Village of the small houses : a memoir of sorts / Ian Ferguson.
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TextPublisher: Vancouver ; Berkley, CA : Dougals & McIntyre, 2004Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 200 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 1553650697 (alk. paper); 1553650212 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Ferguson, Ian, 1959- -- Childhood and youth | Ferguson, Ian, 1959- -- Homes and haunts -- Alberta -- Fort Vermilion | Dramatists, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography | Humorists, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography | Family -- Alberta -- Fort Vermilion | Fort Vermilion (Alta.) -- Social life and customs | Fort Vermilion (Alta.) -- Intellectual life | Fort Vermilion (Alta.) -- BiographyDDC classification: 812/.6 LOC classification: PR9199.4.F468 | Z464 2004Summary: In 1959, just one step ahead of the law, Ian Ferguson's parents left the sophisticated big-city life of Edmonton for Fort Vermilion -- once a fur-trapping frontier town, now a remote aboriginal settlement in northernmost Alberta. There, Ian and his six brothers and sisters grew up without indoor plumbing, electricity, central heating, or even a radio. Beginning with the dramatic events surrounding his birth (including a paddlewheel ferry heading for destruction, a legendary rowboat trip, and a life-and-death race against time), the richly recalled events of Ferguson's life and a vivid array of
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In 1959, just one step ahead of the law, Ian Ferguson's parents left the sophisticated big-city life of Edmonton for Fort Vermilion -- once a fur-trapping frontier town, now a remote aboriginal settlement in northernmost Alberta. There, Ian and his six brothers and sisters grew up without indoor plumbing, electricity, central heating, or even a radio. Beginning with the dramatic events surrounding his birth (including a paddlewheel ferry heading for destruction, a legendary rowboat trip, and a life-and-death race against time), the richly recalled events of Ferguson's life and a vivid array of
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