Three Against the Wilderness (Classics West Collection)
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (931 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1894898540 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bill Anderson said A MUST for any nature lover. Now on Kindle!. Great news for people wanting a e-version of Three Against The Wilderness. It is now available for Kindle.There was a time when, I think, every public and every school library stocked at least one copy each of Three Against The Wilderness, Go North Young Man, and Crusoe of Lonesome Lake. That was before video games and role playing captured our youth's attention. Now, all three are quickly disappe. Charlie-CJ said An excellent autobiography of a 'poineering' family - a modern classic. One of the most famous books about Canadian province British Columbia, Eric Collier's gripping Chilcotin memoir `Three Against the Wilderness' (1959) is a classic homesteading account. Born in Northampton, England in 190An excellent autobiography of a 'poineering' family - a modern classic One of the most famous books about Canadian province British Columbia, Eric Collier's gripping Chilcotin memoir `Three Against the Wilderness' (1959) is a classic homesteading account. Born in Northampton, England in 1903, Eric married a girl of Indian descent, Lillian Ross, in 1928. Two years later, in spite of his wife's hip deformity due to a childhood accident, the couple took a wagon, three h. , Eric married a girl of Indian descent, Lillian Ross, in 19"An excellent autobiography of a 'poineering' family - a modern classic" according to Charlie-CJ. One of the most famous books about Canadian province British Columbia, Eric Collier's gripping Chilcotin memoir `Three Against the Wilderness' (1959) is a classic homesteading account. Born in Northampton, England in 190An excellent autobiography of a 'poineering' family - a modern classic One of the most famous books about Canadian province British Columbia, Eric Collier's gripping Chilcotin memoir `Three Against the Wilderness' (1959) is a classic homesteading account. Born in Northampton, England in 1903, Eric married a girl of Indian descent, Lillian Ross, in 1928. Two years later, in spite of his wife's hip deformity due to a childhood accident, the couple took a wagon, three h. , Eric married a girl of Indian descent, Lillian Ross, in 1928. Two years later, in spite of his wife's hip deformity due to a childhood accident, the couple took a wagon, three h. 8. Two years later, in spite of his wife's hip deformity due to a childhood accident, the couple took a wagon, three h. A BOOK THAT YOU`LL FIND YOURSELF READING ONCE A YEAR! A Customer My father introduced this book to me when i was a young boy and ive been drawn back to it in the fall of every year since.I can tell you that you`ll find your self transported to a time when family was the number 1 thing in your life,it had to be because you totally realied on one another for everything.It gives you a feeling of hope that is allmost undiscribile.The collier family take me into the
Wilderness guide, trapper and conservationist Eric Collier was born in England in 1903. Collier died at Riske Creek, BC, in 1966.. He was sent to Canada to work as a ""mud pup"" for his cousin, Harry Marriott, the author of Cariboo Cowboy
Timeless tales about wilderness living.Eric Collier's riveting recollections about the 26 years that he, his wife Lillian and son Veasy spent homesteading in the isolated Chilcotin wilderness made for an international bestseller and one of the most famous books ever written about British Columbia.In the early 1930s, Collier and his family moved to Meldrum Creek, where the couple built their own log house and learned to live off the land. Collier's timeless tales about roughing it in the bush and the resourcefulness inspired by this lifestyle's challenges will engage readers young and old.. Fulfilling a promise to Lillian's grandmother to bring the beavers back to the area she knew as a child before the White man came, Collier was instrumental in the species' survival
About the AuthorWilderness guide, trapper and conservationist Eric Collier was born in England in 1903. He was sent to Canada to work as a ""mud pup"" for his cousin, Harry Marriott, the author of Cariboo Cowboy. Collier died at Riske Creek, BC, in 1966.