Clifton Royal: The Wetmores And Village Life In Nineteenth-Century New Brunswick

ed. by Judith Baxter

 

Through the Wetmore diaries, the Agricultural Society minutes and other records, this new book provides a fascinating look at farming life in nineteenth-century New Brunswick. Journal entries about plantings, community meetings, and even the militia and volunteer service, create a detailed picture of one family’s fruit farms and general store. The diaries cover the years 1870 to 1891; shop records begin in 1864 and include detailed client lists. Lavishly illustrated with period photographs, this book is a must for anyone with an interest in Victorian New Brunswick, and a boon to anyone researching this part of the province.

Letters For Elly

by Stephen E. Davidson

 

The 1991 rebellion in Sierra Leone forces Canadian teenager, Elly Kent, to spend the summer with her great aunt and uncle in New Brunswick. Not only is their summer cottage far from the city shopping malls, the relatives’ idea of a good time is to transcribe tombstone inscriptions!

 

Elly’s sole contact with her school friends is through e-mails that she can send only once a week. When she breaks her leg, it looks like a sure-fire recipe for Elly’s most boring summer of all time. Things change, however, when Elly sits against a tombstone while using her laptop computer.

 

Suddenly, a letter from over two hundred years ago appears on her screen. There’s talk of war, persecution, and refugee camps. Is it really a letter written by a loyalist teenager in the midst of the American Revolution? Whether it is a hoax or an amazing communication across time, the letters for Elly change her summer into one she’ll never forget.

 

Price: $16.95 Can. plus $6.00 shipping