Does the Dog Die in Call of the Wild Movie: Harrison Ford, Wolves & Sled Dogs

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Call of the Wild, Dog story by Jack London.

“Never was there such a dog!” exclaimed John Thornton

 

Call of the wild wolf and dog story

 

Does the Dog Die in Call of the Wild Movie?  Harrison Ford, Wolves & Sled Dogs…

 

Don’t remember for sure how I first read Jack London’s THE CALL OF THE WILD.

I was already captured by the great writers of our Canadian wilderness: Charles G D Roberts, E Pauline Johnson, Grey Owl, Ernest Thompson Seton and H A Cody.  Some I met in our elementary school readers, others in the library.

Call of the wild comic bookI think I first read THE CALL OF THE WILD in the Classics Illustrated comic book version, which I traded a Superboy comic for.

Then in a book from the school library.  Or was the book first?  I took it out several times to reread it.

One Christmas I was finally given a shiny new Whitman edition: hardcover, pulpwood paper pages, thrilling illustrations by Robert L Jenney.

At the time I didn’t know how big the Northwestern genre had once been.  All I knew was that I loved the books and the old movies of the savage Canadian Northcountry, wolves, sled dogs, Mounties…

I didn’t know then that in the same way Owen Wister had created the Western genre in 1902 with his publication of THE VIRGINIAN: A Horseman of the Plains, Jack London had created the Northwestern genre a year later with his release of THE CALL OF THE WILD. [1]

Like a lot of the early writers of the Canadian Klondike, Jack London had actually been there.

And like a lot of Cheechakos, Jack had found himself lost and suffering from malnutrition — ending up in Dawson City’s crowded St. Mary’s Hospital, treated by the beloved Jesuit priest Father Judge.

He didn’t mention the red-coated North-West Mounted Police (who kept peace and order in the wild Klondike) very much in his writings; he may have had a run-in with them. [2]

Call of the Wild Whitman Books 1960Today, the Northwestern genre is remembered most for Jack’s books: SON OF THE WOLF (a collection of early Klondike-set short stories such as “An Odyssey of the North”), THE CALL OF THE WILD and WHITE FANG.

And for its hundreds of old Hollywood movies featuring the untamed Northland and those fierce sled dogs, fiercer wolves and indomitable Mounties.

The first movie version of CALL OF THE WILD was released in 1923 by Hal Roach Studios, a silent motion picture starring Jack Mulhall and “Buck as Himself.”

The best known is the 20th Century Pictures’ 1935 release starring Clark Gable, Loretta Young and another “Buck as Himself.”

My long-time favourite version is the 1972 Ken Annakin-directed release starring Charlton Heston, Michèle Mercier and a German Shepherd “Buck.”

And now we’ve got a new version starring Harrison Ford.

Call of the wild movie poster - dog storyAt first it was scheduled to be released on Christmas Day, 2019, which was great with me.

“I’ve gotta see this on a real theatre screen,” I told Mary Lee.  “What a Christmas gift!”

Now we have to wait till mid-February, 2020 so “its release won’t take ticket sales from the latest Star Wars movie.”  Both movies are produced by Disney.

With CGI and special effects work from MPC Montréal, the film is directed by Chris Sanders, screenplay by Michael Green.  Along with Harrison Ford as John Thornton, it also stars Dan Stevens, Omar Sy, Karen Gillan, Wes Brown, Bradley Whitford, Colin Woodell and the wonderful Cara Gee.

“I came up here because I didn’t want to be around anybody,” comes Harrison Ford’s growly voice in the new movie trailer — and my beloved Northwestern comes alive.

The trailer starts with that iconic Klondike scene of desperate men and women climbing single file up the snow-crusted Chilkoot Pass toward the Canadian Boundary.

“The Yukon is a dangerous place.  You never know what’s coming,” continues Harrison’s voice-over.  “I came up here because I didn’t want to be around anyone.  And then I met Buck…

“He was a dog like no other.  He’d been spoiled.  And he’d suffered.  But he could not be broken.”

We see Harrison spread a yellowed map on the cabin floor at the dog’s forefeet.  “What do you say about an adventure?  We could go, you and I, where no one’s ever been before.  See what’s out there.”

There’s adventure out there, all right.  And hidden riches.  And wolf-haunted forests.

Oh yes, a new Call from our disappearing Wild.  Gonna see this one.

“Live Free, Mon Ami!” – Brian Alan Burhoe

 

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“THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME!”  Jack London created an entire new Literary Genre — THE NORTHWESTERN!  Now it’s Back!

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AND YOU’VE GOTTA READ WOLFBLOOD — MY MOST POPULAR ANIMAL STORY: “HAPPY ENDING!”

“I JUST READ WOLFBLOOD AGAIN FOR GOOD MEASURE.  ONE FOR ANY WOLF LOVER.  ENJOYED IT BUT WISH IT WAS A FULL LENGTH NOVEL.” – Gina Chronowicz @ginachron

“GREAT SHORT STORY!  DOES REMIND ME OF CALL OF THE WILD, WHITE FANG…” – Evelyn @evelyn_m_k

A “riveting, warm-hearted” tale in the Jack London Tradition of a lone Grey Wolf and his quest for a place in the primeval Northern forests.  FREE TO READ ==> WOLFBLOOD: A Wild Wolf, A Half-Wild Husky & A Wily Old Trapper

 

Note:  You may be wondering about the title of this Call of the Wild post.

Here’s one curious fact I’ve come across in my years of celebrating Animal Stories.  A common question is “Does the dog die in Call of the Wild?”  We can accept human deaths in our entertainment — but not animals, not as easily.  But don’t worry.  Buck is still alive and thriving at the end.  In the various movie and TV versions; and in the original novel.

[1] To read my popular remembrance of the great books and movies of the Northwestern Genre, go to The GREATEST AUTHORS OF NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE FICTION

[2] In an early Klondike story, “To the Man on the Trail,” Jack writes:

The door opened, and a Mounted Policeman of the Northwest Territory entered, followed by two half-breed dog drivers.  They were heavily armed and showed signs of fatigue.  The half-breeds had been born to the trail and bore it easily.  But the young policeman was badly exhausted.  Still, the dogged obstinacy of his race held him to the pace he had set, and would hold him till he dropped in his tracks.

