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Originally published in 1947, this is Frederick Philip Grove's last and most unique book. In the tradition of Orwell's 'Animal Farm', Grove examines the idea of a utopian society through the story of a group of travelling ants who find themselves in North America. An amateur scientist encounters the colony and makes telepathic contact with a very special elder of the ant community. In fact, the ant infuses the scientist with her memory and uses her new friend as a medium through which she tells the colony's incredible story, a tale that holds up a mirror to our culture, demonstrating to both worlds the parallels and contrasts between the pastoral ways of the ants and the North American life of excess. This classic Canadian novel is back in print for the first time in 20 years, allowing readers to more completely assess Grove's body of works. Fans of speculative fiction will be delighted to see that his prose is as fresh as it was 50 years ago. This was Grove's last novel, and it stands as a testament both to his writing and his prescience. ... Read more

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This book is NOT by Robert J. Sawyer.
He wrote the forward.It's one page long.The rest of the book is by F. P. Grove.Imagine my disappointment in finding out that the "co-author" who I purchased the book for really had nothing to do with the writing of the novel.

Despite all of the mentions of his name on the page, he did not write this book.

Not what I was looking for, but interesting
OK.This is not the book I was looking for...which is too bad since I really wanted the "other" Consider Her Ways, but this was an interesting read nonetheless.

An epic satirical adventure - Ants will never be the same!
This tale of an expedition of Venezuelan ants north into America (they end up in NY) is breathtaking. Physiological and social ant-info abound but these details merely back up the gripping story. With ferocious battles, double-crosses and these bizarre humans everywhere (still seen as inferiour to our protagonist) I couldn't put this down.
Several scenes in the film 'Antz' must have been lifted straight from this classic. ... Read more

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These studies of Canadian authors fulfill a real need in the study of Canadian literature. Each monograph is a separately bound study of about 55 pages. Each contains a biography of the author, a description of the tradition and milieu that influenced the author, a survey of the criticism on the author, a comprehensive essay on all the author's key works, and a detailed bibliography of primary and secondary works. ... Read more

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Now I have already said that snow is the only really plastic element in which the wind can carve the vagaries of its mood and leave a record of at least some permanency. The surface of the sea is a wonderful book to be read with a lightning-quick eye; I do not know anything better to do as a cure for ragged nerves--provided you are a good sailor. But the forms are too fleeting, they change too quickly--so quickly, indeed, that I have never succeeded in so fixing their record upon my memory as to be able to develop one form from the other in descriptive notes. ... Read more

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1929. With prefaces by Karl Haushofer and Engelbert Krebs. A study of Sun Yatsen who is considered the founding father of modern China, both in the People's Republic and in the Republic of China (or Taiwan). Contents: A Word of Criticism; The Pearl: By Way of Introduction; The Downfall of the Manchu Dynasty; The Bequest of Sun Yatsen; The Constitution of the Nationalist Government; Struggles; The March to the Yang-Tze-Kiang; and The Work of the Militarists. ... Read more

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Settlers of the Marsh was first published in 1925, after a struggle by the author to persuade publishers that his first novel would meet public acceptance. Some critics immediately condemned this hypnotic story of the loss of innocence on the Manitoba frontier, calling it “obscene” and “indecent.” Churches issued warnings to their congregations to avoid its scandalous contents. Only several decades later was Settlers of the Marsh recognized for what it is – a landmark in the development of the Canadian novel, and a work of realism in the tradition of Thomas Hardy.

A psychological portrait of life in the Canadian West, Settlers of the Marsh presents with chilling accuracy the hopes, passions, and anxieties of young pioneers.


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A Classic of Historical Immigrant Fiction
I'm not from Manitoba but my family is from Montana and they too were homesteaders.The book gives a vivid picture of the isolation and difficulties faced by our Scandinavian immigrant ancestors.This is a must-read for all descendents of these sad, brave people.

That the book was banned by churches in the mid-1920s because of its scandalous contents, allows insight into cultural change over the past ninety years.

Settlers of the Marsh
I thought this was very good. I espescialy enjoyed the part were Niels farms. I thought it was good because I live in Manitoba and I could relate to the book, if you don't live in MB you will hate this book. Please sendany information you may have on this book to: mitch_9_83@hotmail.com

A great, classic book
I grew up in Northern Manitoba where most of the book is based in.It is interesting to ready how things were like back then. I can totaly relate to the characters in the book. I think though the end should have had Nielsand Ellen kiss. ... Read more

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1929. With prefaces by Karl Haushofer and Engelbert Krebs. A study of Sun Yatsen who is considered the founding father of modern China, both in the People's Republic and in the Republic of China (or Taiwan). Contents: A Word of Criticism; The Pearl: By Way of Introduction; The Downfall of the Manchu Dynasty; The Bequest of Sun Yatsen; The Constitution of the Nationalist Government; Struggles; The March to the Yang-Tze-Kiang; and The Work of the Militarists. ... Read more