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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Introduction; Circa 1870-Papa Brimell's Carriage Ride; Circa 1915-Toddy for Two; Circa 1950- ... And a Good Time Was Had by All; Between the 8th and 98; Uncle Ira; Share and Share Alike; The Little Brown Church in the Vale; Mothers at Three O'Clock; Seventy-Six Trombones; The Wrath of the Sorceress; Snapshot of the Universe; Grandpa's Gray Dort; The Liberty Bell; Painted Lady Going Home; Home to Buxton; A Rooster Tale; Behind the Blue Door; The Universe Revisited; Her Grandma's Pearls; Home and Away; In Dependence; The Women of Buxton; Minetta; The Dancer |
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The Sunday School PicnicReflections-The Return of the Hunters; Scotty's Children; One Last Editorial; Hands; electricity-a beacon; Epilogue: Eulogy for the Universe; Roots & Wings |
| Summary |
When current and former residents of Buxton gather for Homecoming, they share memories of fishing for smelt, practising for the North Buxton Maple Leaf Band, building the local museums; of Sunday School picnics and grandma's pumpkin pies. Buxton residents also share more painful memories. Memories of prejudice, of learning that in the world outside Buxton, black stars would have to shine doubly bright to be seen. In this memoir, Karen Shadd-Evelyn celebrates the heritage of Buxton, combining prose, poetry, and personal photographs in a shimmering evocation of life in a very spec |
| Analysis |
English literature |
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Canada |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Shadd-Evelyn, Karen, 1958- -- Literary collections
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Black people -- Ontario -- Literary collections
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Black people
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North Buxton (Ont.) -- Literary collections
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North Buxton (Ont.) -- Fiction
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North Buxton (Ont.) -- Poetry
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Ontario
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Ontario -- North Buxton
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry
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Fiction
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Literary collections
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554881956 |
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1554881951 |
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9781554886531 |
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1554886538 |
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9781459713543 |
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1459713540 |
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