Packtrains and Airplanes: Memories of Lonesome Lake

Only slight wear ; A crisp near-fine volume. Illustrated with colour and B&W photos ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 424 pages; "Born in a remote homestead at Lonesome Lake in southwest British Columbia, Trudy Turner was raised in true pioneer fashion, without running water, electricity or cars. (Trudy learned to fly a plane in her twenties, but didn't get her motor vehicle driver's license until she was in her sixties.) Her parents began their homestead in 1912 and her family spent most of the twentieth century in that area working their small farms and living independent lives in harmony with nature and the animals that inhabit the region. In 1939, as a young girl of 10, Trudy's father (Ralph Edwards) gave her the job of feeding the near-extinct trumpeter swans that wintered in the region. He had begun the feeding program in 1933 and Trudy kept it up until 1989. When she was 24, Trudy started her own homestead, building a home with the most basic hand tools. Now in her eighties, Trudy reflects on her unusual life and eloquently describes her experiences growing up in a world that others may view as isolated"

Product Info

ISBN: 0888397100

ISBN-13: 9780888397102

Publisher: Hancock House Publishers Ltd

Year: 2012

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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AinsworthBooks

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