Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border
Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border

Author: Porter Fox

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2018-07-03

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 0393248860

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“Romantic, urgent, valuable and appealing as hell.” —Andrew McCarthy, New York Times Book Review Writer Porter Fox spent three years exploring 4,000 miles of the border between Maine and Washington, traveling by canoe, freighter, car, and foot. In Northland, he blends a deeply reported and beautifully written story of the region’s history with a riveting account of his travels. Setting out from the easternmost point in the mainland United States, Fox follows explorer Samuel de Champlain’s adventures across the Northeast; recounts the rise and fall of the timber, iron, and rail industries; crosses the Great Lakes on a freighter; and traces the forty-ninth parallel from Minnesota to the Pacific Ocean. He weaves in his encounters with residents, border guards, Indian activists, and militia leaders to give a dynamic portrait of the northland today, wracked by climate change, water wars, oil booms, and border security.

A Mating in the Wilds
A Mating in the Wilds

Author: Ottwell Binns

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-16

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Mating in the Wilds" by Ottwell Binns. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Adventure Study Units
Adventure Study Units

Author: Nancy Garrity

Publisher: Good Year Books

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1596473193

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Covers "The Call of the Wild" and four thematically related short stories: "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," "The Ransom of Red Chief," "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," and Saki's droll "The Story Teller." This curriculum unit provides everything needed for in-depth study of classic fiction (except the readily available novels and short stories themselves): teaching directions, suggested schedules, background information, author bios, plot summaries, vocabulary study guides, discussion of literary elements, reproducible activities and assessments, and ideas for extensions. The time required for full treatment is four weeks for each novel, one week for each short story. Grades 68. Glossaries. Answer keys.

A Matting in the Wilds
A Matting in the Wilds

Author: Ottwell Binns

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-07-17

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 3752311614

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Reproduction of the original: A Matting in the Wilds by Ottwell Binns

Fort Chipewyan and the Shaping of Canadian History, 1788-1920s
Fort Chipewyan and the Shaping of Canadian History, 1788-1920s

Author: Patricia A. McCormack

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 0774859652

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The story of the expansion of civilization into the wilderness continues to shape perceptions of how Aboriginal people became part of nations such as Canada. Patricia McCormack subverts this narrative of modernity by examining nation building from the perspective of a northern community and its residents. Fort Chipewyan, she argues, was never an isolated Aboriginal community but a plural society at the crossroads of global, national, and local forces. By tracing the events that led its Aboriginal residents to sign Treaty No. 8 and their struggle to maintain autonomy thereafter, this groundbreaking study shows that Aboriginal peoples and others can and have become modern without relinquishing cherished beliefs and practices.