OLDER
WAYS - Traditional Nova Scotian Craftsmen by Peter
Barss with craft notes by Joleen Gordon. Copyright 1980
"There was a time, not long ago, when the survival of the small, often
isolated communites of Atlantic Canada depended solely on the
resourcefulness of their people. Combining their skills, energy and
ingenuity, they were able to produce the tools and equipment needed for
their way of life. Older Ways is a book that beautifully captures
the work of a few of the remaining traditional Nova Scotian craftsmen.
Thirty are presented through their own words and in striking, often
moving, photographs by Peter Barss. They talk about their values, the
love they have for their work and their regret at the passing of a way
of life - from the dust jacket. Fish nets, witherod baskets,
apple and potato baskets, decoys, canoes,
shingle sleds , snowshoes, apple ladders, hooked mats, lobster mitts,
tool handles, barrels, butter churns, sheepskins, harnesses, hay rakes,
crooked knives, baraided hats, wooden spoons, sheen brooms, quilts, ox
whips, ox yokes, sailmaking weaving, blacksmithing, and the craft
of the wheelwright. CARL BUSH, BERNARD MOSSMAN, VICTOR BUSH,
PERLUS FINCK, HAROLD GARES, DURWOOD TUPPER, WILSON SARTY, NOEL SMITH,
RALPH MAHAR, ANNIE WILE, EVA YOUNG, PERYLE LOWE, DAVID WILE, RAY GATES,
ASHTON REEVES, EDITH ZILLIG, AND OTHERS.
Book 4043 $29.95 with $10.00 shipping
within North America. Book is in almost as new condition. Hard cover
with dust jacket. 142 pages
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HALIFAX AND ITS PEOPLE 1749-1999 - IMAGES
FROM NOVA SCOTIA ARCHIVES AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT -
COPYRIGHT 1999. SOFT COVER, 174 PAGES WITH
MOST EVERY PAGE HAVING A BLACK AND WHITE POTO.
Book 4044 $
49.95 plus $12.00 shipping within North America almost in as new
condition.
Canada's Don Messer
by lester b sellick published in 1969. paperback. 170 pages. This book is the biography of east
coast musician Don Messer, from his childhood to 1969. Softcover -
b&w photos .
Book # 4045 $19.95
plus $10.00 shipping within North America.
Big
Cy and Other Characters Pat MacAdam's Cape Breton by Pat
Macadam.
Book 4046 $ 39.95 plus $12.00 shipping and handling within North
America. Soft cover - 151 pages in almost as new condition.
Lost
Mariners of Shelburne County as inscribed on the
Fishermen's Memorial - unveiled 1990 shelburne, Nova
Scotia. Third printing 1992. soft cover. 196 pages. Index of persons
and vessels.Bibliograpgical information - great for the
genealogist. Shows some waving from exposure to dampness.
Book # 4047 $ 34.95 plus $10.00 shiping within North America
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THE SEA AND THE SUPERNATURAL
by Edith Mosher - Actual cases cited of strange experiences, many from
the Atlantic region
The Gray House by the Cove; Omens
of
Death at Sea; Omens of Death Ashore; Avon River Tragedy; Some Happy
Forerunners; Ghosts Seen Heard or Imagined; The Violin Playing Ghost;
The Haunted Places; The Haunted Mill; Ghost Ship on the Fundy Shore;
The Little Girl's Ghost; and Warnings Before National Disasters.
Book is in good condition.
published 1974. soft cover. 52 pages. gift inscription.
Book 4048 $19.95 with $6.00
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The Best of Abraham Gesner
- selected and edited by Allison Mitcham
Abraham Gesner - Geologist,
lecturer,
explorer, inventor and author (1797 - 1864). He devoted much of his
adult life to investigating and promoting his native Nova Scotia, while
at the same time trying single-handedly to correct the abuses which, he
clearly observed, threatened to diminish or even ruin the potential of
this fabulous land. Contents provide separate descriptions of some
favorite places in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
Other chapters cover: The Micmacs of Nova Scotia.... Native People of
New Brunswick.... Forests of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick : with
pronouncemwnt on Abundance and Varieties of Trees, Fires, Succession of
Forest Trees and Exploitation.... Troubles in the Fisheries of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick.... The Gold Fields of Nova Scotia, etc,
He spke of lighting cities with a fuel he had just developed called
kerosene. Soft cover, published in 1995, 132 pages, good
condition.
Book # 4049 $ 29.95 plus
$7.00 shipping within North America.
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Paradise or Purgatory by
Allison Mitcham - ISLAND LIFE IN NOVA SCOTIA & NEW BRUNSWICK
soft cover - 223 pages - good
condition - second printing 1987
Book 4050 $39.95 plus $6.00
shipping within North America
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Captain Angus Walters by Jacqueline Langille - FAMOUS MARITIMERS - 48
pages -copyright 1990 - good condition
Book # 4051 $19.95 plus
$5.00 shipping within North America