Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years: An Autobiography. Samuel Thompson

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       Samuel Thompson

      Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years: An Autobiography

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4064066207120

Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       REMINISCENCES

       OF

       A CANADIAN PIONEER.

       CHAPTER I.

       THE AUTHOR'S ANTECEDENTS AND FORBEARS.

       CHAPTER II.

       HISTORY OF A MAN OF GENIUS.

       CHAPTER III.

       SOME REMINISCENCES OF A LONDON APPRENTICE.

       CHAPTER IV.

       WESTWARD, HO!

       CHAPTER V.

       CONNEMARA AND GALWAY FIFTY YEARS AGO.

       CHAPTER VI.

       MORE SEA EXPERIENCES.

       CHAPTER VII.

       UP THE ST. LAWRENCE.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       MUDDY LITTLE YORK.

       CHAPTER IX.

       A PIONEER TAVERN.

       CHAPTER X.

       A FIRST DAY IN THE BUSH.

       CHAPTER XI.

       A CHAPTER ON CHOPPING.

       CHAPTER XII.

       LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       SOME GATHERINGS FROM NATURAL HISTORY.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       OUR REMOVAL TO NOTTAWASAGA.

       CHAPTER XV.

       SOCIETY IN THE BACKWOODS.

       CHAPTER XVI.

       MORE ABOUT NOTTAWASAGA AND ITS PEOPLE.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       A RUDE WINTER EXPERIENCE.

       THE TRAPPER.

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       THE FOREST WEALTH OF CANADA.

       CHAPTER XIX.

       A MELANCHOLY TALE.

       CHAPTER XX.

       FROM BARRIE TO NOTTAWASAGA.

       CHAPTER XXI.

       FAREWELL TO THE BACKWOODS.

       "COME TO THE WOODS." [8]

       CHAPTER XXII.

       A JOURNEY TO TORONTO.

       CHAPTER XXIII.

       SOME GLIMPSES OF UPPER CANADIAN POLITICS.

       CHAPTER XXIV.

       TORONTO DURING THE REBELLION.