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Emily Carr and Her Dogs
D & M Publishers 2009; US$ 6.95This delightful book combines 25 stories about dogs with 16 playful drawings by famous Canadian writer, artist, and animal lover Emily Carr. She tells of her joys and tribulations raising Old English sheepdogs, from her decision to start a kennel to the sad day when she had to close it. With each story Carr brings the affectionate and loyal nature... more...
Opposite Contraries
D & M Publishers 2009; US$ 15.95Collected from Emily Carr ?s private and public writings, these previously unpublished pieces reveal the outspoken artist at her most forthright. Expurgated sections from Carr?s journals detail her anguished meditations on her spiritual mission, musings about Native culture and the white community?s reaction to it, and thoughts about her family.... more...
The Book of Small
D & M Publishers 2009; US$ 11.99The legendary Emily Carr was primarily a painter, but she first gained recognition as an author, writing seven popular books that were also critically acclaimed about her journeys to remote Native communities and her life as a child in tumultuous Victoria, British Columbia at the start of the 20th century. A Book of Small collects 36 stories... more...
Hundreds and Thousands
D & M Publishers 2009; US$ 14.00Emily Carr ?s journals from 1927 to 1941 portray the happy, productive period when she was able to resume painting after dismal years of raising dogs and renting out rooms to pay the bills. These revealing entries convey her passionate connection with nature, her struggle to find her voice as a writer, and her vision and philosophy as a painter.... more...
The House of All Sorts
D & M Publishers 2009; US$ 9.95Before winning recognition as an artist and writer, Emily Carr served as landlady to an apartment building where she bred English sheep dogs to supplement a meager income. A collection of stories about those hard-working days, The House of All Sorts features vividly portrayed tenants who frequently surprise Carr with their foibles, as well as... more...
Pause
D & M Publishers 2009; US$ 9.99While studying art in London, Emily Carr seriously undermined her health and was sent to a sanatorium for a complete rest cure. Bridling at the hospital?s rules, which prohibited excitement of any kind, the always rebellious Carr proceeded to make friends, raise birds, and cause trouble. In words and enchanting sketches, Carr presents a funny, poignant... more...
Klee Wyck
D & M Publishers 2009; US$ 9.99The title of artist, writer, and rebel Emily Carr 's first book means "Laughing One," the nickname given her by the Native people of Canada's west coast. She returned the favor with Klee Wyck, a collection of 21 "word portraits" of their lives and ways. The memoir describes in witty, vivid detail Carr's visits and travels as she painted their... more...
The Heart of a Peacock
D & M Publishers 2009; US$ 9.99In this much-loved collection of 51 short stories, writer and painter Emily Carr writes of the people and animals in her life. In her inimitable style ? direct, vital, vivid ? she tells of her experiences with Native people, her adventures with birds, her love of nature, and of her mischievous pet monkey Woo. The Heart of a Peacock affirms Carr's... more...
Growing Pains
D & M Publishers 2009; US$ 9.99Growing Pains tells the story of writer and painter Emily Carr 's life, from a proper Canadian girlhood, through her artist's training in San Francisco and Europe, through the years of despair when she stopped painting and raised dogs and rented out rooms to make ends meet, and finally to vindication and triumph when her greatness was at last... more...
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