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FROM: "Dick Taylor" <[removed]@montana.com>
REC'D: 1/17/00, 12:11 PM

I have a friend who is trying to find a non-fiction book he read in the 50s
or 60s, about a couple who lived in the Canadian bush, perhaps in Ontario.
He remembers that the only access to their cabin was via canoe and that it
was quite a long journey, requiring several lake passages. He's fairly
certain that the starting point for the canoe journey was a small town that
was accessible only by railroad. He thinks the book's author is the woman,
and remembers that they ran a trap line for necessary income and that in the
winter they were frozen-in and completely isolated for several months. Their
cabin was quite small and the sleeping quarters were in an unheated lean-to
portion of the cabin. He is uncertain if at some point one of the two were
ill or injured in some way and the other had to go for help.

I hope these are enough clues for you wonderful people. Thank you for your
help.

Dick Taylor - volunteer
[removed]@montana.com

FROM: "LUCIE HOLZEMER" <[removed]@duluth.lib.mn.us>
REC'D: 1/18/00, 12:31 PM

I believe this book is Wilderness wife by Katherine Pinkerton
J. B. Lippincott 1939. The story does start as a train pulls away from
an unnamed settlement. They do run a trap line to support themselves and
a canoe is their transportation to town for mail and groceries including
four portages. But I don't remember any serious injury.

FROM: "Dick Taylor" <[removed]@montana.com>
REC'D: 1/18/00, 2:44 PM

Thank you Lucie, I'm sure this is the book. I've found a used copy and
ordered it. I work as a hospice volunteer and many of my patients have
enjoyed being read to. Often they remember books from years ago and would
like to read them again but don't know how to go about locating them. I'm
pretty good at tracking down books for them on the internet, given a few
clues. This time I did quite a lot of searching but struck out on finding
anything. This list is awesome! Thank you!

Dick Taylor
[removed]@montana.com


LUCIE HOLZEMER wrote:

>I believe this book is Wilderness wife by Katherine Pinkerton
>J. B. Lippincott 1939. The story does start as a train pulls away from
>an unnamed settlement. They do run a trap line to support themselves and
>a canoe is their transportation to town for mail and groceries including
>four portages. But I don't remember any serious injury.

FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 1/18/00, 4:11 PM

On Mon, 17 Jan 2000 11:16:50 -0800, Dick Taylor wrote -
> I have a friend who is trying to find a non-fiction book he read in the
> 50s or 60s, about a couple who lived in the Canadian bush, perhaps in
> Ontario. He remembers that the only access to their cabin was via canoe
> and that it was quite a long journey, requiring several lake passages.
> He's fairly certain that the starting point for the canoe journey was a
> small town that was accessible only by railroad. He thinks the book's
> author is the woman, and remembers that they ran a trap line for
> necessary income and that in the winter they were frozen-in and
> completely isolated for several months. Their cabin was quite small and
> the sleeping quarters were in an unheated lean-to
> portion of the cabin. He is uncertain if at some point one of the two
> were ill or injured in some way and the other had to go for help.

I book I read 30 years ago called "O Rugged Land of Gold" by Martha Martin
may be what you are looking for EXCEPT: it takes place in Alaska, the
woman is left behind by accident and is pregnant. It was originally
published in the 1930's and reprinted in pbk in 1989. I loved it and have
reread it many times. Whether or not it is the book you are looking for,
I'm glad to have the opportunity to recommend it.

Cathy

Cathy Neis
Alpine Branch & Library f/t Blind
and Physically Handicapped "Opinions given above are personal
Kent District Library and do not reflect official KDL
Alpine: 616.784.0206 policy or statements."
LBPH: 616.530.6219
[removed]@kdl.org

"The truth will make you odd." -- Flannery O'Connor

FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 1/18/00, 4:11 PM

Could this be The Silence of the North by Olive Fredrickson with Ben West?
The
date is a little off. This was published in 1972. It is a wonderful story
of
survival in northern Canada. Olive marries a trapper at age 19 and goes to
live
in the frozen wasteland. In one place she relates the horrifying details of
her
long trek in 50 below zero weather while she, her husband and infant
daughter
were near death from starvation and cold. Your patron might enjoy this even
if
it's not the one he remembers.

Sallie Brodie
Cromaine District Library
Hartland, MI 48353
[removed]@cromaine.org

Dick Taylor wrote:

> I have a friend who is trying to find a non-fiction book he read in the 50s
> or 60s, about a couple who lived in the Canadian bush, perhaps in Ontario.
> He remembers that the only access to their cabin was via canoe and that it
> was quite a long journey, requiring several lake passages. He's fairly
> certain that the starting point for the canoe journey was a small town that
> was accessible only by railroad. He thinks the book's author is the woman,
> and remembers that they ran a trap line for necessary income and that in the
> winter they were frozen-in and completely isolated for several months. Their
> cabin was quite small and the sleeping quarters were in an unheated lean-to
> portion of the cabin. He is uncertain if at some point one of the two were
> ill or injured in some way and the other had to go for help.
>
> I hope these are enough clues for you wonderful people. Thank you for your
> help.
>
> Dick Taylor - volunteer
> [removed]@montana.com

FROM: "Paula Hale" <[removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
REC'D: 1/18/00, 5:48 PM

Cathy, this is one of my all-time favorite books. I, too, heartily
recommend it to anyone who enjoys survival stories. My copy is battered
and mended and re-read many times.

Paula Hale Tel: (602) 534-5276
Desert Sage Branch Fax: (602) 534-4367
Phoenix Public Library email: [removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
7602 W. Encanto Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85035

On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Fiction_L wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Jan 2000 11:16:50 -0800, Dick Taylor wrote -
> > I have a friend who is trying to find a non-fiction book he read in the
> > 50s or 60s, about a couple who lived in the Canadian bush, perhaps in
> > Ontario. He remembers that the only access to their cabin was via canoe
> > and that it was quite a long journey, requiring several lake passages.
> > He's fairly certain that the starting point for the canoe journey was a
> > small town that was accessible only by railroad. He thinks the book's
> > author is the woman, and remembers that they ran a trap line for
> > necessary income and that in the winter they were frozen-in and
> > completely isolated for several months. Their cabin was quite small and
> > the sleeping quarters were in an unheated lean-to
> > portion of the cabin. He is uncertain if at some point one of the two
> > were ill or injured in some way and the other had to go for help.
>
> I book I read 30 years ago called "O Rugged Land of Gold" by Martha Martin
> may be what you are looking for EXCEPT: it takes place in Alaska, the
> woman is left behind by accident and is pregnant. It was originally
> published in the 1930's and reprinted in pbk in 1989. I loved it and have
> reread it many times. Whether or not it is the book you are looking for,
> I'm glad to have the opportunity to recommend it.
>
> Cathy
>
> Cathy Neis
> Alpine Branch & Library f/t Blind
> and Physically Handicapped "Opinions given above are personal
> Kent District Library and do not reflect official KDL
> Alpine: 616.784.0206 policy or statements."
> LBPH: 616.530.6219
> [removed]@kdl.org
>
> "The truth will make you odd." -- Flannery O'Connor
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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