The story concludes with the Malemute Kid raising his mug in a salute:

“So a health to the man on the trail this night.  May his grub hold out.  May his dogs keep their legs.  His matches never miss fire.  God prosper him, good luck go with him; and —”

“Confusion to the Mounted Police!” cried Bettles, to the crash of the empty cups.

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Does the Dog Die in Call of the Wild Movie: Harrison Ford, Wolves & Sled Dogs

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Prophetic Dreams For 2025: Can Our Dreams Foretell the Future?

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Brian Alan Burhoe

In dreams…

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“What does 2025 hold in store for You?”

 

Prophetic Dreams for 2025: Can Our Dreamlife Foretell the Future?

Following the sinking of the Titanic, the serious search began by dream researchers to answer the question: “Can our dreams foretell the future?” After 9/11, many people reported having dreamed of the tragedy before it happened. This has resulted in the Psychic Dreams Project.

History is filled with reports of precognitive or prophetic dreaming — psychic dreams. The Bible records them, of course. So do the history books. The visions of Nostradamus are more astounding today than ever.

But it wasn’t until after the Sinking of the Titanic in 1912 that a calculated, scientific effort was begun to collect and interpret psychic dreams.

Of the numerous reports after the Sinking — hundreds of dream reports, premonitions, intuitions and “feelings” were reported — nineteen experiences were authenticated.

One example was the woman who awoke and told her spouse: “I just saw Mother in a crowded lifeboat rocking in the ocean swell. The boat was so crowded with people that it looked as if it might be swamped any minute.” She didn’t know then that her mother had bought a ticket on the Titanic to surprise them.

The dreamer was horrified the next day when she read her mother’s name on the published passenger list. And there was another daughter’s dream report: Mrs. Joan Hall’s dream, recorded in a letter and mailed and date-stamped the afternoon before the Titanic left port: “I have again dreamed that the marvelous new ship S.S. Titanic was floating bottom up on the sea. I wonder if I should let Mother embark tomorrow?”

The question asked by many psychic dream researchers after the Sinking became: “Can what we dream foretell the future?” If enough people reported their dream-predictions to a central Dream Collection Project, could future world events be foreseen? Could perhaps some of them — such as accidents and assassinations — even be prevented? (If enough people had foreseen and reported President Kennedy’s assassination, could a great and influential life have been saved?)

Since 1912, a number of Projects have been set up to collect such predictions and dream reports, mostly American, British and Canadian.

The Central Premonition Registry in New York had mixed successes. Although no great number of reports on any one specific event were collected, a number of promising psychic talents were discovered.

Following the Aberfan, Wales, coal avalanche of October, 1966, killing 144 people, over 200 people claimed they had experienced psychic dreams foretelling the event, several of them had recorded those dreams before the tragedy. Again, psychic dream projects were set up in an attempt to answer the question.

It’s been an ongoing quest.  And it looks like mid 2024 into 2025 are going to see a number of new dream and prophetic programs.  Certainly an exciting explosive change in our own Culture…

For a popular look at the Meaning of Your Dreams, see DREAM DICTIONARY: Most Common Dreams from Animals to Covid Interpreted

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War Vets & Wounded Warriors: Remembrance, Healing & Horses

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Wounded warriors…

“I began trusting the horse’s calm bit by bit and week by week until I could learn a new perspective – not just live with my disability, but thrive in life.” Air Force veteran Dave Andrews

 

Wounded Warriors Equine Program

War Vets & Wounded Warriors: Remembrance, Healing & Horses

I grew up with War Vets.

As a young boy, I listened to their stories with awe.  Their training in England.  The beaches of Normandy.  The welcome they got, especially in Holland.  “We were treated like family,” Dad would often say, always with a smile.

I didn’t know at the time that there was much they weren’t saying.  Later, gradually, I learned of darker times they had gone through — my father, his coworkers, Legion buddies — I heard those stories, too.

Back then, in those post-War Fifties, there was much left unsaid.  Alcohol was a common medication for them, I guess.  But looking back, they at least had one thing perhaps today’s combat vets don’t have: they had each other.  Thousands upon thousands of World War Two vets found jobs together.  All of the guys my father worked with were returned soldiers.

And also, I think, they knew what they had accomplished.  They knew that the life they were giving us (their families, their children) was one of Freedom, one of Peace.

Dad, among others, did tell me the stories that the people they had liberated had told them.  People of France, Belgium, Holland.  In those stories from a conquered people staggering under the brutal oppression of Hitler’s military, our soldiers knew exactly the horror they had saved their own families — their own country — from.

The younger vets I meet today, some having served in Afghanistan and elsewhere, don’t seem as sure.  And certainly the support isn’t there.

The most stirring stories we’re hearing today are about support groups.  Service dogs.  And horses…

Navy veteran Jessenia Smith and her husband Truitt experienced the healing nature of caring for horses at a Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) equine therapy workshop. Their love for animals enhanced the workshop’s impact and helped them interact with other veterans. [1]

“It was beneficial for both of us,” Jessenia said in a recent press release.

“With this type of equine therapy, you groom and listen to the horse and also work together as a team.”

Jessenia explained that she and Truitt, also a Navy veteran, had a chance to meet other warriors and share how they feel about their place in the world.

“Anything with Wounded Warrior Project is not any pressure. You share if you want to share. You’re in a safe zone with other like-minded people who support you, and they support you one hundred percent.”

Jessenia has felt a sense of validation through equine therapy, also called Hippotherapy, and other WWP programs. She also participated in a WWP Soldier Ride® in New Orleans in 2015. “I’m still friends with other riders from that event, and it was an amazing experience.”

Jessenia first heard about WWP when she was “recovering from serious injuries sustained while deployed in South America. After leaving the military, she attended an all-female veteran WWP event.” She met fellow veterans who reminded her of herself a few years earlier.

