TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ferguson,Ian
TI  - Village of the small houses: a memoir of sorts 
SN  - 1553650697 (alk. paper)
AV  - PR9199.4.F468 Z464 2004
U1  - 812/.6 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Vancouver, Berkley, CA
PB  - Dougals & McIntyre
KW  - Ferguson, Ian, 1959-
KW  - Dramatists, Canadian
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Humorists, Canadian
KW  - Family
KW  - Alberta
KW  - Fort Vermilion
KW  - Fort Vermilion (Alta.)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Intellectual life
N2  - 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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