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Biography & Autobiography Historical

A Boy's Cottage Diary, 1904

by (author) Fred Dickinson

edited by Larry Turner

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Jun 1996
Category
Historical, Social History, General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554880478
    Publish Date
    Jun 1996
    List Price
    $7.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780969938118
    Publish Date
    Jun 1996
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

Fred Dickinson’s diary opens a window on youth and the world of Ontario lakeland cottages at the beginning of the 20th century.

"The stories we hand down, the diaries we preserve become the fabric of our social history. Young Fred Dickinson’s 1904 account of tenting and cottaging is a spirited first-hand sketch of a long-neglected part of our heritage. Larry Turner places the diary within social, historic and geographic contexts giving it wide appeal to history buffs of all ages …."
- Julie Johnston, award-winning author

About the authors

Young Fred Dickinson's 1904 account of tenting and cottaging is a spirited first-hand sketch of a long-neglected part of our heritage.

Fred Dickinson's profile page

Larry Turner places the diary within social, historic and geographic contexts giving it wide appeal to history buffs of all ages.

Larry Turner's profile page