Gander is one of the best known small towns in the world, especially among weste and easte Europeans. Russians know it with familiarity. This book is not about Gander, however, despite its notoriety; rather it conce s the great wilde ess that surrounds Gander, the magnificent Gander River, laden with salmon; the limitless forests abounding with game. Much has been written about the seafaring Newfoundlander and his exploits on the bay, bight, tickle or sea, but literally nothing has been written about the Newfoundlander as a woodsman. This book then, fills that tremendous gap and gives us, through the life-long experiences of one man, all the excitement, lure and love that a preoccupation with the land can bring.

Rattles and Steadies: Memoirs of a Gander River Man (Canada's Atlantic Folklore-Folklife Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Saunders, Gary L.

Memoirs

Breakwater Books Ltd.

An informative guide to 45 native and exotic species of trees and shrubs that inhabit Nova Scotia.

Trees of Nova Scotia: A Guide to the Native and Exotic Species

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Nimbus Pub Ltd

A comprehensive and portable guide to the natural world of Nova Scotia. Discover Nova Scotia's Ultimate Nature Guide includes maps, photos, and illustrations with side trips and notes to help the traveller.

Discover Nova Scotia: The Ultimate Nature Guide

Nature & Ecology

A handy book that explains, in laymen's terms, all aspects of the weather in Atlantic Canada. It also includes myths, weather lore, and real science.

So Much Weather!: Facts, Phenomena And Weather Lore from Atlantic Canada

Earth Sciences

Born in northeast Newfoundland to a family with deep roots in forestry, trapping, and guiding, Gary Saunders’ love of the natural world developed early and stayed with him throughout his life. Originally trained as a boots-on-the-ground forester, Saunders’ passion for painting and writing led him to also study the fine arts and to take a job writing and editing for the Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests, producing newsletters and educational material for the general public. Later, as a freelance writer, his illustrated articles about trees and rural living would become a regular feature for over three decades in several regional magazines.
 At heart, this book is an unconventional memoir. While organized by tree species like a reference book, Saunders’ essays actually impart equal parts natural and personal history. And like the best sylvan essayists of earlier generations (Thoreau, Leopold), Saunders draws greater truths about our relationship with natureand with each otherout of what on first glance might appear to be recitals of botanical facts or yarns about adventures past. A close reading of this book promises not only to expand one’s understanding of the ecology of the forest, but also to offer a rich, evocative model for how we might better live our lives with trees.
Winner of the 2016 Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award.

My Life With Trees: A Sylvan Journey

Gaspereau Pr