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In 1910, young Pierre Maturié bid farewell to his comfortable bourgeois existence in rural France and travelled to northern Alberta in search of independence, adventure, and newfound prosperity. Some sixty years later, he wrote of the four years he spent in Canada before he returned to France in 1914 to fight in the First World War. Like that of so many youthful pioneers, his story is one of adventure and hardship—perilous journeys, railroad construction in the Rockies, panning for gold in swift-flowing streams, transporting goods for the Hudson’s Bay Company along the Athabasca River. Blessed with the rare gift of a natural storyteller, Maturié conveys his abiding nostalgia for a country he loved deeply yet ultimately had to abandon.Maturié’s memoir, Man Proposes, God Disposes, appeared in France in 1972, to a warm reception. Now, in the deft and marvellously empathetic translation of Vivien Bosley, it is at long last available in English. As a portrait of pioneer life in northern Alberta, as a window onto the French experience in Canada, and, above all, as an irresistible story—it will continue to find a place in the hearts of readers for years to come.

Frontier and pioneer life --- Pioneers --- Maturié, Pierre. --- Athabasca River Region (Alta.) --- First settlers --- Settlers, First --- Persons --- Border life --- Homesteading --- Pioneer life --- Adventure and adventurers --- Manners and customs --- History --- memoir --- francophone --- homesteading --- Northern Alberta

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Harriette Arnow's roots ran deep into the Cumberland River country of Kentucky and Tennessee, and out of her closeness to that land and its people comes this remarkable history. The first of two companion volumes, Seedtime on the Cumberland captures the triumphs and tragedies of everyday life on the frontier, a place where the land both promised and demanded much. In the years between 1780 and 1803, this part of the country presented tremendous opportunity to those who endeavored to make a new life there. Drawing on an extensive body of primary sources-including family journals, court recor

Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.) --- Cumberland Valley (Ky. and Tenn.) --- History. --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Social life and customs. --- Border life --- Homesteading --- Pioneer life --- Adventure and adventurers --- Manners and customs --- Pioneers --- History

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An examination of the Llanos Orientales of Colombia (an area that, up to the 1980's, could still be considered frontier) and the effects of the discovery of petroleum in the region and the rapid growth that ensued.

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Natural history --- Naturalists --- Women naturalists --- Summer --- Log cabins --- Frontier and pioneer life --- History, Natural --- Natural science --- Physiophilosophy --- Biology --- Science --- Historians, Natural --- Natural historians --- Scientists --- Summertime --- Seasons --- Cabins --- Log homes --- Dwellings --- Log buildings --- Log-end houses --- Border life --- Homesteading --- Pioneer life --- Adventure and adventurers --- Manners and customs --- Pioneers --- History --- Corbett, Julia B. --- Homes and haunts --- Wind River Range (Wyo.) --- The Wind Rivers (Wyo.) --- The Winds (Wyo.) --- Wind River Mountains (Wyo.) --- Wind Rivers, The (Wyo.) --- Winds, The (Wyo.) --- Rocky Mountains --- Description and travel.

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Travelers' writings. --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Border life --- Homesteading --- Pioneer life --- Adventure and adventurers --- Manners and customs --- Pioneers --- Travelogues (Travelers' writings) --- Writings of travelers --- Literature --- History --- Alaska --- Â-lâ-sṳ̂-kâ --- AK --- Alaasika --- ʻĀlaka --- Alasca --- Alasijia --- Alasijia Zhou --- Alaska Eyâleti --- Alaska osariik --- Alasḳah --- Alasko --- Alaszka --- Ali︠a︡sk --- Ali︠a︡ska --- Aljaška --- Allaesŭkʻa --- Allaesŭkʻa-ju --- Allaesŭkʻaju --- Alyaska --- Alyaska Shitati --- Arasuka --- Arasuka-shū --- Arasukashū --- Civitas Alascae --- Estado de Alaska --- Estado ng Alaska --- Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah Hahoodzo --- Medinat Alasḳah --- Politeia tēs Alaska --- Russian America --- Russkai︠a︡ Amerika --- Shtat Ali︠a︡ska --- State of Alaska --- Statul Alaska --- Territory of Alaska --- Πολιτεία της Αλάσκα --- Αλάσκα --- Аљаска --- Аляск --- Аляска --- Алјаска --- Русская Америка --- Штат Аляска --- אלאסקע --- אלסקה --- מדינת אלסקה --- アラスカ --- アラスカ州 --- 阿拉斯加 --- 阿拉斯加州 --- 알래스카 --- 알래스카 주 --- 알래스카주 --- Description and travel --- Alaska Territory --- Travel. --- Frontier and pioneer life. --- HISTORY --- TRAVEL --- Traveling --- Travelling --- Tourism --- Voyages and travels --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- State & Local --- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) --- Special Interest --- Adventure. --- Road Travel. --- Reference. --- Parks & Campgrounds. --- Ecotourism. --- Budget. --- Hikes & Walks. --- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. --- Alaska. --- Â-lâ-sṳ̂-k --- Ali͡ask --- Ali͡aska --- Arasuka-sh --- Arasukash --- Russkai͡a Amerika --- Shtat Ali͡aska