“Attending Wounded Warrior Project events made my journey relevant. Interacting with other veterans helped me see myself and what I’d been suppressing. Sometimes, just being in the room with other people who get it is all it takes. You’re being validated for what you feel. That’s what Wounded Warrior Project gives to me – it’s that validation that no one else can give you.”

Wounded Warriors Canada also has its own Equine Program with gentle horses available out of three stables: Rocky Mountain House, Alberta; WindReach Farms, Ontario and Sumac Farms, Nova Scotia, in Atlantic Canada.

Is Wounded Warriors a good project to donate to?  I like it — if you’re unsure, you can ask some vets you know what they think.

One thing for sure.  There was a time when our returned soldiers were forgotten — certainly here in Canada.  At least times are changing for the better this way.  There aren’t many World War Two vets still alive today, but here they’re finally getting the help and recognition they deserve.  And the younger returned men and women are finding some volunteer programs to help them.  We need more such programs.

Yes, I grew up with War Vets.  And I also grew up with horses, which is another story…

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A Remembrance of the Canadian Algonquin Regiment and the part it played in the Liberation of Normandy, Belgium and especially Holland.

And the part they played in the Battle for Hochwald Gap, called one of the “Greatest Tank Battles.”

“I appreciated reading your post on your father. I only recently saw it. My father was also in the Alqonquins in D company. He was also in the Hochwald Gap on the morning of March 2, 1945. His first cousin, who was also in the unit, died that morning, and Dad went to Stalag IIb…” – Larry Cole

SEE OUT OF MY FATHER’S SHAVING BOX: Dad’s War, Algonquin Regiment & Liberation of Holland

 

[1] About Wounded Warrior Project: “Since 2003, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) has been meeting the growing needs of warriors, their families, and caregivers – helping them achieve their highest ambition.”
Learn more at http://newsroom.woundedwarriorproject.org/about-us and, in Canada, at https://woundedwarriors.ca/

Source: Wounded Warrior Project, PR Newswire & Civilized Bears

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OUR BETTER ANGELS: No Human Is Limited – Seven Virtues that Will Change Your Life & Our World

Posted on October 12, 2019 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Our Better Angels…

Angels Book inspired by Habitat for Humanity’s work includes heartfelt foreword by former President Jimmy Carter.  Book Review

 

Better angels

 

OUR BETTER ANGELS: New book by Habitat for Humanity CEO presents “seven virtues that will change your life and the world” — Book Review

“No Human Is Limited!”

It’s a wonderful, epic and inspirational new cry for a better world.  Coming out of Africa, its a call by the young and old of the world saying “we all can be champions.”  No Human is Limited — Nothing is Impossible.

“Why would you put a limit on yourself when you don’t even know what your limit is?” – Abdi Nageeye.

Our Better Angels - No Human Is Limited

And now we read the stirring headline: 34-Year-Old Proves No Human is Limited!

“Eliud Kipchoge proved No Human Is Limited when he became the first human in history to run a sub-two-hour marathon in the city of Vienna. Kipchoge ran the 42.195KM distance in a remarkable time of 1:59:40:2.

“The 34-year-old Kenyan’s landmark achievement began at 8:15AM CEST on the Reichsbrucke Bridge in Vienna.

On becoming the first ever person to run a marathon in under two hours, Eliud Kipchoge said:

“It’s a great feeling to make history in sport after Sir Roger Bannister.  Bannister set the first sub-four-minute mile in 1954.  I am the happiest man in the world to be the first human to run under two hours.  And I can tell people that no human is limited. I expect more people all over the world to run under two hours after today.”

And the whole concept of “No Human Is Limited” is growing from the noble world of Sports to all positive Human endeavours.

And a new book is also spreading the word…

“Kindness, community, empowerment, joy, respect, generosity and service.”

These are the seven simple virtues that OUR BETTER ANGELS, a new book by Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford.  Who tells us we can change our lives and the world. The book, published by St. Martin’s Essentials, is based on stories Reckford has seen.  And heard in his 14 years leading the world’s top housing nonprofit. [1]

The book was first inspired by an essay written by Jimmy Carter following Hurricane Harvey.  The former president called on us to “seek out our better angels in turbulent times.”

President Carter provides a moving foreword to this book:

“Rosalynn and I have always believed in doing whatever we can.  For as long as we can to help those around us and to change this world for the better,” President Carter wrote.

“One of the ways we’ve been able to do that most consistently has been through our involvement with Habitat for Humanity. This book is full of the kind of transformative stories that we’ve seen again and again.  In our more than thirty-five years of building with them around the world.”

During his time as CEO of the leading global housing nonprofit, Reckford has seen firsthand how simple acts have the power to change lives around the world.

Reckford presents the seven virtues.  And he shares uplifting stories to inspire hope and change within people and their communities. [2]

Our Better AngelsThe stories in OUR BETTER ANGELS will resonate across a wide spectrum of readers. Those who are yearning for compassion and community in a time of division and divisiveness.

“We live in a world where so many are struggling with problems seen and unseen.  In a world that is divided and disconnected, these virtues answer the question of what we owe each other,” Reckford explained in a press release.

“This book helps readers find their own better angels.  And then go out to make their neighborhood, community or workplace a brighter place.”

Reckford’s proceeds from OUR BETTER ANGELS will go directly to Habitat for Humanity to support its work at home and around our world. [3]

The dark times can be lit up by this idea: “No Human Is Limited!”

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Praise for OUR BETTER ANGELS:

“OUR BETTER ANGELS brings to light the basic virtues of kindness, generosity, respect, empowerment, community, joy, and service that we all have within us. We are grateful to Jonathan Reckford for sharing such moving stories about transformation.  And for showing how easy it is for all of us to choose to help and strengthen others, rather than to hurt and weaken them.

“This book is for Humanity: Read it whether you’re a kid, a grandparent, or anyone in between. It will spark an instant realization of how even the smallest acts of kindness or respect can fundamentally change someone’s path for the better.” – Drew and Jonathan Scott, The Property Brothers

“It has been our honor to work with Habitat for Humanity and see these seven virtues in practice.

“When we look outside of ourselves, we experience a glimpse of who we can be. Jonathan’s book reminds us to love one another. Amazing things happen when we do!” – Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks

[1] For more information or to purchase the book, visit habitat.org/betterangels.

