01916cam a2200373u 4500 55510666 OCoLC 20250626162028.0 ta 101228r20042003cau 000 0aeng 2004052688 1553650697 (alk. paper) 14.95 1553650212 (cloth : alk. paper) DLC DLC BAKER NOG AJM n-cn-ab NOGA PR9199.4.F468 Z464 2004 812/.6 22 Ferguson, Ian, 1959- 20633 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. 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 Ferguson, Ian, 1959- Childhood and youth. 20634 Ferguson, Ian, 1959- Homes and haunts Alberta Fort Vermilion. 20635 Dramatists, Canadian 20th century Biography. 20636 Humorists, Canadian 20th century Biography. 20637 Family Alberta Fort Vermilion. 20638 Fort Vermilion (Alta.) Social life and customs. 20639 Fort Vermilion (Alta.) Intellectual life. 20640 Fort Vermilion (Alta.) Biography. 20641 ddc BOOK 2966 2966 0 0 ABELJ abelj B 2016-10-26 0 B FERG 16881 2016-10-26 14.95 2016-10-26 BOOK