Native born son : the journals of J. David Ford / edited by Marnie Hare Bickle.
Native born son : the journals of J. David Ford / edited by Marnie Hare Bickle.
By
:
Ford, J. David.
Publication Date
:
2018
Publication Information
:
[Colbourg, Ont.] : Blue Denim Press,
Edition
:
First edition.
Physical Description
:
260 p. : ill., maps.
Geographic Term
:
Northwest Territories -- Social conditions -- To 1945.
Northwest Territories -- History -- 1905-1951.
Additional Contributors
:
Bickle, Marnie Hare, 1951-
Summary
:
Native Born Son is J. David Ford's first-hand telling of his suspenseful exploits while growing up in the eastern arctic during the 1920s and 30s. He was born into a multi-generational line of traders, trappers and Hudson's Bay Company employees who, since the late 1700s, lived alongside and sometimes intermarried with indigenous people. This social history depicts life at the end of an era - before radio communication, snowmobiles or power boats - a nomadic life on the verge of extinction. The stories, written before David left the arctic to enlist for WWII, languished in an attic north of Port Hope, Ontario. Now, a hundred years after the eight-year-old David Ford first set foot on Coats Island at the top of Hudson Bay, they have been given new life. This is one person's story of adventure, risk taking, survival and community in a harsh land.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781927882313
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Corner Brook (WCB) | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.91 F75 | Checked In |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay (LHV) Melville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.91 F75 | Checked In |
Mount Pearl (AMP) R. King | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.91 F75 | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.91 F75 | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 971.91 F75 | NonCirculating |