Synopsis
This is a narrative describing the most vivid impressions of the first fourteen years of James Kostelniuk's life as he grew up on a Manitoba grain farm north of Selkirk. It's not history, but a book of collective memories of the 1940s and 50s based on life as he and others remember it. There is a dramatic distance between the author's world as a child and the world of children today. Kostelniuk - and millions like him - were not so nature deprived. He wandered the open fields along a creek bank, free to begin his journey, to investigate and learn, a child of nature. The 1950s was a decade rife with conflict. Freedom was overshadowed by two world wars and marred by the Cold War, which spread propaganda and fear across the globe like fallout from the hydrogen bomb. The story is an honest one - it's not always full of sunshine and bright hope. Reading, one discovers themes of adultery, cruelty (of man and nature) and hardship. There's a darkness to the prairie sky. This is the second work of narrative memoir for James Kostelniuk, the author of Wolves Among Sheep: The True Story of Murder in a Jehovah's Witness Community. A Winnipeg Transit bus driver for 21 years, he is now retired, living outside of Winnipeg with his wife, Marge.
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À propos de l'auteur
James Kostelniuk is also the author of the true crime book, Wolves Among Sheep: the true story of murder in a Jehovah's Witness community. He is a retired bus driver for the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and lives with his wife, Marge, in a retirement community close to the city. He is now working on a third book, a romantic novel about bohemians and ex-patriots living in Paris, France in the 1920s.
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Last Child on the Prairies: When Children Were Still Connected to Nature
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Medicine Creek Road Press, Ste. Anne, MB, 2012
ISBN 10 : 0987991981
ISBN 13 : 9780987991980
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Soft cover
Vendeur : Werdz Quality Used Books, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Évaluation du vendeur 5 sur 5 étoiles
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; A compilation of vignettes that give us an idea of what it was like for a carefree and innocent child to grow up on a farm in Manitoba during 1940s and 50s, a time of unease in the world. Feelings of sadness are woven throughout the book but don't outweigh the lightheartedness of a mischievous boy who loved to learn and explore, viewing nature's beauty with curiosity and wonder. N° de réf. du vendeur 003812
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