TITLE:
North of normal : a memoir of my wilderness childhood, my countercultural family, and how I survived both / Cea Sunrise Person.
Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
Toronto : HarperCollins,
Physical Description:
301 p., [16] p. of plates.
Summary:
An utterly compelling tale of survival -- of nature, family and genetics. In the late 1960s, riding the crest of the counterculture movement, Cea's family left a comfortable existence in California to live off the land in northern Alberta. But unlike most commune dwellers of the time, the Persons weren't trying to build a new society -- they wanted to escape civilization altogether. Led by Cea's grandfather Dick, they lived in a canvas Teepee, grew pot, and hunted and gathered to survive. Living out her grandparents' dream with her teenage mother, Michelle, young Cea knew little of the world beyond her forest...
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781443424387
General Note:
Includes index.
