Ferguson, Ian,  1959- <br/><br/>
Village of the small houses :  a memoir of sorts / 
Ian Ferguson. 
 - 1st U.S. ed. 
 - Vancouver ;  Berkley, CA :  Dougals & McIntyre,  2004. 
 - 200 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1553650697 (alk. paper)  14.95 1553650212 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004052688 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Ferguson, Ian, 1959---Childhood and youth.<br/>Ferguson, Ian, 1959---Homes and haunts--Alberta--Fort Vermilion.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dramatists, Canadian--20th century--Biography.<br/>Humorists, Canadian--20th century--Biography.<br/>Family--Alberta--Fort Vermilion.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Fort Vermilion (Alta.)--Social life and customs.<br/>Fort Vermilion (Alta.)--Intellectual life.<br/>Fort Vermilion (Alta.)--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR9199.4.F468  / Z464 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>812/.6