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Kaleidoscopic Quebec

3/5 ( ratings)

In this beautiful volume Mrs. Oakley with her happy text, her husband with his spectacular drawings, have caught all the charm, the historic and legendary background, of the almost-foreign country across our northern border - the ancient section of Canada where a proud people of French descent still follow the old ways, still speak the dignified and archaic language of old-time France.

The Oakleys' route takes you through the strip of Canada known as the Eastern Townships, to the bi-lingual metropolis of Montreal, to fantastic Quebec; down the St. Lawrence to Tadoussac and up the dramatic Saguenay. Northward it winds around remote Lake St. John, then back through the rugged Laurentians. It is completed in the circuit of the amazing Gaspé Peninsula.

In none of their other books have the Oakleys' observations been more acute, and they show to the full their gift for revealing the significant, for recording essential information in attractive and graphic form. Here are the flowers, the trees, the animals and birds and fish. Here are the people, with their time-honored ways and their homely yet beautiful arts and crafts. Here, too, are practical, up-to-the-minute details on roads and inns for the tourist. Anyone who is planning to visit Quebec, or merely dreaming about other lands and peoples, simply must have this book.

Language: English

Pages: 296

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing

Release: December 28, 2004

ISBN: 1417993456

ISBN 13: 9781417993451

Kaleidoscopic Quebec

3/5 ( ratings)

In this beautiful volume Mrs. Oakley with her happy text, her husband with his spectacular drawings, have caught all the charm, the historic and legendary background, of the almost-foreign country across our northern border - the ancient section of Canada where a proud people of French descent still follow the old ways, still speak the dignified and archaic language of old-time France.

The Oakleys' route takes you through the strip of Canada known as the Eastern Townships, to the bi-lingual metropolis of Montreal, to fantastic Quebec; down the St. Lawrence to Tadoussac and up the dramatic Saguenay. Northward it winds around remote Lake St. John, then back through the rugged Laurentians. It is completed in the circuit of the amazing Gaspé Peninsula.

In none of their other books have the Oakleys' observations been more acute, and they show to the full their gift for revealing the significant, for recording essential information in attractive and graphic form. Here are the flowers, the trees, the animals and birds and fish. Here are the people, with their time-honored ways and their homely yet beautiful arts and crafts. Here, too, are practical, up-to-the-minute details on roads and inns for the tourist. Anyone who is planning to visit Quebec, or merely dreaming about other lands and peoples, simply must have this book.

Language: English

Pages: 296

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing

Release: December 28, 2004

ISBN: 1417993456

ISBN 13: 9781417993451

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