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Grass beyond the mountains: discovering the last great cattle frontier on the North American continent
Par Richmond P Hobson. 1951
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Produits dérivés de films ou d’émission de télévisionOuvrages documentaires canadiens, Auteurs canadiens (documentaires), Histoire, Colonisation (histoire)
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In the fall of 1934, three cowhands with a dream of owning a cattle ranch made their way from peaceful…
Wyoming to the harsh, uncharted territory of the British Columbian interior. In conditions as challenging as any encountered by the western frontier pioneers of a hundred years earlier, the three men and their equipment-laden horses conquered the tortuous miles over narrow passes and mountain summits, hewed their first cabin from virgin timber, and attempted to carve out a space for themselves on the unforgiving landscape. Followed by "Nothing too good for a cowboy". 1951.The soloist: a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music
Par Steve Lopez. 2008
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Produits dérivés de films ou d’émission de télévisionBiographies, Musique (biographies), Sciences et médecine (biographies), Musique, Sociologie
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Los Angeles Times columnist describes his relationship with Nathaniel Ayers, a former student at Juilliard, who became homeless after succumbing…
to paranoid schizophrenia. Lopez discusses his and his readers' efforts to expose callous treatment of Ayers and relates Ayers's attempts at recovery. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008.The rancher takes a wife: a true account of life on the last great cattle frontier
Par Richmond P Hobson. 2015
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Produits dérivés de films ou d’émission de télévisionOuvrages documentaires canadiens, Auteurs canadiens (documentaires), Histoire, Colonisation (histoire)
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The interior of British Columbia in the early 20th century is a jungle of swamps, rivers, and grasslands. It's a…
vast and still barely explored wilderness, whose principal citizens are timber wolves, moose, giant grizzly bears, and the odd human being. Into this forbidding land, Rich Hobson, Pioneer cattle rancher, brings Gloria, his city-raised bride. Her adjustment to life in the wilderness is sure to be difficult, as is her relationship with Rich and his backwoods cronies. Will Gloria ever find that she belongs in this strange, harsh land? Sequel to "Nothing too good for a cowboy". 2015.The pianist: the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw 1939-45
Par Anthea Bell, Władysław Szpilman. 1999
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Produits dérivés de films ou d’émission de télévisionBiographies, Musique (biographies), Histoire (biographies), Seconde Guerre mondiale
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Wladyslaw Szpilman was a young Jewish pianist who, uniquely, managed to stay alive in Warsaw throughout World War II. Immediately…
afterwards, he wrote this account of his experiences during the war. 1999.