Music of Our Burnished Axes, The: Songs and stories of the wood workers of Newfoundland and Labrador Essays They retrace the excursions of

They retrace the excursions of Amanda and her vagabond boyfriend back to a section of northern Newfoundland called the French Shore

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The Grey Islands is the story of one man's pilgrimage to a remote island of Newfoundland's northern peninsula

The poems in Tender chronicle the experiences of Black people

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Music of Our Burnished Axes, The: Songs and stories of the wood workers of Newfoundland and Labrador Essays They retrace the excursions ofWhile well known songs such as The Badger Drive and Tickle Cove Pond provide glimpses into the hard labour and rich culture of woods work in early twentieth century Newfoundland and Labrador, little has been written about the lives of woods workers and the extent of their enduring cultural legacies. Songs, stories, recitations, poems, and instrumental tunes flourished in the woods camps. Many of them were created locally and reflect the people and