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Through the eyes of a 10-year old named Brian, this is the portrait of childhood coming face to face with adulthood's realities and problems. As Brian grows up in a small town during the Depression, he must deal with a n...
When Dr. June Melquist arrives in the small town of Shelby to conduct a sociological survey, the editor of the newspaper, Matt Stanley, introduces her to the town. As the doctor struggles with her survey and Matt wrestle...
As we enter the world of four-year-old Brian OConnal, his father the druggist, his Uncle Sean, his mother, and his formidable Scotch grandmother (she belshesa lot), it soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary book. As...
Thirteen humorous short stories set in the small rural community of Crocus, Saskatchewan and revolving around a young boy and a hired hand named Jake Trumper. Based on the popular CBC radio series (1950-1958).
The coming-of-age of adolescent Brian O'Connal in small town Depression-era Saskatchewan is told. The son of the local pharmacist Gerald O'Connal, Brian is in many ways a typical boy, who dislikes school if only because ...
"In his best-selling novel, How I Spent My Summer Holidays, W. O. Mitchell tells the story of 12-year-old Hugh's long summer in a small prairie town. When Hugh and his friends uncover a secret cave, they find it occupied...
"Set in a fictional small town in the Canadian west, Who Has Seen the Wind traces the evolving consciousness of Brian O'Connal, beginning when he is four and ending when he is 12. The free-spirited Brian brings a refresh...
"When David Lang arrives in a prairie backwater to write a magazine profile of the town's oldest citizen, he has no idea what he's up against. The uptight reporter merely wants to file his story as quickly as possible an...