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Recommendations: Alaska, British Columbia
- Margaret
- Bibliomaniac
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- Favourite HF book: Checkmate, the final novel in the Lymond series
- Preferred HF: Literary novels. Late medieval and Renaissance.
- Location: Catskill, New York, USA
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For British Columbia, there is Susan Vreeland's novel The Forest Lover, about artist Emily Carr and her project to paint pictures of the totem poles of British Columbia. I haven't read it, but I liked Vreeland's Girl in Hyacinth Blue very much.
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- SarahWoodbury
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- Location: Pendleton, Oregon
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[quote=""Margaret""]For British Columbia, there is Susan Vreeland's novel The Forest Lover, about artist Emily Carr and her project to paint pictures of the totem poles of British Columbia. I haven't read it, but I liked Vreeland's Girl in Hyacinth Blue very much.[/quote]
I've read The Forest Lover, and enjoyed it very much. Jack London, of course, I read way long ago.
Wow. You guys are all fantastic to be helping me out this way.
I've read The Forest Lover, and enjoyed it very much. Jack London, of course, I read way long ago.
Wow. You guys are all fantastic to be helping me out this way.
- TeralynPilgrim
- Scribbler
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- Joined: April 2011
- Location: Starkville, Mississippi
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- TeralynPilgrim
- Scribbler
- Posts: 47
- Joined: April 2011
- Location: Starkville, Mississippi
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Oh, well, in that case, have a great time! I wish I was going with you.
A Writer's Journey http://teralynpilgrim.blogspot.com/
Querying Sacred Fire,a novel of the Vestal Virgins of Ancient Rome.
Querying Sacred Fire,a novel of the Vestal Virgins of Ancient Rome.
Here's a new one. Well not so new, a friend just snapped it up at a book sale.
And the library has a copy. Yay.It is turn-of-the-century Alaska. The gold seekers come in hordes to Fairbanks, seduced by a dream that would make them all rich.
Among them is Flame Ryan, a beautiful young Seattle woman bought and sold by those who knew how to play the game and win. And Nuka, a homeless Eskimo boy whose search for a family forces him into the white man's world.
A stunning portrayal of the collision of two cultures, The Frozen Lady is a dramatic evocation of Alaska before and since statehood, its two opposing worlds, the tempestuous, pioneering men and women who people them and the events that are now uniquely a part of the American experience.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
[quote=""Margaret""]For British Columbia, there is Susan Vreeland's novel The Forest Lover, about artist Emily Carr and her project to paint pictures of the totem poles of British Columbia. I haven't read it, but I liked Vreeland's Girl in Hyacinth Blue very much.[/quote]
Very good book, tho needed a better editor.
If you are going to Seattle, read one of my favorite books based there - The Wizard of the Pigeons. It starts out as a fantasy (which the author is best known for) but it turns into something much more. The book is hard to find, but an easy read and well worth searching for.
I remember hearing about I Heard the Owl Call My Name, but never read it, but its based in BC.
The Gum Theif is a fun novel based in Vancouver, but its not for everyone.
Very good book, tho needed a better editor.
If you are going to Seattle, read one of my favorite books based there - The Wizard of the Pigeons. It starts out as a fantasy (which the author is best known for) but it turns into something much more. The book is hard to find, but an easy read and well worth searching for.
I remember hearing about I Heard the Owl Call My Name, but never read it, but its based in BC.
The Gum Theif is a fun novel based in Vancouver, but its not for everyone.