[2] About Jonathan Reckford: “Jonathan Reckford has served as chief executive officer for Habitat for Humanity International since 2005. Under his leadership, the global housing organization has grown from serving 125,000 individuals per year to more than 8.7 million people in 2018 alone.

“A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Reckford earned his MBA from Stanford and went on to managerial positions at various Fortune 500 companies. Reckford also served as executive pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Edina, Minnesota. In 2017, Reckford was named Influencer of the Year by The NonProfit Times.”

[3] About Habitat for Humanity: “Driven by the vision that everyone needs a decent place to live, Habitat for Humanity began in 1976 as a grassroots effort on a community farm in southern Georgia. The Christian housing organization has since grown to become a leading global nonprofit working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in more than 70 countries.

“Families and individuals in need of a hand up partner with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve a place they can call home.

Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. Through financial support, volunteering or adding a voice to support affordable housing, everyone can help families.  Help them achieve the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build better lives for themselves. Through shelter, we empower. To learn more, visit habitat.org.”

Source: Habitat for Humanity International, PR Newswire, Civilized Bears

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CRACKER BARREL: Top Cracker Barrel Restaurant Menu Recipes Home Cooking

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Restaurant Menu Recipes…

“Cracker Barrel Celebrates 50 Years as America’s Home-Away-From-Home with its ‘Cracker Barrel Moment’ & Traditional Recipes”

 

Restaurant Menu Recipes

 

CRACKER BARREL MOMENT: Top Cracker Barrel Restaurant Menu Recipes for Home Cooking – Meatloaf, Chicken & Dumplings, Country Cornbread Dressing, Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake – and More…

As I wrote in my short Bio: “Do I still cook at home?  Not like I used to — I spend more time at the keyboard now than the stove.  But I’ve still got my fave recipes, and turn on the stove to prepare ’em once in a while.  What are my favourites?”

Local Seafood is still my fave food.  But back in the day I joyfully set out to re-create our most popular restaurant recipes.  The food that really made you want to cook it yourself in your own home kitchen.  Which was usually based on old traditional country recipes.

Kenny Rogers Roasters was our favourite — Cracker Barrel a close second.  Neither chain, as of this writing, still has a restaurant here in Canada.

Fifty years ago, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, “America’s iconic destination for Southern home style cooking, warm hospitality, and unique retail offerings,” made its debut in the small town of Lebanon, Tennessee. [1]

In 1969, a Tennessee man named Dan Evins saw an unmet need. The Freeways were still growing, but people on the move couldn’t stop along the way, stretch their legs, refuel and find a good meal at a fair price. Evins had a vision “to build an old country store to meet their needs – a place that preserved the ingredients of country life to share with travelers on the road and families from nearby.”

Cracker Barrel Dreams

Before Evins knew it, his dream had outgrown his expectations. Built by hard work, a Sacred Mission of “Pleasing People,” strong values, and genuine hospitality, the cooks, servers, and operators (and Evins’ Uncle Herschel McCartney – described as the “soul” of Cracker Barrel) created more than a refreshing stop along folk’s journey. They “set an iconic American table for generations to come.”

Evins was passionate about recreating old country stores from his childhood while providing a place for friends and family to reconnect over a good meal. Fittingly, he selected the name Cracker Barrel “to pay homage to one of America’s original gathering places.” Crackers were delivered to those old country stores in barrels, and people would congregate around them to discuss the news of the day – the original water coolers.

Today, Cracker Barrel has 660 restaurants nationwide, welcoming guests “to a simpler time and place, where they are treated like family, with warmth and care.”

Restaurant Menu Recipes

And they want to celebrate 50 years.

Cracker Barrel Moment

“What is Cracker Barrel Moment?” To highlight some of the people and stories that have made Cracker Barrel a home-away-from-home, the company is encouraging guests like you to celebrate its golden anniversary by sharing their own #CrackerBarrelMoment on social media throughout the remainder of the year.

“Cracker Barrel has been one of America’s beloved home-away-from-homes for 50 years, serving as a familiar sign that greets travelers and local communities alike,” explained Cracker Barrel President and Chief Executive Officer Sandra B Cochran in a press release.

“Our concept was built around a mission of Pleasing People, which is not just about setting a great meal in front of our guests, but serving them with warmth and kindness. What keeps people coming through our doors year after year is a sense of human connection and being treated like family.”

During its 50th year, Cracker Barrel celebrated with guests in two big ways. In April, the company launched Southern Fried Chicken, making it one of the few casual-dining restaurants with national reach offering bone-in fried chicken to its guests.

Beginning in July, Cracker Barrel has highlighted the contributions of women in Country Music by celebrating some of the industry’s most talented artists and shining a spotlight on the next generation through the “Five Decades, One Voice” program.

Restaurants open Thanksgiving Day?  Thanksgiving is Cracker Barrel’s busiest day.

Join the Moment! Here’s Just One of my Secret Cracker Barrel Menu Recipes You Can Make at Home…

EASY & QUICK CRACKER BARREL MEATLOAF RECIPE

Meatloaf Ingredients:
1 1/2 lb medium ground beef
2 eggs
1 cup milk
32 Ritz crackers, crushed
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 green pepper diced
4 ounces shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Topping Ingredients:
1/2 cup ketchup
1 teaspoon mustard
1/2 cup brown sugar

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a large mixing bowl, combine hamburger, egg and other ingredients.
Pack into bread loaf pan.
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.

Combine ketchup, brown sugar and mustard to make topping. Spoon topping over the meatloaf after 30 mins of baking.

NOTE: Some recipes call for “bread soaked with water.”  No!  Cracker crumbs are much better – for taste, consistency and healthy diet.  I NEVER use white commercial bread in any such recipe.  When making a meatloaf or meatballs from my own recipes, I prefer to use large flake oats instead of crumbs — and medium ground hamburger.

CHECK OUT MORE OF MY RESTAURANT RECIPES!

