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Gibbins, Ralph

 
9781436304726: The Winds of Wendigo: Reflections on a Northern Ontario Heritage
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1436304725 ISBN 13 : 9781436304726
Editeur : Xlibris, 2008

Synopsis

THE WINDS OF WENDIGO

Reflections On A Northern Ontario Heritage

In his spirited exploration of his rural past, author Ralph Gibbins revisits the Northern Ontario of his own youth and that of his pioneering parents and finds, in the lessons learned and the character traits inherited from those previous generations, a strength and wisdom missing in our world today.

Can we learn from the past?

Does the growing urbanization of modern day Canada -- and our subsequent loss of contact with the natural world -- effect our health and happiness?

Combining history, personal experience, and stories remembered from his boyhood, Gibbins answers 'yes' to both questions, and with the style of a natural-born storyteller treats the reader to his reasons why.

Though local in setting, the stories in this highly readable memoir, evoke the early development of much of North America.

"The past is but the beginning of a beginning,
and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn"

H.G. Wells
'The Discovery of the Future'

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Biographie de l'auteur

Ralph Gibbins was born in a small town in a rural area in Northern Ontario. He left there when he was 18 to attend Ryerson Institute of Technology in Toronto, and graduated in 1951. He retired after working 39 years for General Electric and Honeywell in various technical and management assignments that took him to every province in Canada and several other countries He is an avid sportsman and reader who enjoys investigating ideas for enhancing health, and happiness.

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Éditeur
Xlibris
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1436304725
ISBN 13 
9781436304726
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
210
Coordonnées du fabricant
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