| Memories of a Lifetime |
| A Native Islanders Remembers Her Roots |
| Olive Gaudet |
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| Recipient of the 2006 Heritage Award presented by the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation |
| _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| A Tribute From Two Daughters Author's Foreword Acknowledgements I Shall Not Pass This Way Again My Genealogy My Beloved Red Soil of P.E.I. My Mom's Praying and CAring Farmers We Were Not Happenings of 1933 Sunday Ice Cream and Baseball Games Christmas Memories A Christmas Tradition Life in the '30s My Career A Ship Called Windigo Oh, No! That Was No Tomcat! The Old Crank Telephone Eating Habits Mother's Character Eleanor DesRoches and the One Room School House Myths: Fact or Fiction May (Pitre) Gallant's Recollection Hallowe'en Father's Disposition World War Two Tragic Memories The Tignish Fatality Other Tragic Drownings at Sea My Father and His Fishing Pals The Caraquet Boats Work in the Factory and Abroad Hubert Bernard and Myrick's Cookhouse Western Hospital, Alberton, P.E.I. |
| The Myricks The Treasure Hunt The Seal Pup Memories of Half a Century Ago Meme Tobacco-Picking Days No Elephant Joke The Big Halibut The Bridge Flowers Tourism and Local Attractions "Back Home" The Music of Denis Pitre Yes, There Are Emus on P.E.I. North Cape: The Atlantic Wind Test Site Smelt Fishing My Acadian Heritage Two Acadian Biographies Tignish Shore Lighthouse Stories of Pneumonia Arthur DesRoches The Seal Hunt An Eight-Year-Old's View of Grandparents Hurricane Juan The Alberta Clipper On Irish Moss The Oyster Fishery on P.E.I. The Blueberry Industry Tuna Fishing on P.E.I. When One Thinks Back Fond Memories of My Youth at Tignish Shore A Visit to Charlottetown Fifty Years Later The Author Enjoying Life to the Fullest in Retirement Index |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Olive Gaudet |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RELATED INTEREST |
Memories of a Lifetime contains over sixty stories written about
the Tignish area of Prince Edward Island.
Drawing on her experiences growing up in West Prince from the
1930s to the 1970s, the author records her memories of friends
and life in the local community in this wonderful memoir.
The book is a snapshot of the local culture of the area - and
includes everything from folklore to recipes. With
approximately 100 maps, drawings and photographs, the book
preserves the culture and history of the Tignish and West Prince
area. But it reaches further in describing the nature and heart
of rural Prince Edward Island as a whole.
Memories of a Lifetime is a cherished gift for anyone interested
in Prince Edward Island.
the Tignish area of Prince Edward Island.
Drawing on her experiences growing up in West Prince from the
1930s to the 1970s, the author records her memories of friends
and life in the local community in this wonderful memoir.
The book is a snapshot of the local culture of the area - and
includes everything from folklore to recipes. With
approximately 100 maps, drawings and photographs, the book
preserves the culture and history of the Tignish and West Prince
area. But it reaches further in describing the nature and heart
of rural Prince Edward Island as a whole.
Memories of a Lifetime is a cherished gift for anyone interested
in Prince Edward Island.
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