 

Cracker BarrelI love re-creating popular restaurant recipes, so here’s Cracker Barrel’s most popular meal of all time that you can easily prepare at home:
Cracker Barrel Chicken & Dumplings Full Meal Recipe

>> Cracker Barrel Chicken & Dumplings
>> Country Cornbread Dressing
>> Buttermilk Biscuits
>> Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola Cake

SEE – Cracker Barrel Restaurant Recipes for Home Cooking – Chicken & Dumplings Full Meal Recipe

And if you don’t have time to cook these yourself?  Head on out now to your local Cracker Barrel — if you have one — and let their cooks whip ’em up for you.

 

Kenny Rogers Roasters was my fave restaurant and recreating his recipes was a labour of love.  More to the point, these are my most popular recipes with home cooks.  Give ’em a try…

>> Kenny Rogers Roasted Chicken
>> Kenny Rogers Roasters BBQ Sauce
>> Kenny Rogers Fire-And-Ice Chili
>> Kenny Rogers Vanilla Muffins

SEE – KENNY ROGERS ROASTERS CHICKEN BREAST RECIPES: Best Restaurant Recipes for Home Cooking

Dig In and Enjoy! – Brian Alan Burhoe

 

[1] About Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) provides “a friendly home-away-from-home in its old country stores and restaurants. Guests are cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real homestyle food and shopping that’s surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America’s country heritage – all at a fair price.”

Established in 1969 in Lebanon, Tenn., Cracker Barrel and its affiliates operate 660 company-owned Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® locations in 45 states and own the fast-casual Holler & Dash® restaurants. For more information about the company, visit crackerbarrel.com.

Source: PR Newswire, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Civilized Bears

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Do I Really Need a Culinary Course & Credentials to be a Chef?

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Chef jobs…

How to Become a Chef: Culinary School or On-the-job Training?

 

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“Brian, do I really need to take a cooking school culinary course and get my credentials to get a good job as a chef?”

It’s a question I’ve been asked a lot over the years.  And the answer is — yes and no.

That’s not much help, is it?  Here’s why, mon ami…

Yes, some famous chefs have worked their way up through the kitchen ranks — starting as dishwasher, up to prep and sandwiches and so on.  It’s been done and it’s still being done.

On the other hand, many executive chefs in restaurants and hotels today won’t hire unless their applicants have papers and a track record of some sort.

Most managers just don’t have the time to train someone from scratch.  They want experience from the get-go.  And if you don’t have experience, the best way to get it is by taking an accredited culinary course.

The best courses teach you the latest techniques, necessary skills and essential recipes.

==>> The added bonus of taking a course is this: near the end of every culinary course, your teacher, the head chef, will get calls from local restaurant managers and executive chefs asking, “Who are your top students?”

I don’t mean to brag, but this is how I got my first job at the IDLE OARS RESTAURANT in North Rustico, PEI.

I went on from there to get my Journeyman Cook Certificate and membership in the national CCF (Canadian Culinary Federation – la  Fédération Culinaire Canadienne). [1]

It was worth it.

But what if you just can’t afford either the time or the money to take a cooking course?  (And if you’ve worked in a “kitchen crew” of what Canadian Inhuman Resources Minister Diane Finley once called “the McDonalds of the world,” you won’t get much credit for it from certified cooks or restaurateurs.)

I’ve certainly trained people in the restaurants I’ve worked at and enjoyed doing it.  I’m not one of those temperamental cooks and enjoy teaching others.  What I’ve always looked for is what everybody in the food service industry looks for: a love of cooking!

This, unfortunately, is the very reason why not having industry credentials can work against you.  Taking the time and effort to get professional training is a real indication that you love cooking.  At least that’s what most food service managers believe.

And in many cases, they’re right to believe this.  Cooking is hard work.  Many applicants for a cooking position have no real interest in cooking.  It’s just a job — something to get a paycheck until they can find something “better.”

We’ve all been served food made by these folk.  In fact it seems to be happening more all the time.  There are incompetents in those kitchens who can’t even keep food at the right temperatures — and in this age of E Coli, that’s downright dangerous.  These people have never even considered a culinary arts school.

I’ve found myself trying to train people with this attitude.  They take no pride in the meals they prepare, the plates they send out.

But I’ve also had the pleasure of training people who really want to learn.

They pay attention.  They love the work.  And — here’s the real test — they even ask the waiting staff how the customer liked the meal.  The really good cooks will even peek out into the dining room to watch the customer’s reaction.  I’ve done this myself.

Good cooks, whether easy-going (like me) or temperamental (like those others), all want to please their customers.  A “compliments to the chef” is pure gold.  We live for it!   (Kind of needy, aren’t we?)

So if you love to cook — if you really care — if you take pride in what you create — no, you don’t have to get the credentials.

It’s easy enough to get an entry job in a restaurant.  What you need to do then is prove that you love to cook.  You need to prove your passion.  Your willingness to learn.

It’s a long process.  It takes hard work.  Lots of it.

But if the passion is there, so is the opportunity.

Whether your dream is to become a chef, food service manager or even have your own restaurant, it’s all there for the taking.

“Dig In and Enjoy!”

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[1] re the Canadian Culinary Federation:
“Hey, Brian, now that you’re a member of the CCF, you can call yourself a chef.”
“No, I’m still a cook.”
“What’s the difference?”
“About $20 an hour.”

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Labor Day 2024 – Men In Blue Denim – Working Man Quotes

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Working Man quotes…

Working Man Quotes: “Men in denim built our country…”

 

Working Man quotes

“… Men in suits have destroyed it.”  Maybe not my fave of these Working Man Quotes (or maybe it is), but there’s a hard truth to it.

 

GRAB A COLD ONE & PUT YOUR FEET UP THIS LABOR DAY, MES AMIS!  HERE’S MY FAVE WORKING WOMAN & WORKING MAN QUOTES:

 

“It’s a big job just gettin’ by with nine kids and a wife
But I’ve been a workin’ man, dang near all my life
But I’ll keep workin’ long as my two hands are fit to use
I’ll drink my beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues.”
– Merle Haggard

 

“They’re the rough and dirty, strong and sturdy hands of a workin’ man.” – Zane Williams

 

“We worked to build this country, Mister,
While you enjoyed a life of ease.
You’ve stolen all that we built, Mister,
Now our children starve and freeze.”
– Woody Guthrie

 

“Every morning I get up before that rooster crows
Heading straight to somewhere I don’t even want to go
Eggs and bacon in my belly and a Folger’s coffee buzz
Good ol’ radar detector it protects me from the fuzz.

