Butter Down the Well: Reflections of a Canadian Childhood by Collins, Robert - 1980

A compelling story of life on the Canadian prairies during the "dirty thirties".   Filled with pathos and humour.

Saskatoon, SK: Western Producer Prairie Books. Near Fine. 1986. Third Printing. Softcover. 0888331304 . Very nice condition, pages clean and unmarked, light age tanning. Light scuffing to cover. Minor wrinkling to small area near bottom of first section of pages. " The dirty thirties might have been barren - a veritable physical wasteland - but to a young boy with a large imagination and an alert mind, they were years of joy and delight. It is a compelling story which holds one's interest from beginning to end. "--Canadian Book Review Annual. (180os) ; 8vo; 149 pages .

Stated First Edition-A clean and tight copy-" Author returns to his early days in Saskatchewan. An intimate rendering of a family, a community, of the untameable prairie. Funny and sad by turns, it awakens the reader's own childhood perceptions and that candid receptiveness that time tends to erode."

Other than small gift inscription this is a clean, tight and unmarked copy- " In this immensely popular Canadian classic, Robert Collins describes his boyhood growing up in Saskatchewan during the bleak years of the Depression. "