Heading Home - On Starting a New Life in a Country Place
by Scanlan, Lawrence
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385255365
- ISBN 13
- 9780385255363
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, ON: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 253 pages plus list of suggested reading. Former owner's name inkstamped inside base of rear board else near fine. Dust Jacket protected by clear Brodart cover. Describes the author's journey from the Kingston, Ontario to Camden East, Ontario (pop. 250), and then by degrees, his journey towards understanding how to live in the country. The author likens this to learning another language: fluency seems just over the next rise, or the one after that. Makes a compelling case for country life without romanticizing it..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71105515
- Title
- Heading Home - On Starting a New Life in a Country Place
- Author
- Scanlan, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385255365
- ISBN 13
- 9780385255363
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Camden East Ontario Social Life and Customs Country Life Ontario
- Bookseller catalogs
- Back to the Land;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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