Working hard all week puts the beer on the table
Oh, oh, I’m a simple man, yes I am
All I need is a few good friends and a good job,
And a good dog, maybe a woman that understands.
– Josh Thompson

 

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Men of the Deeps: Choir of The Cape Breton Coal Miners — The Real Thing.

 

“It’s a working man I am
And I’ve been down under ground
And I swear to God if I ever see the sun
Or for any length of time
I can hold it in my mind
I never again will go down under ground.” – Song by Rita MacNeil, God Bless Her, often sung with Men of the Deeps.

 

“Hey I’m not complaining ’cause I really need the work
Hitting up my buddy’s got me feeling like a jerk
Hundred dollar car note, two hundred rent.
I get a check on Friday, but it’s all ready spent.
Workin’ for a livin’ — workin'” – Garth Brooks

 

“Well that foreman, he’s a regular dog
The line boss, he’s a fool
Got a brand new flattop haircut
Lord, he thinks he’s cool.

One of these days I’m gonna’ blow my top
And that sucker, he’s gonna’ pay
Lord, I can’t wait to see their faces
When I get the nerve to say…”
– David Allan Coe

 

“It’s a rich man’s game
No matter what they call it
And you spend your life
Putting money in his wallet
9 to 5
Oh, what a way to make a livin’
Barely gettin’ by
It’s all takin’ and no givin'” – Dolly Parton

 

Dolly Parton working woman

A real fave of these Working Man Quotes — Or Working Woman Quotes — Gotta Love Dolly!

 

“I thank You, Lord, that I am placed so well,
That You have made my freedom so complete;
That I’m no slave of whistle, clock or bell,
Nor weak-eyed prisoner of wall and street.
Just let me live my life as I’ve begun
And give me work that’s open to the sky;
Make me a pardner of the wind and sun,
And I won’t ask a life that’s soft or high.”
– Charles “Badger” Clark

 

“His saddle horse did stumble
And on him he did fall
He’ll not see his mother
When the work’s all done this fall.

Poor Charlie died at daybreak
He died from the fall
He’ll not see his mother
When the work’s all done this fall.”
– D. J. O’Malley

 

“Remington showed us how he looked on canvas
And Louis L’Amour has told us his tale
Me and Johnny and Waylon and Kris sing about him
And wish to God, we could have ridden his trail.

This is the last cowboy song
The end of a hundred year Waltz
The voices sound sad as they’re singin’ along
Another piece of America’s lost.”
– Ed Bruce

 

“I dedicate this song to the workin’ man.  For every man that puts in eight or ten hard hours a day of work and toil and sweat.  Always got somebody lookin’ down his neck…” – Johnny Cash

 

“So get your glass up for the working woman,
When you gotta get it done call the working woman.” – Ruthie Foster

 

“Roll out of the sack every mornin’, head on down to the mill
Give ’em all I got for eight, ’cause that’s the deal
If you’ll check out my paycheck
Well, you’ll see that there ain’t that much on it
But every single penny I’m paid, I got it honest.”
– Aaron Tippin

 

“We are the navvies who work upon the railway
Swingin’ our hammers in the bright blazin’ sun
Layin’ down track and buildin’ the bridges
Bendin’ our backs ’til the railroad is done.

Layin’ ’em in and tyin’ ’em downAway to the bunkhouse and into the townA dollar a day and a place for my headA drink to the livin’, a toast to the dead.”
– Gordon Lightfoot

 

Stompin Tom Connors Working Man Quote

Wouldn’t be a real collection of working man quotes without Stompin’ Tom.  Our iconic Canadian hero!  Who else would have written “The Good Old Hockey Game”?  And this one…

 

“Now there is one thing you can always bet
If I never smoke another cigarette
I might get taken in a lot of deals
But I won’t go workin’ the tobacco fields of
Tillsonburg.  Tillsonburg…
My back still aches when I hear that word.”
– Stompin’ Tom Connors

 

“Oh they’re billing me for killing me —
Lord have mercy on the working man.” – Travis Tritt

 

“I’m a hard workin’ man
I wear a steel hard hat
I can ride, rope, hammer and paint
Do things with my hands that most men can’t
I can’t get ahead no matter how hard I try
I’m gettin’ really good at barely gettin’ by.

Got everything I own
By the sweat of my brow
From my four-wheel drive to my cowboy boots
I owe it all to my blue collar roots
I feel like I’m workin’ overtime on a runaway train
I’ve got to bust loose from this ball and chain.”
– Ronnie Dunn

 

“They call me the workin’ man
I guess that’s what I am.
‘Cause I get home at five o’clock
And I take myself out an ice cold beer
Always seem to be wonderin’
Why there’s nothin’ goin’ down here.”
– Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee (RUSH)

 

“The ‘Consumer’ is what they call us,
We’re always deep in debt.
From buyin’ drawers in discount stores
To fixin’ the TV set.
We go to the bank for the money,
And sign for another loan,
And pray the Lord doesn’t see us stop
In the tavern half-way home.”
– Stompin’ Tom Connors

 

“I’ve been selling my soul
Working all day
Overtime hours
For bullshit pay.”
– Oliver Anthony

 

“And there — in those earliest years — despite my precocious pursuit of pea pickin’ piracy — I learned that if I worked hard and lived honest and loved the soil that gave me life and valued the freedom won for me with blood — I’d have a life lived large…” – Brian Alan Burhoe

 

“Live Free, Mon Ami!” – Brian Alan Burhoe

 

WORKING MAN QUOTES: HAPPY LABOUR DAY, MY FRIENDS!  WE’VE EARNED IT, EH?

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About these working man quotes…

The oldest, original, complete version of the quote that tops this page is this: “Men in denim built our country, men in uniform defended it and men in suits are destroying it.”  (For some reason, our Men in Uniform have now been forgotten).  If you know who originally said this quote, please reach me via our Contact page.  I’d love to know the author — and credit him or her.  And You.

