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008			101228r20042003cau 000 0aeng
010			_a2004052688
020			_a1553650697 (alk. paper) _c14.95
020			_a1553650212 (cloth : alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dBAKER _dNOG _dAJM
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050	0	0	_aPR9199.4.F468 _bZ464 2004
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100	1		_aFerguson, Ian, _d1959- _920633
245	1	0	_aVillage of the small houses : _ba memoir of sorts / _cIan Ferguson.
250			_a1st U.S. ed.
260			_aVancouver ; _aBerkley, CA : _bDougals & McIntyre, _c2004.
300			_a200 p. ; _c23 cm.
520			_aIn 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
600	1	0	_aFerguson, Ian, 1959- _xChildhood and youth. _920634
600	1	0	_aFerguson, Ian, 1959- _xHomes and haunts _zAlberta _zFort Vermilion. _920635
650		0	_aDramatists, Canadian _y20th century _vBiography. _920636
650		0	_aHumorists, Canadian _y20th century _vBiography. _920637
650		0	_aFamily _zAlberta _zFort Vermilion. _920638
651		0	_aFort Vermilion (Alta.) _xSocial life and customs. _920639
651		0	_aFort Vermilion (Alta.) _xIntellectual life. _920640
651		0	_aFort Vermilion (Alta.) _vBiography. _920641
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