. James West Davidson and John Rugge narrate with simple dignity, making vividly tangible the wretchedness of mosquitoes, the panic of no food, and the rocky tangle of the Labrador wilderness. ... Read more

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S.K. Lapius
This is a great read. There is little written about this turn of the century, "last frontier" of North America where even today natives will tell you that you can't get there from here. The grueling hardship and trajedy are well portrayed - as are the portraits of each individual. It truly takes the 3 books written about this seminal journey and adds information from the diaries and other writings of the various figures involved; and, this is artfully done by shifting voices. The book flows well and holds suspense to a surprising degree even to those who know the eventual outcome.

Good adventure story
This book tells the story of two expeditions across Labrador. The first took place in 1903 by three men, on which one of them, Leonidas Hubbard, died. Three years later, his wife, Mina, made the same journey successfully. These accounts are well written and make good use of the original journals.

Annoying novelistic style
As you can see from other reviews, most people seem to really like this book. I, however, got a few pages in and found I had no use for it, even though I generally go for just this sort of story. The authors of "Great Heart" use a novelistic narrative style, filling in from their imagination all manner of little details that they obviously could have no way of knowing. I'm apparently enough of a purist t