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" Me n Len : "
by Richard Pope ; with illustrations by Neil Broadfoot.
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BL
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554588
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b383138
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| Main Entry
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Richard Pope
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Me n Len : : life in the Haliburton bush, 1900-1940\ by Richard Pope ; with illustrations by Neil Broadfoot.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto [Ont.] : Dundurn Press,, 1985.
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| Series Statement
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Dundurn local history series, 4.
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(132 pages) : illustrations
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| ISBN
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1459720822
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: 1554882265
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: 1554885590
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: 9781459720824
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: 9781554882267
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: 9781554885596
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| Contents
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Meeting Len -- Huntin with Len -- Hunting in the ol days -- Trappin -- The far camp -- Fishin : the Buck Lake days and stocking the lakes -- Life in the logging camps -- Life on the farm and other Jobs.
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| Abstract
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Me n Len is a warm and humourously nostalgic look back at life int he backwoods of Ontario in the "good old days." The setting is the rural area of eastern Haliburton, Ontario, in the decades before the chainsaw and the outboard motor became the commons ounds in this beautiful region of central Canada. The main character is a grizzled and lovable 82-year-old trapper and woodsman named Len who takes the readerMe n Len is a warm and humourously nostalgic look back at life int he backwoods of Ontario in the "good old days." The setting is the rural area of eastern Haliburton, Ontario, in the decades before the chainsaw and the outboard motor became the commons ounds in this beautiful region of central Canada. The main character is a grizzled and lovable 82-year-old trapper and woodsman named Len who takes the readerMe n Len is a warm and humourously nostalgic look back at life int he backwoods of Ontario in the "good old days." The setting is the rural area of eastern Haliburton, Ontario, in the decades before the chainsaw and the outboard motor became the commons ounds in this beautiful region of central Canada. The main character is a grizzled and lovable 82-year-old trapper and woodsman named Len who takes the reader",,,,,"Me n Len is a warm and humourously nostalgic look back at life int he backwoods of Ontario in the "good old days." The setting is the rural area of eastern Haliburton, Ontario, in the decades before the chainsaw and the outboard motor became the commons ounds in this beautiful region of central Canada. The main character is a grizzled and lovable 82-year-old trapper and woodsman named Len who takes the reader through the adventures in his memory to meet the people of his past. The stories he tells and the way he tells them are often funny, sometimes poignant, but always filled with an unforgett.
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Electronic books; Biography; Fiction; Biographies
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