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A Life in the Bush

Roy MacGregor

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Description:In 1929, at the age of twenty-two, Duncan MacGregor, the son of a lumber-man and great-grandson of a voyageur, an avid reader and ardent baseball fan, headed off into the largest tract of preserved bush in the world: Ontario's Algonquin Park. When he got there, he was home for the rest of his life.Working as a lumberman until a terrible accident ended his career at age 73, Duncan MacGregor was neither conventional nor predictable. He loved his labour in the bush, but mourned the careless way trees were destroyed. He worked ten hours a day, six days a week, by choice, but regretted having so little time for reflection. He knew the land intimately, but could not name its plants and insects. His knowledge about the world was vast, but he never travelled. He could talk on any subject, but was a man of few words. He saw relatively few people, but could charm anyone. He adored his children, but did not live with them.In this beautifully crafted memoir of his father, Roy MacGregor paints an intimate portrait of an unusual man and spins a spellbinding tale of a boy's complex relationship with his father. He also evokes, perhaps for the first time in Canadian literature, the bush the way bush people see it, an insider's view of life in the totemic Canadian wilderness.From the true nature of fishing to the harsh realities of raising a family in the woods, from the role of fear in the bush to the small nuances of family relationships, A Life in the Bush is painted on a canvas both vast and richly detailed. A story that captures the tough physical demands, the rich life of the senses, and the unselfconscious freedom that comes from living apart from town and city, A Life in the Bush is a work of extraordinary warmth and insight, destined to become a Canadian classic.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Life in the Bush. To get started finding A Life in the Bush, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In 1929, at the age of twenty-two, Duncan MacGregor, the son of a lumber-man and great-grandson of a voyageur, an avid reader and ardent baseball fan, headed off into the largest tract of preserved bush in the world: Ontario's Algonquin Park. When he got there, he was home for the rest of his life.Working as a lumberman until a terrible accident ended his career at age 73, Duncan MacGregor was neither conventional nor predictable. He loved his labour in the bush, but mourned the careless way trees were destroyed. He worked ten hours a day, six days a week, by choice, but regretted having so little time for reflection. He knew the land intimately, but could not name its plants and insects. His knowledge about the world was vast, but he never travelled. He could talk on any subject, but was a man of few words. He saw relatively few people, but could charm anyone. He adored his children, but did not live with them.In this beautifully crafted memoir of his father, Roy MacGregor paints an intimate portrait of an unusual man and spins a spellbinding tale of a boy's complex relationship with his father. He also evokes, perhaps for the first time in Canadian literature, the bush the way bush people see it, an insider's view of life in the totemic Canadian wilderness.From the true nature of fishing to the harsh realities of raising a family in the woods, from the role of fear in the bush to the small nuances of family relationships, A Life in the Bush is painted on a canvas both vast and richly detailed. A story that captures the tough physical demands, the rich life of the senses, and the unselfconscious freedom that comes from living apart from town and city, A Life in the Bush is a work of extraordinary warmth and insight, destined to become a Canadian classic.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Life in the Bush. To get started finding A Life in the Bush, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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