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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…   My first adult job after escaping high school was working for the New Brunswick Provincial […]

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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 – Wolf Dogs

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

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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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TOM WEST: Classic ACE Double Western Writer Remembered

Tom West, classic ACE Double Western writer — a Remembrance.   TOM WEST: Classic ACE Double Western Writer Remembered   In his 1960 Western novel THE PHANTOM PISTOLEER, after a ranch house, barns, blacksmith shop and wagon shed are burned flat to the ground, we read: “Wal,” said the foreman wryly, “there’s less cover for

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SILVER CHIEF – DOG OF THE NORTH by Jack O’Brien Book Review – Wolf Dog

Silver Chief, Dog of the North…   SILVER CHIEF – DOG OF THE NORTH by Jack O’Brien Book Review – Wolf Dog   “A yellow light gleamed through the trees, and the sound of flopping, crunching snow came to the dog. “Now a man stood beneath him and great fear rose up in the heart

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RESCUE DOGS STORIES Animal Rescue Corps Saves 57 dogs from backyard breeder

Rescue Dogs – Latest Story Amazing Dog Rescue Stories…   RESCUE DOGS STORIES Animal Rescue Corps Saves 57 Dogs from Backyard Breeder   Dog Rescue Story – American Animal Rescue Corps saves puppies GOOD NEWS! Dog rescue. Animal Rescue Corps rescues 57 dogs from backyard breeder in Tennessee. “Animal Rescue Corps (ARC), a national nonprofit

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DOG STORIES OF MAX BRAND: White Wolf, Chinook, Mighty Lobo

Canine stories of Frontier writer Max Brand…   DOG STORIES OF MAX BRAND: White Wolf, Chinook, Mighty Lobo, Carcajou’s Trail   THE DOG STORIES OF MAX BRAND Today, when we think of dog stories, we think of James Herriot or W Bruce Cameron rather than a popular pulp fiction writer. But listen… Frederick Faust has

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CANADIAN PATRIOTIC VOICES True North Songs, Poems & Stories

Canadian patriotic songs… Our stories.   CANADIAN PATRIOTIC VOICES: True North Songs, Poems & Stories   Canadian Patriotic Voices. We were living in Post-War Yorkshire then. It had been a few months since we’d moved from Canada. But my memories of that forevergreen land were strong and I missed it. I had started school outside

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