4/$40 Village of the Small Houses: A Memoir of Sorts by Ian Ferguson - Hardcover

Mix and match listings marked as 4/$40 and get a $40 + shipping offer on 4 books. Weight limit up to 5 lbs. This used book is in a good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and possible minor marks within. Comes from the smoke free and pet friendly home. In 1959, just one step ahead of the law, Ian Ferguson's parents left Edmonton and ended up in Fort Vermilion, 846 kilometres due north. It was meant to be a temporary move. Ian's father lasted ten years before he made his escape; his mother remained until recently. Fort Vermilion, once a fur-trapping frontier town, was predominantly aboriginal, the third- poorest community in Canada. Like their neighbours, the Ferguson kids-Ian and his six brothers and sisters-grew up without indoor plumbing, central heating or electricity. They lived closer to the Arctic Circle than to the American border. Without the influences of television or radio, Canada was a dream to them, as faraway and exotic as England or Australia. Beginning with the dramatic events surrounding his birth, Ferguson recreates adventures involving life-saving encounters with indigenous medicines, stolen hockey sticks and a boy lost in the woods. Readers will meet an intriguing and compelling cast of characters, from Lloyd Loonskin to Dr. Nundy, the semi-retired microsurgeon from Bombay, along with the entire Ferguson clan. When Ferguson finally escaped Fort Vermilion, he made a startling discovery: Canada was not his home.