| The Bonshaw Hills |
| Ian MacQuarrie Illustrated by P. John Burden |
The Bonshaw Hills is a collection of twenty-five stories,
anecdotes, reflections, and observations by a life-long resident
of Prince Edward Island. The author has an ear for the
vernacular of Islanders and an eye for the extraordinary in
everyday life.
This is the second in a series of publications produced by the
Institute of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward
Island.
Illustrated throughout by Island artist P. John Burden, who
spent days roaming the Bonshaw hills with the author, this work
is a unique contribution to Canadian literature. Through
MacQuarrie's provocative sketches and Bruden's evocative
drawings, a fascinating local area becomes a geography of the
mind.
anecdotes, reflections, and observations by a life-long resident
of Prince Edward Island. The author has an ear for the
vernacular of Islanders and an eye for the extraordinary in
everyday life.
This is the second in a series of publications produced by the
Institute of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward
Island.
Illustrated throughout by Island artist P. John Burden, who
spent days roaming the Bonshaw hills with the author, this work
is a unique contribution to Canadian literature. Through
MacQuarrie's provocative sketches and Bruden's evocative
drawings, a fascinating local area becomes a geography of the
mind.
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| "The center of Prince Edward Island is blessed with many hills, small valleys, tiny streams that broaden swiftly to estuaries as they run the short distance to the sea. . . I grew up on a farm on the edge of this magic land; I now live on one another dozen miles away . . . I think of the entire area as "The Bonshaw Hills", although you find that name on no map but my own . . . This series of sketches grew out of my wish to write about the human and natural history of this central area of my life . . . So you can and should believe all that is told here - only the author is somewhat fictitious." - Ian MacQuarrie, Introduction |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REVIEWS |
| " . . . MacQuarrie weaves together memory and myth, science and weird humor, love of the land and its creatures, and a sense of the profoundly spook . . .[MacQuarrie] has come up with a superb piece of writing. . . It disproves my theory that all science professors are rotten writers . . . I'll forgive him this time, but if he does it again, I'll just have to become a biology Professor." - Harry Bruce, The Halifax Chronicle-Herald |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| Acknowledgements Introduction Tumbled House Green World Red Fox They Went Thatway Crows The Skirl of the Pipes The Eagle's March Ghost Story Invasions and Retreats All the News from New Dominion The Bureaucratic Weasel Todd Hollow Dog Story Pony Racker and Others Food Chain Sorry for Your Troubles Cheap Production Growing the Perfect Mangel Downstream Skunk Story Shearing Time Blowing Snow Telling Jokes to Dogs The Usual Tragedies Cemetery |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ian MacQuarrie |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR P. John Burden |
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