Three Against the Wilderness: A Gripping Memoir of a Pioneering Family in the Chilcotin
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Three Against the Wilderness: A Gripping Memoir of a Pioneering Family in the Chilcotin

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Timeless tales about wilderness living.

Eric Collier's riveting recollections about the 26 years that he, his wife Lillian and son Veasy spent homesteading in the isolated Chilcotin wilderness made for an international bestseller and one of the most famous books ever written about British Columbia.

In the early 1930s, Collier and his family moved to Meldrum Creek, where the...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published March 27th 2007 by TouchWood Editions (first published December 1st 1959)
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I'll never forget the story about the author's young son coming back from a little cross-country skiing jaunt to find a couple of wolves following him. The author sees what's happening, trains his gun on them, but they are still out of range. He's helpless, so he yells to his son to ski more slowly, to not look at the wolves or show any fear, and to come straight to him. His son does exactly as told, and as he gets closer to his father, the wolves drop back and finally slink away. The boy was 10...more
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...must be the third time I've read this wonderful book, and I could read it all over again!
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