- First Edition
- Softcover
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Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 15.56
Quantity: 1 available
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In these 225 pages - book adverts at back - the author takes on the issues and emotions of someone (Abby) who comes back to her reserve and tries to fit in. Read more about : band office, mallard feathers, Goom, hot bannock, Nibika, Blink, and Ned's boat. UNillustrated. Author's bio sketch on first page. Village map (fictional) on page ahead of title page. Cond : Paper wrapper is white with red decoration. Cover photo is a close-up of a snowshoe. Volume is in ALL senses crispy and giftable ! ! Clean and bright. Quote (p. 116) : " As part of the tourist package, Tuesday would be ice fishing day. Everyone had decided that the traditional fishing method was a real pain and that since the tourists were supposed to be transported back into the early fur trade era, they opted for using two inch baited hooks. The traditional string also wasn't feasible for ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.
Seller Inventory # 011870
- Title
- Dog Tracks
- Author
- Slipperjack, Ruby
- Publisher
- Fifth House, Calgary
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1897252293
- ISBN 13
- 9781897252291
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction
Abby is having trouble fitting in at Bear Creek Reserve. After having lived most of her life with her grandparents in town, it's definitely a transition moving back to the reserve. When Choom, her grandfather, falls ill, Abby must leave her best friends at school, her supportive grandparents, and her perfect pink bedroom, and adjust to living with her mom. But it's not only being back with Mom that is hard - there's a new father, John, a pesky half-brother, Blink, a schoolroom full of kids who don't know her (and don't seem to want to, either), not to mention a completely different way of life that seems so traditional, so puzzling and complicated.
But, with the help of the reserve's chief, Paulie, a puppy named Ki-Moot, and her parents' vision of a sled-dog tourist venture, Abby slowly begins to find her rhythm at Bear Creek. All she has to do is follow the dog tracks.
In Dog Tracks, Ruby Slipperjack writes the story of those who return to the reserve and rediscover their culture. The book is both a celebration of Abby's youthful determination and a series of teachings about Anishinawbe traditions, history, and culture. Woven into Abby's narrative of self-discovery, and perhaps integral to it, are the teachings of Elders and parents, knowledge of hunting, fishing, berry-picking, and living on and with the land - all drawn from Slipperjack's own knowledge of the land and her people.
Dog Tracks is a book that crosses genres: it is a tender story of an uprooted girl who finds home and self, and it is also a subtle text that gives readers a glimpse of traditional and non-traditional life on a northern Ontario reserve.
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About the Author
Ruby Slipperjack was born and raised at her father's trapline at Whitewater Lake in northwestern Ontario. She is a member of the Eabametoong First Nation and speaks fluent Ojibway. She uses her maiden name "Slipperjack" when she writes, in honour of her parents and ancestors for the cultural knowledge and teachings that inform her writing. Ruby is the mother of three daughters and currently lives in Thunder Bay with her husband and their two shelties.
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Wagon Tongue Books
Linden, AB, Canada
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
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I am a small home-based business so I may be difficult to reach by phone. I'm in the Mountain time zone. I've been passionate about books for approximately 30 years. Thank you for thinking Wagon Tongue.
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western canadiana, ephemera & rarities, horse and horse-related, cowboy stuff, indians and North American first peoples, things that catch my eye - including (non)books, mere bagatellesSeller's business information
Wagon Tongue Books
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