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Gumption & Grit - Extraordinary Women of the Cariboo Chilcotin (Hardcover)
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Gumption & Grit - Extraordinary Women of the Cariboo Chilcotin (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R340
Discovery Miles 3 400
You Save R399 (54%)
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"Gumption & Grit" is the first in a brand new series being
introduced by Caitlin Press which will showcase women of BC: their
lives, their successes, their history.
In 2002 the Williams Lake Women's Contact Society posted a request
for pioneer stories of the women of the Cariboo Chilcotin. What
they received was an overwhelming number of tales of hardship,
faith, adversity, endurance and accomplishment. These women were
mothers, trappers, schoolteachers, outfitters, ranchers and
homesteaders. "Gumption & Grit" contains more than 35 stories,
including the tragic tale of Chiwid, a battered Tsilhqot'in woman
who lived off the land as a recluse from society for more than 50
years; Gerrie Bracewell, who ranched in the "soft season" and
guided big game hunters through some of the most dangerous and
treacherous country of the Chilcotin; and Doreen Armes, who hopped
on a steam locomotive in 1929 at the tender age of 18, leaving
behind the comforts of the big city to become the first
schoolteacher in Dog Creek's one-room schoolhouse. These stories
are heartfelt and honest, and will resonate with the experiences of
all women of this land.
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