TY - BOOK ID - 77874411 TI - I'd rather live in Buxton PY - 1993 SN - 9786611957599 1281957593 1554881951 1459713540 1770700382 9781554881956 9781554886531 1554886538 9781459713543 0889242429 9780889242425 PB - Toronto, Canada : Simon & Pierre, DB - UniCat KW - Blacks KW - Negroes KW - Ethnology KW - North Buxton (Ont.) KW - Black persons KW - Black people UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77874411 AB - When current and former residents of Buxton gather for Homecoming, they share memories of fishing for smelt, practising for the North Buxton Maple Leaf Band, building the local museums; of Sunday School picnics and grandma's pumpkin pies. Buxton residents also share more painful memories. Memories of prejudice, of learning that in the world outside Buxton, black stars would have to shine doubly bright to be seen. In this memoir, Karen Shadd-Evelyn celebrates the heritage of Buxton, combining prose, poetry, and personal photographs in a shimmering evocation of life in a very spec ER -