Two Houses Half-Buried in Sand: Oral Traditions of the Hul'q'umi'num' Coast Salish of Kuper Island and Vancouver Island AUTH-8829999 "Ballade of a Country Day"

"Ballade of a Country Day"

Take an imaginary backpacking trip over the Mountain of Gloom to the Lake of Still Waters with the author as she shares her true story of finding joy through God's word despite tribulations raising her family

Embark upon a journey across leagues of unimaginable adventure

His path blocked by economics

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Two Houses Half-Buried in Sand: Oral Traditions of the Hul'q'umi'num' Coast Salish of Kuper Island and Vancouver Island AUTH-8829999 "Ballade of a Country Day"A vital collection of writings about First Nations people and culture as it existed on the island coasts of the Depression era Pacific Northwest and originally published in the pages of Victoria's oldest newspaper, the Daily Colonist, the sixty stories included here are the result of a unique collaboration between a middle aged woman, Beryl Cryer, of upper class British ancestry, and well known Hul'q'umi'num' speaking cultural elders, keenly aware of