The blue collar worker quotes above are old personal faves (and one new one).

In checking out more Working Man and Woman quotes I couldn’t find a single one by a Rich Man.  If I’d found one, I would have quoted it.  Do you know one?  I’ve come across quite a few from Politicians, most saying the same thing: “A hardworking man is a happy man.”  And I even found one from an Honest Lawyer: “I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend than be one.”

Working Man Quotes: I said up above that the “Men in Denim” is maybe my fave working man quote.

It got ahold of me when I first saw it.  All of these songs and singers I sure deeply love.  But if I have to pick just one, then it’s Aaron.  “I got it honest.”  Mary Lee and I still sing along with his “There Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With the Radio.”

Why?  You’ve gotta read Mary Lee’s Memories of a Rural Mail Driver: From Kitchen Post Offices & Steam Trains to Personal Data Terminals.

And maybe my Working on the Highway – Blasting through the Bedrock.

 

By the way, I’m not intending this page to support or attack any particular political group.  I don’t belong.  I always walked along to my own heartbeat (or maybe that’s my AFib).  Nonpartisan.  Nonaligned.  Just an ol’ Lone Wolf with a lovin’ Mama Bear I don’t deserve.

 

These working man quotes are Dedicated to —
All the men and the women who grew up in blue denim. 

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List of Songs with these Working Man Quotes.

Working Man Blues
Hands of a Workin’ Man
I Don’t Want Your Millions, Mister
Beer on the Table
Working Man (I Am)
Workin’ for a Livin’
Take This Job and Shove It
9 to 5
The Cowboy’s Prayer
When the Work’s All Done This Fall
The Last Cowboy Song
Oney
Get Your Glass Up For The Working Woman
I Got it Honest
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Tillsonburg
Lord Have Mercy On The Working Man
Hard Workin’ Man
(They Call Me The) Working Man
The Marketplace
Rich Men North of Richmond

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TIGER WARS: Saving Endangered Malayan Tigers from Poaching Syndicate Mercenaries

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Saving Endangered Tigers…

Saving Endangered Species: “Saving the Imperiled Malayan Tiger Needs Worldwide Support!”

 

Saving Endangered Tigers

 

Global Tiger Day 2019 (aka International Tiger Day) has just gone by.  Created in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit, the “Day” was originated to draw worldwide attention to the crisis facing the surviving wild tigers of our world.

Highly organized poachers (paid by poaching syndicates) were killing every tiger they could get.  Even tiger cubs.  All for the big cats’ highly prized skins, bones and body parts.

If you love animals like we do, then you’ll understand why we believe this time it should become Global Tiger Year.  The world population of wild tigers must be be saved.  Determined action must be taken this year.  Before Global Tiger Day 2020 rolls around.

Saving Endangered Tigers…

Our Endangered Tigers CAN be saved from extinction.  Look at the news from Malaysia, under the leadership of Shah Redza…

On July 29th, The Royal Belum National Park sent out a call for international support for World Tiger Day 2019.  To “save the critically endangered Malayan tiger!” [1]

In an affecting press release, The Royal Belum made a shocking announcement. “Once estimated at 3,000 animals in Peninsular Malaysia, new studies have shown an alarming drop in tiger populations.  Even as the Perak state works with conservation groups to create larger habitats for tigers, the greatest threat to the Malayan tiger is poaching.”

The Royal Belum National Park is managed by the Perak State Park Corporation.  It is “home to a number of wild tigers.  And is a critical area for the recovery and conservation of the Malayan tiger.  Its ambition to double the number of wild tigers in Malaysia needs the support of the global conservation community.”

WWF Malaysia had previously warned that the “influx of foreign poachers into Malaysia’s forests is alarming.”

This followed an earlier warning that a “quiet invasion by poaching syndicates from Indochina” had caused the bloody extinction of the wild tigers of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

And the current population estimate of the Malayan tiger places their numbers at less than 200 animals in all of Peninsular Malaysia.

And all of those “missing” tigers had fallen prey to poachers.  Poachers who were armed and supported like modern military mercenaries…

Saving Endangered

The Wilderness Parks are a battlefield.  And courageous, outnumbered, outgunned Park Rangers are fighting a war.  Tiger Wars.

The extent of the poaching problem in Royal Belum was evident in a 12-month project that started in 2017.  With funding provided by the Sime Darby Foundation, a five-man foot patrol team was created to complement the current three teams of State Park Rangers.

The team consisted of two park rangers, assisted by three indigenous guides from the Jahai tribe.  The team was able to “dismantle 200 traps and snares and cleared dozens of illegal camps that were set up by the poachers.”

The Foundation had given additional funding for another five man patrol team in 2018.  But this is still insufficient to cover the 117,500 hectares of lush tropical rain-forest that is the Royal Belum National Park.

More boots on the ground will be critical in the next five years if the threat of extinction due to poaching is to be effectively curbed.  The target is simple: Zero Poaching.

According to Shah Redza, the General Manager of Perak State Park Corporation, their “findings showed clear evidence that organized poaching syndicates were behind the illegal activities in Royal Belum National Park.”

Interrogations of arrested poachers have revealed a well-organized drive to poach the last remaining endangered wildlife in Royal Belum.

“We have established up to 15-day patrols.   The team covers selected areas to look for illegal activities.  The time constraint is due to the fact that our patrol teams can carry only so much food and supplies on their backs.  But what we found out from interrogations of arrested poachers is that they have a ground support system to replenish food supplies for up to five months.”

Saving Endangered Tigers Forever!As Shah Redza explained, “the poachers can stay in the forests for extended periods, since they also consume whatever animals they catch.  Whereas the park rangers are limited to only foods they brought in.”

The State Park requires forward base camps in deep forest.  So that Rangers can cover more areas without the burden of having to carry heavy rations.

“We have seen cases of barking deer carcasses being used as bait for tigers.  Judging from what we found, the poachers had removed parts of it for their own consumption and left the rest of it as bait to attract big carnivores like our tigers.”

