Description
Hunting, fishing and woodsmanship are inscribed in North American culture. Once the survival skills of the Mi'kmaq people, they became recreational pastimes for British officers arriving in Nova Scotia in the nineteenth century. The native people became wilderness guides for these 'sports', passing on their guiding skills to others. In this book, using their own words, Mike Parker resurrects how native and white men shared the call of the wilderness, traveling miles on foot or by canoe, hunting moose and deer or fishing trout and salmon. The hair-raising incidents of danger, the funny anecdotes, the skills necessary to succeed, and the personality of these men are collected here with respect and admiration.
About the author
Ghost Islands of Nova Scotia, Mike's fourteenth book, completes a trilogy, joining his two most recent best-sellers - Gold Rush Ghost Towns of Nova Scotia and Buried in the Woods: Sawmill Ghost Towns of Nova Scotia (see page 9). Mike has been researching, writing and talking about his native province for more than 25 years, during which time he has earned many accolades including being known as Nova Scotia's storyteller. In addition to offering heritage programs and services through Old Days, Old Ways, Mike is a research associate affiliated with the Gorsebrook Research Institute For Atlantic Canada Studies at Saint Mary's University in Halifax.
Other titles by
A Little of Everything
General Stores of Nova Scotia- Remembering the Old Days, Old Ways
Gold Rush Ghost Towns of Nova Scotia
End of the Line
The Dominion Atlantic Railway - A Trip Back in Time
Nebooktook
In the Woods
Frontier Town: Bear River, Nova Scotia
A Snapshot in Time
Into the Deep Unknown
Woodchips and Beans (new edition)
Life in the Early Lumber Woods of Nova Scotia
Ghost Islands of Nova Scotia
Buried in the Woods
