'Facts and Legends', 'Mustard Plasters and Hand Cars', 'A Laughing Pilgrimage', and 'A Fool in Paradise'

'Facts and Legends', 'Mustard Plasters and Hand Cars', 'A Laughing Pilgrimage', and 'A Fool in Paradise'

Rhodes, Tanya

Wadland, John; Whillans, Tom
Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies

TPB-527

1991

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Haliburton County

Bioregional interpretation of four locally authored books

The title of this paper refers to four works written and compiled by women who have lived in the Haliburton area. The author presents a bioregional perspective on all four books hoping that the reader will gain a "sense of place" as presented by the writers, Elizabeth Maude Finlay, Gertrude LeRoy Miller, Doris McCarthy, and the anecdotal stories compiled by students of Haliburton Highlands Secondary School. The common theme in the writings is an insight into the relationship of the authors to their community and the relationship of themselves and the community to the land. Each work is analyzed around several broad categories; stories about the area, sense of community, work, play, and attitudes towards the land.

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