Wordstruck: A MemoirViking, 1989 - 230 sider MacNeil's autobiography re-creates the world of his youth and the experiences that were opened up to him through his love of words. His delight and passion for the music and magic of language, have enabled MacNeil to transmute it into a work of art. Photos. |
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... summer after you were born , the summer of 1931 , they were hiring men at Beauhar- nois , the big construction project on the St. Lawrence . Your father carried water for the construction workers . He carried buckets of water ! But so ...
... summer after you were born , the summer of 1931 , they were hiring men at Beauhar- nois , the big construction project on the St. Lawrence . Your father carried water for the construction workers . He carried buckets of water ! But so ...
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... summer to an old pilot's cottage . It sat at the top of a hill overlooking the harbour , with a view out to sea . With a telescope in an upstairs window , I often followed the line of small warships out of the harbour and out of sight ...
... summer to an old pilot's cottage . It sat at the top of a hill overlooking the harbour , with a view out to sea . With a telescope in an upstairs window , I often followed the line of small warships out of the harbour and out of sight ...
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... summer had quite an effect on the way I spoke . The first time I opened my mouth , someone laughed at my ou sound , the distinguishing Canadian diphthong that has special varia- tions in Nova Scotia . I was saying house and out to rhyme ...
... summer had quite an effect on the way I spoke . The first time I opened my mouth , someone laughed at my ou sound , the distinguishing Canadian diphthong that has special varia- tions in Nova Scotia . I was saying house and out to rhyme ...
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Beyond Boundaries: Understanding, Translation and Anthropological Discourse Gisli Palsson Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 1993 |