I mean big as in heavy books to lug to the beach this summer. I wrote earlier about oral history books leading up to the Oral History Association conference in October, 2008. The Dayton Teachers History Book Club is reading Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals as a companion to following the nominating conventions and [...]
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Big Books for Summer
Posted in Dayton, Prince Edward Island, history, photography, reading, tagged acadian, Charney, Erdrich, faragher, follett, Harwood, Kelty, mystery novels, Ondaatje, Two Bits on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PEI: Acadians and the Farmers’ Bank of Rustico
Posted in Prince Edward Island, cultural heritage, history, oral history, tagged acadian, cajun, cultural heritage area, culture, Doucet House, Farmers' Bank, museums, Prince Edward Island, Rustico, tourism on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“ . . . a people’s bank is of such vital concern to the prosperity of agriculture, that it deserves every consideration . . .” Father Belcourt, 1873
The wide curve of Rustico Bay faces the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and is sheltered by Robinson’s Island and a thin spit of land along on the [...]
