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New augm. ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-199) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Editor's Introduction; Introduction; I: Voyage to the Canadian Backwoods; II: From the Canadian Shores; III: My Trip Into the Interior; IV: The Government Road; V: The Harston Homestead; VI: Harston's Agricultural Farming School; VII: The Settlers; VIII: Communities of the District; IX: Preparation of the Log Shanty; X: Local Dentistry; XI: Purchasing Cattle and Sheep; XII: The First Winter; XIII: Winter Woodsman; XIV: The Second Year; XV: Emigrants In the Colony; XVI: Wild Life of the Woods; XVII: A Permanent Settlement; XVIII: Our Education. |
| Summary |
Farming in the Canadian backwoods in the late 1800s was a prospect that enticed many young Englishmen to cross the Atlantic. One such fellow was Frederick de la Fosse, whose well-meaning uncle paid £100 per annum for his young nephew to serve as a farm pupil in the northern reaches of Muskoka. Some years later, de la Fosse, under the pseudonym of Roger Vardon, wrote an illuminating and humorous biographical account of the trials and tribulations of the "English Bloods," the local epithet attached to these young lads attempting to hone farming skills in a land never intended to be agricultural. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Delafosse, F. M. (Frederick Montague), 1860-1950.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Ontario -- Muskoka.
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
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Ontario. |
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Immigrants -- Canada -- Biography.
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Immigrants. |
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Canada. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Shipman, Scott D., 1958-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Delafosse, F.M. (Frederick Montague), 1860-1950. English bloods. New augm. ed. Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, ©2004 1896219969 9781896219967 (OCoLC)55682895 |
| ISBN |
9781554881550 electronic book |
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1554881552 electronic book |
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9781459714892 electronic book |
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145971489X electronic book |
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1896219969 (paperback) |
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