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A COUNTRY BOY
SYMONS, R. D.
R.D. (Robert David) Symons was a Saskatchewan naturalist, and painter, revered for his memoirs, nature
writing, paintings, and illustrations. He was also a rancher and game warden. For the first time in print,
Symons' memoir of his formative years, and his early years in Canada, are captured in the same
compelling style and flair that brought him to the forefront as an author. In A Country Boy, Symons writes
of his remarkable upbringing in Sussex, England, learning to paint at his fathers knee, and nurturing a
love of nature that would become a lifelong passion. Here is a book that will restore R.D. Symons to his
rightful place as a master, portraying life in nature, and nature in life.
MEMOIR/ART
HAGIOS PRESS
9781926710242
$17.95 TP Original
SEPTEMBER 2013
168 PAGES
COUNTRYMEN
LIDEGAARD, BO
In the entire ghastly history of the Holocaust, only two "good" stories stand out, and this is one of them.
Denmark, under German Occupation, but with its King and government intact, did something no other
country in Western Europe even tried to do. Knowing that German command was coming in 1943 to
round up their Jews (there were 7,000 of them) for deportation to the camps, they said no. The King, his
ministers, and parliament were all in agreement--those 7,000 people were theirs, they were Danes who
happened to be Jewish, and nobody was going to assist in their round-up and certain death. While the
government used its limited but formidable powers to manoeuver and to impede matters in Berlin, the
warning went out to the Jewish community that crisis was at hand. Over the next 14 days, assisted,
helped, hidden, and protected by ordinary people who came together spontaneously to the aid of their
countrymen who were suddenly refugees, an incredible 6,500 out of the 7,000 total escaped -- smuggled
on big boats, little boats, fishing boats, anything that floated -- to Sweden. The bare facts of this exodus
have been known for decades but, astonishingly, no full history of it has ever been researched or written.
The refugees kept diaries, letters, family accounts which have now been brought together and form the
basis of this riveting account. After a powerful historical introduction, the book follows the story on a dayby-day
basis.
HISTORY
SIGNAL
9780771047121
$32.95 HC
SEPTEMBER 2013
1ST PRINTING 7500 IN CANADA
432 PAGES