The success of the initial project has led to extended funding by the Sime Darby Foundation.  Which will see additional boots added in a second team to patrol the critical habitat of tigers in Royal Belum.

The Perak State Park Corporation is also reaching out to the indigenous peoples of Royal Belum from the Jahai tribe.  The outreach has seen the creation of a Council of Elders from the tribe to engage them in the fight against poachers.

And Panthera was also enlisted in July 2019 to provide Specialized Advanced Tactical Training of the anti-poaching teams in Royal Belum.  Panthera is the worldwide organization supporting the preservation of the Big Cats and their habitats.

“We will need all the help we can get to save the Malayan tiger,” concluded Shah Redza.

The Shah hopes the call for global support for the conservation of tigers in Malaysia will be answered.

Yes, we say, the call will be answered!  “Tigers Forever!”

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[1] To learn more about the The Royal Belum National Park of Malaysia and how to support their cause, see their website: www.royalbelum.my

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TIGER WARS: Saving Endangered Malayan Tigers from Poaching Syndicate Mercenaries

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HOW PAPA BEAR GOT HIS OLD TWITTER BACK Twitter Layout Restored – No X

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Brian Alan Burhoe

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“HEY GUYS!  I WANT MY OLD TWITTER BACK!  I CAN’T BEAR THIS NEW TWITTER!” Papa Bear

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Twitter Bear

 

“I just want my Old Twitter back!”

It was somewhere between an angry growl and a deep anguished sigh at the continued dumbing down of Humankind.

OK.  I understand.  The new techies are caught up in redesigning the Web for human mobile viewing.  Their lives are totally cell phone centered — “phoney” folks.  And their answer to everything is the KISS principle: Keep It Simple, Stupid.  The days of “User Friendly” are gone — when have you last even heard that phrase?

Those of us old timers who still use desk monitors and think in terms of the original “magazine format” on our screens (both in viewing and creating new content — especially creative writing) just don’t like this new “mobile formatting.”

And losing my Old Twitter to this sad, simplified, unsatisfactory, slip-shod, squished-screen, sloooow reissue called New Twitter was a kind of Last Straw…

I even tweeted about it: “How Can Papa Bear Get His Old Twitter Layout Back?”

Got an answer from a Twitter guy.  Off the record, of course.  “No guarantee how long it’ll work.”  But today it worked for me!

“YES!  I Found Out!  There’s A Secret Passage Back To Our Old Twitter!”

Here’s what you do.  If you’re on New Twitter right now, go to the Left Panel — that Vertical Line of Symbols & Words — and CLICK ON THESE:

  1. MORE ( “…” in circle symbol)
  2. “Settings and Privacy”
  3. “About Twitter”
  4. “Directory”
  5. “Home” Tab Top Left Corner of Directory page
  6. Old Twitter Restored!

Score One for an Old Working Guy, eh?

 

UPDATE: Friday, October 25, 2024. 

Who knew in 2019 what the Suits had in store for us?

Now that Twitter-X has descended into a hate-filled political Morass, I only go on the Old Blue Bird once a week.   Just to check out some fave folks I follow, and will forever.  Basically, however, most Creatives & Moderates have left Twitter…

“HEY GUYS!  I WANT MY OLD TWITTER BACK — AGAIN!  I CAN’T BEAR THIS F@&%ING X!” – Papa Bear

I’m Going Back To GoodReads & Facebook!!!

 

Live Free, Mon Ami! – Brian Alan Burhoe

 

Twitter Blue Bird Flying Free

 

HOW PAPA BEAR GOT HIS OLD TWITTER BACK –  Twitter Layout Restored – No X

 

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THE SECOND SLEEP by Robert Harris Book Review – Alternate History – Dystopian Mystery

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Brian Alan Burhoe

A Dystopian Mystery…

“Today I finished writing my 13th novel.  Nunc est bibendum!” Robert Harris, February 15, 2019

 

Dystopian Mystery

 

THE SECOND SLEEP by Robert Harris Book Review – Alternate History – Dystopian Mystery

“I like playing around with time — and different universes,” Robert Harris explained in an interview about writing his newest novel THE SECOND SLEEP.

And the result landed in our mailbox a few days ago — orange Penguin logo on the package — shiny new advanced reader copy compliments of our ever-lovin’ GoodReads.

Big fan of Harris’ FATHERLAND and CONCLAVE, I’d have asked for a copy for my birthday anyway…

It’s a rainy English April day in the Year of Our Risen Lord 1468 and a young priest is making his way on horseback to a remote village to officiate at the funeral of an old priest.  Father Christopher Fairfax expects that he’ll be returning to the Exeter Cathedral chapter house within a day or two.

Of course, young Fairfax will stay much longer.  As with his other novels, historic or alternate, Robert Harris doesn’t bury us with details of his creation at once — we take a stroll through his countryside, learning of this place and time and people slowly.  We ask the questions, and his worldscape becomes part of the mystery.

Fairfax finds himself in an intrigue of heresy.  The dead priest, Father Lacy, had been a collector of forbidden things.  In the small study at the parsonage, shelves of them.  Old books, mostly about the Apocalypse of eight hundred years ago — some of them copies of titles that had been publicly burned by the Church in other towns.  And strange objects: old coins, keys, plates and white plastic cutlery.

And up in the thickly forested hills, the rock-strewn Devil’s Chair, where Father Lacy had fallen to his death…

Step by step, Fairfax finds himself becoming part of a group seeking, in dangerous times, to uncover the secrets in those hills.  And we follow them.  All the way.

And discover that even the title is a clue.

I’m left, in my own imagination, with a scene of young Rose, she with the big blue eyes and black hair tied with a blue ribbon, looking up toward the Devil’s Chair, wondering what has become of Christopher Fairfax.

Not as dark as Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD, maybe, or as sentimental as Edgar Pangborn’s DAVY, it’s somewhere in the middle.  If categories matter, then this has got to be one of the best dystopian novels of 2019.  Certainly, as always with Robert Harris, it’s a tense, thoughtful mystery.

I raise a glass of cold Schooner beer to you, Robert!

Five Stars, indeed.

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