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A Graduate of the Holland College Culinary Course, Brian Alan Burhoe has cooked in Atlantic Coast restaurants and Health Care kitchens for well over 30 years. He's a member of the Canadian Culinary Federation. Brian's many published articles reflect his interests in food service, Northern culture, Church history & Spiritual literature, imaginative fiction, wilderness preservation, animal rescue, service dogs for our Veterans and more. His fiction has been translated into German & Russian... See his popular CIVILIZED BEARS!

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GIANT PANDAS HABITAT Are Panda Bears Still Endangered?

Giant Pandas Habitat. Pandas eat bamboo.   GIANT PANDAS HABITAT Are Panda Bears Still Endangered?   “Giant Pandas Make Debut at National Zoo!” Now there is a headline that made us sit up. When Bao Li (Precious Vigor) and Qing Bao (Green Treasure) arrived, they warmed our hearts. The continued exchange of panda bears is […]

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TO EFFECT AN ARREST Adventures of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Harwood Steele – Book Review

Harwood Steele was one of the best writers of Mountie fiction.   TO EFFECT AN ARREST Adventures of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Harwood Steele – Book Review   “In the opinion of Daddy Weston, this is the finest of all the stories of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police…”   TO EFFECT AN ARREST

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BROTHERS IN BLOOD Ed Gorman Mountie Novels as by Daniel St James

Ed Gorman. The Man who really wrote the Brothers in Blood Mountie Novels.   BROTHERS IN BLOOD: Ed Gorman Mountie Novels as by Daniel St James   Just as U.S. Marshall Frank Adams was about to set down his schooner of beer and face the man who’d just called him a name, the man decided

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BEARS IN MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE: Irish, Norse, German, Native American Meaning

Bears in Mythology. Bear Native American meaning…   “Bear — King of Animals!” BEARS IN MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE: Irish, Norse, German, Native American Meaning   Bear Myth: An Introduction In mythology, bears symbolize strength, courage, wisdom, and rebirth. They were often seen as guardians, healers, or divine messengers. Bears were prominent in Indigenous Peoples of

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GREATEST WRITERS OF MOUNTIE FICTION Top 10 Authors Canadian Mounted Police

Mountie fiction writers and stories.   GREATEST WRITERS OF MOUNTIE FICTION Top 10 Authors Canadian Mounted Police   How did a handful of real-life Policemen become National Mythic Heroes?  Meet the Top 10 Writers of Mountie Fiction! “No other nation owes its primary Mythology to such a mix of international writers!  Four Americans, three Canadians,

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Working on the Highway – Memories of an Appalachian Mountains Highways Worker

I’m Working on the highway, all day long I don’t stop. Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock…   Working on the Highway – Memories of an Appalachian Mountains Highways Worker Or, Once Upon A Time In Canada… Written by Brian Alan Burhoe   My first adult job after escaping high school was working

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TALES OF GUNSMOKE by Don Ward from Gunsmoke Episodes – Western Book Review

Tales of Gunsmoke.   TALES OF GUNSMOKE by Don Ward from Gunsmoke Episodes – Western Book Review   “Remember, Chester,” Matt said; “There was never a horse that couldn’t be rode…” “… nor a man who couldn’t be throwed!” Chester finished. Matt was checking his gun. He put it back in the holster, eased it

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SLED TRAILS AND WHITE WATERS by George Marsh – Book Review – Dog Stories

George Marsh wrote SLED TRAILS AND WHITE WATERS. Tales of the Great White North!   SLED TRAILS AND WHITE WATERS by George Marsh – Book Review by Brian Alan Burhoe   American writer George Tracy Marsh is remembered most today for his adventure stories of the Northcountry wilderness around Hudson Bay. And the wild animals

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NATIVE AMERICAN LEGEND: Wild Woman of the Woods – Woman of the Mask

Native American Legend: Wild Woman of the Woods. “The Wild Woman carries a basket on her back which contains the children that she caught.”   Native American Legend: Dzunuk’wa the Wild Woman of the Woods – Woman of the Mask.   Posted by Brian Alan Burhoe, creator of Civilized Bears. I was 8 when we

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