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Living High: An Unconventional Autobiography
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June Burn
June Burn's 1941 classic continues to capture the imagination of readers who long for the adventures that few people will ever have the nerve nor the time to undertake. Courage, gaiety, and a fresh approach to life are reflected in this "unconventional autobiography." It is a story of twentieth-century pioneers as resourceful as ever they were in the days of the old fronti
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Paperback
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292 pages
Published
June 7th 2011
by San Juan Publishing
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A shockingly original "lost generation" account of early 20th-century spartanism that presages the ethos of the "baby boom" to come, but with a hardier, more genuine voice. Harassing the land office with pleasant, intimate letters until she and Farrar are granted a homestead in the San Juan Islands, packing up and leaving to stay with Eskimos near Siberia, riding around in a proto-RV selling sheet music. Donkey carts, accidentally becoming a t ...more
A shockingly original "lost generation" account of early 20th-century spartanism that presages the ethos of the "baby boom" to come, but with a hardier, more genuine voice. Harassing the land office with pleasant, intimate letters until she and Farrar are granted a homestead in the San Juan Islands, packing up and leaving to stay with Eskimos near Siberia, riding around in a proto-RV selling sheet music. Donkey carts, accidentally becoming a t ...more
Loved this book and the style of story writing. The Burns are the true adventurers of the modern world and proof that simple things are more important than money.
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