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CLARK, Rex, (ed.) INGLIS, Gordon SINCLAIR, Peter JOHNSTONE, Frederick Contrary Winds : Essays on Newfoundland Society in Crisis
Breakwater, 1986,
CLARK, Rex, (ed.). Contrary Winds : Essays on Newfoundland Society in Crisis. St.John's : Breakwater Books, (1986). Pp (4),5-186,(6). 8vo, green card covers. Includes Clark's "Romancing the Harlequins: A Note on Class Struggle in the Newfoundland Village"; Vince Walsh's "Stagnant Capital and Mobile People"; Peter R. Sinclair's "Saving the Fishery - Again!: The 1981-82 Fisheries Crisis in Newfoundland"; Gordon Inglis' "'Lawyers, Priests, and Gangsters from Chicago': Factors in the Development of the Newfoundland Fishermen, Food and Allied Workers' Union"; Elliott Leyton's "Drunk and Disorderly: Changing Crime in Newfoundland"; Mark Shrimpton's "The Big Squeeze: Housing Problems in the City of St.John's"; W.R. Hynd's "Oil, Politics and Social Change: Newfoundland and Alberta Compared"; J.D. House's "Oil and the North Atlantic Periphery: Scottish Experience and the Prospects for Newfoundland"; James Overton's "Oil and Gas: The Rhetoric and Reality of Development in Newfoundland"; and Frederick Johnstone's "Bones and Bare Cupboards: Dependency, Class and Crisis in the 'New Newfoundland', An Overview". Vg. 12.50
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BARSS, Peter Gordon, Joleen, craft notes BARSS, Taiya Older Ways : Traditional Nova Scotian Craftsmen. In dj
Van Nostrand Reinhold, Toronto, 1980, ISBN:0442296282
BARSS, Peter. Older Ways : Traditional Nova Scotian Craftsmen. Craft notes by Joleen Gordon. Tor.: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980. FIrst Printing. Pp [1]-142,(2). Doulbe column. B&w photos throughout. 4to, brown cloth. "There was a time, not long ago, when the survival of the small, often isolated communites of Atlantic Canada depended solely on the resourcefulness of their people. Combining their skills, energy and ingenuity, they were able to produce the tools and equipment needed for their way of life. [...] Older Ways is a book that beautifully captures the work of a few of the remaining traditional Nova Scotian craftsmen. Thirty are presented through their own words and in striking, often moving, photographs by Peter Barss. They talk about their values, the love they have for their work and their regret at the passing of a way of life. [...] Craft notes, written by Joleen Gordon and illustrated with delightful line drawings by Taiya Barss, provide additional intersting information on the history of each craft and how the objects aremade and used." - from the dust jacket. Fish nets, witherod baskets, apple and potato baskets, decoys, canoes (Harold Gates, pp.32-35), shingle sleds , snowshoes, apple ladders, hooked mats, lobster mitts, tool handles, barrels, butter churns, sheepskins, harnesses, hay rakes, crooked knives, baraided hats, wooden spoons, sheen brooms, quilts, ox whips, ox yokes, sailmaking (Everett Lohnes and Harold Stevens, pp.116-123) weaving, blacksmithing, and the craft of the wheelwright. Namestamp, else vg in dj. 20.00
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LORD, Barry (organized by) BARSS, Peter) CHIASSON, Herménégilde) ROACHE, Gordon) Survival Atlantic Style
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, 1979,
LORD, Barry (organized by). Survival Atlantic Style : Works by 16 artists from the Atlantic Provinces, organized by Barry Lord wtih the Art Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent University, 21 June to 29 July 1979. (Halifax: The Art Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent University, 1979). Pp. 38. 8vo, illustrated stapled cream card covers. A catalogue of an exhibition of Maritime artists, including backgrounds on Peter Barss, Tom Burger, Sidney Butt, Richard Caissy, Herménégilde Chiasson, Yvon Gallant, Herzl Kashetsky, Frank Lapointe, Bill McKiggan, Leonard Paul, Bernice Purdy, Gordon Roache, Jim Shirley, Karl Spital, Andre Therriault, and Hilda Wollnough. Not illustrated. Vg. 10.00
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