THE GENTLE ADVENTURER

Pathway, Hamilton, ON, 1985.  ISBN 0-919357-35-0.  Trade soft cover, 70 pages.  Good plus; wraps show edge and cover wear, reading creases and small corner creases, some sunning.  Binding sound; interior clean and unmarked; black & white photos.  “Happy reading – Margaret Taylor” inked on title page.  ‘The gentle adventurer, Robert McKay, shows us two sides of a generation now past.  On the one side, is the strength, fierce determination, and hard work done under often adverse conditions by pioneers and natives of this country.  On the other side, he emphasizes the sweet simplicity of those lives until we think with nostalgia of the serenity of their daily routines, their close and warm family relationships, and the value they placed, with love and respect, on the family home.’ (from rear wrap)