Preston Wilson
EAN : 9781897508084
General Store Publishing House (01/01/2008)
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Finnigan LeBlanc, the son of a trapper from the Baskatong and a nun who took early retirement, is left to fend for himself at a young age. Fortunately, in the way of the Gatineau, neighbours step up to help him through the hard times as a down-and-out teenager, on his way to becoming a down-and-out grownup.
Uneducated, but nobody’s fool, Finn is a product of simpler times, never wanting, needing, or asking for much. When life got too fast and complica... >Voir plus
Uneducated, but nobody’s fool, Finn is a product of simpler times, never wanting, needing, or asking for much. When life got too fast and complica... >Voir plus
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Un des meilleurs livres que j'ai lu en anglais au cours des dernières années. le personnage principal est drôle, sympathique et très coloré. le texte est bien documenté; on sent la passion de l'auteur (membre de la société historique de sa région) pour l'histoire. Une belle découverte..
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Anna explained to Clancy that Baskatong was the name of the region, the settlement, the lake, and the river. And that in Algonquin it means, "the one who growls," because of the sound the ice made in the winter when it shifted and cracked and rumbled.
He never drank water. "It's got no taste," he said. "Same with air. No taste. I wouldn't breathe it, if I didn't have to," he snorted.
The fish are so hungry there, they always said that you had to hide behind a tree just to bait your hook.
Y'know, I wouldn't take a million dollars for me memories, but I wouldn't give a nickel to go back!
That's what I didn't like about chickens. They were too hard to train. They'd lay their eggs on your pillow or in your boots, if you let them. And I didn't like to swat them with the broom for fear of breakin' tomorrow's breakfast.
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