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I have read about the awful Halifax explosion of 1917, which destroyed a lot of Halifax and people similarly to San Francisco and its people near the same period. My impression is that Halifax's tragedy, though senseless and preventable, is not so internationally well-remembered and it is a wonder. Reading about it was made different by hearing from someone who was there. Helen also knew of boating storm victims.
— Jun 07, 2017 08:28AM
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I am enjoying this immensely and have gained enthusiasm as I hoped, to read "Folklore Of Lunenburg County" after Helen talked about writing it and the event of its publication; inside scoop that is the reason I am reading her autobiography first. It certainly seems belonging to authors organizations and Canada's council for arts have their perks. Next our authoress is in Rumania and Germany for folk presentations!
— Jun 12, 2017 09:48AM
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I am enjoying this immensely and have gained enthusiasm as I hoped, to read "Folklore Of Lunenburg County" after Helen talked about writing it and the event of its publication; inside scoop that is the reason I am reading her autobiography first. It certainly seems belonging to authors organizations and Canada's council for arts have their perks. Next our authoress is in Rumania and Germany for folk presentations!
— Jun 12, 2017 09:47AM
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Her author's association England trip should have been briefer. How celebrities looked, so often noting being tired. No point knowing itinerary items she didn't do! Her account of the Halifax exposion is the best I've read but we lacked the aftermath. What of the longterm outcome? Didn't downtown Halifax need rebuilding? When her dear parents died, Helen told nothing of funerals. She skipped the wrong details.
— Jun 10, 2017 06:55AM
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Dust jackets and Wikipedia give dry portraits. How loving and keen Helen's parents were! They approved of their daughter born in 1899 being single and encouraged her gumption to be a career gal. When she couldn't enlist in the military, she was an ambulance driver to outlying places without doctors one summer. She swam, camped, travelled. I love hearing that these parents accompanied her far off folk-collecting!
— Jun 09, 2017 08:12AM
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Wow! Helen, even in the 1920s, had extensive international travelling, education, authoring, and medical experieinces of which I was unaware. It is impressive and well-balanced, fitting the doctorate of her name and revealing as more vast her cultural variety. She lived in Mexico, spent extensive time in England, New York, Toronto, Ottawa. There is no poor writer and fisherman favouritism that some complained of.
— Jun 08, 2017 04:36AM
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It is a pleasure to learn about this cultural records pioneer. It was especially an important coup among my books, to locate a local copy of this hardcover in like new condition! For far less than Amazon sellers try charging! I found her even rarer and much-needed "Folklore Of Lunenberg County" in the same place! I thought reading this first would pave an understanding of that book she eventually published.
— Jun 06, 2017 12:53PM
