{"product_id":"9781459718364","title":"Pearls and Pebbles","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow fitting to close out the 20th century with a brand new edition of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePearls\u0026amp;Pebbles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by the noted chronicler of pioneer life, \u003cb\u003eCatharine Parr Traill\u003c\/b\u003e. Published in 1894, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePearls\u0026amp;Pebbles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an unusual book with a lasting charm, in which the author’s broad focus ranges from the Canadian natural environment to early settlement of Upper Canada. Through Traill’s eyes, we see the life of the pioneer woman, the disappearance of the forest, and the corresponding changes in the life of the Native Canadians who have inhabited that forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e reminds us of the significance of the writings by Traill, the aged author\/naturalist, who felt that the hours spent gathering the pebbles and pearls from her notebooks and journals written in the backwoods of Canada was not time wasted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135226265840,"sku":"9781459718364","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781459718364_p0.jpg?v=1763869262","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459718364","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}