The Smoking Flax [Robert Stead]

The Smoking Flax [Robert Stead]The Smoking Flax, Robert Stead Robert Stead (1880 1959) was raised in western Canada and spent much of his working life there. He began his writing career with poetry before turning to the prairie novels for which he is best remembered, among them The Bail Jumper, The Homesteaders, The Cow Puncher, Neighbours, and Grain. In The Smoking Flax. A university graduate takes work as a farmhand on a prairie homestead, expecting to find in the experience a

who was diagnosed with gluten sensitivity

using his family life as a starting point for exploring Métis traditions

It recounts his life from childhood with Type 1 diabetes through his time on the junior hockey team

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with essays that delve deeper—into traditional Indigenous moose hunts

and be captivated by the distinct tastes of this majestic province

and articles originally published in the Ruffed Grouse Society’s bi-monthly magazine The Drummer between 1975 and 1984

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Millar profiles individuals whose lives were marked by adventure

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