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Reading the river: a traveller's companion to the North Saskatchewan River
By Myrna Kostash, Duane Burton. 2006
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Short storiesCanadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Poetry, Canadian travel and geography
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A compendium of writings including poetry, fiction and non-fiction, from those who have spent time reading the river. Beginning at…
the rivers source, Kostash takes the reader through 21 communities along the North Saskatchewan. Includes the work of Hugh McLennan, Eli Mandel, Aritha van Herk, John V. Hicks and Thompson Highway. c2006.The Portable western reader (Viking portable library)
By Various, William Kittredge. 1997
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Short stories, WesternsFrontier and pioneer life, Anthologies, Criticism
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Anthology of stories, poems, essays, and excerpts exploring the range and evolution of Western American literature including the Native American…
experience. Features selections by Louise Erdrich, Lewis and Clark, Jack London, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Larry McMurtry, Raymond Carver, W.H. Auden, Ken Kesey, Barry Lopez, and others. 1997Tradin' tales: stories from a Montana back porch
By Ken Overcast. 2007
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General fiction, Short storiesHumour, Frontier and pioneer life
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Humorous and heartfelt essays about ranching and cowboy life in northern Montana. Adult
Récits de Mathieu Mestokosho, chasseur innu
By Mathieu Mestokosho. 2004
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Short storiesCanadian travel and geography, Canadian history
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En 1970, jeune anthropologue, Serge Bouchard recueillait les propos de Mathieu Mestokosho, chasseur montagnais de la Minganie. Grâce à la…
parole de Mathieu, c’est tout un monde qui revit, celui des enfants de la Terre de Caïn que les colons européens avaient choisi d’ignorer. Heureusement pour nous, la mémoire de Mathieu Mestokosho nous permet de nous réapproprier — bien tardivement — toute une part de notre héritage culturel que nous avons failli laisser perdre.
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Short storiesFrontier and pioneer life, Travel and geography, United States history, Anthologies
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For more than thirty years Elton Miles, a past President of the Texas Folklore Society, has been collecting the stories…
and legends that spring from the unique Big Bend lifestyle. This volume includes never-before-published tales, variations on familiar legends, local border corridos, folk poems and other regional lore. Adult