tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post2240260977559359106..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Book Report/The Secret World of OgNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-30914137373526935032011-07-12T23:04:33.588-04:002011-07-12T23:04:33.588-04:00katthorsen, thanks so much for taking the time to ...katthorsen, thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment here. I've just been over to your blog and left you a note.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-38816155047620396122011-07-12T17:16:45.594-04:002011-07-12T17:16:45.594-04:00I wrote to Mr. Berton in 1973 about the book and r...I wrote to Mr. Berton in 1973 about the book and received this fantastic letter! http://katthorsen.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/happy-birthday-pierre-berton-see-my-letter-from-mr-berton-1973-myhero/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-19472603133010007122008-10-18T13:18:00.000-04:002008-10-18T13:18:00.000-04:00I just finished this book, and to be honest, wasn'...I just finished this book, and to be honest, wasn't too keen on it. Though, I agree the children's imaginations were great, I found it to be a very dated book. All the cowboys, guns, and lynching stuff seemed way too old fashioned, if not even inapproriate at times. Plus, I found the sentences too long and distracting and too many references seemed like personal, private things between Berton and his kids that no outsider would fully appreciate.John Mutfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730205221787092204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-47305103978340217012008-02-02T08:53:00.000-05:002008-02-02T08:53:00.000-05:00Thanks for coming by, Court. I really loved this ...Thanks for coming by, Court. I really loved this book.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-60098448942986786722008-02-02T08:45:00.000-05:002008-02-02T08:45:00.000-05:00I've always been meaning to read something by Pier...I've always been meaning to read something by Pierre Berton. This sounds like it would be a good place to start out. Thanks for the great review!Courthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207868768597122349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-89110819562838440512008-01-17T08:48:00.000-05:002008-01-17T08:48:00.000-05:00Bonnie, Les's Mom, and Bellezza, thank you all for...Bonnie, Les's Mom, and Bellezza, thank you all for stopping by, and I hope you can find a copy, especially with Patsy's illustrations. It would be interesting Bellezza, if you do read it to your third graders, to get their impressions. Do they play games like those kids do? What do they do in the summertime? What is staying with me since I finished is the very distinct personalities of the children. It isn't often that a children's book does this so well. Probably it is because they were based on his own children, but also I think it shows what a very good writer he is. John, I must look into other work by him.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-81557938153728770532008-01-16T23:07:00.000-05:002008-01-16T23:07:00.000-05:00This was one of my favourites growing up and as a ...This was one of my favourites growing up and as a child I didn't know who had written it. I was SO happy to stumble over it at a bookstore and discover that it was our own Pierre Berton who had authored it. It's neat to hear from Nancy Bond that it was his favourite book.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583840141441745223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-32910242173750982212008-01-12T22:48:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:48:00.000-05:00Oh, I miss the play of the early 1960's when I mys...Oh, I miss the play of the early 1960's when I myself was a child. So much is lost, in my opinion, with the invention of all these gaming systems. This sounds like a wonderful book, I'm thinking of my third graders who love when I read aloud to them. Is it hard to obtain a copy? I'll look into it.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-89597388308196392852008-01-11T23:30:00.000-05:002008-01-11T23:30:00.000-05:00I just got this book for my birthday in December. ...I just got this book for my birthday in December. Even though it intrigues me to no end (it's so unrepresentative of his body of work), I realized that I now had three unread Berton books on my shelf. So I've gone back to read the first acquired and put Og on the back burner.John Mutfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730205221787092204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-88278588119806040162008-01-11T21:36:00.000-05:002008-01-11T21:36:00.000-05:00Nan - I lurk occasionally, and I'm so interested i...Nan - I lurk occasionally, and I'm so interested in this book as my children were growing up in the Eastern Townships during the early 60's. I think I'll have to try to find it in our library book sale or on the Internet.<BR/><BR/>Les's MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-22574967391402130142008-01-11T21:14:00.000-05:002008-01-11T21:14:00.000-05:00I may try that. Or see if I can find a cheap used ...I may try that. <BR/>Or see if I can find a cheap <BR/>used copy online somewhere! <BR/>You really did do a good review.<BR/>We were listening to Elizabeth<BR/>von Trapp today, still a bit of <BR/>Christmas in the air ( and very warm <BR/>outside!)<BR/>Thanks,<BR/>BonnieBonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03944984613918619990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-25544701809048187552008-01-11T17:05:00.000-05:002008-01-11T17:05:00.000-05:00Good luck finding it, Bonnie. Does your library o...Good luck finding it, Bonnie. Does your library offer the Inter Library Loan program? I've gotten books from all over the country, for free. It seems a wonder to me.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-79363305468117083892008-01-11T17:00:00.000-05:002008-01-11T17:00:00.000-05:00NO, not in the library system, but I will write th...NO, not in the library system, but I will write the title down to see if I can find it elsewhere!<BR/><BR/>Thanks!<BR/>BonnieBonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03944984613918619990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-84508558537053573412008-01-11T16:58:00.000-05:002008-01-11T16:58:00.000-05:00What a good review. I've never heard of it and may...What a good review. I've never heard of it and may not be able to find<BR/>it at the library here in the South. <BR/>I'll let you know!<BR/><BR/>BonnieBonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03944984613918619990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-90170016126583548492008-01-11T15:38:00.000-05:002008-01-11T15:38:00.000-05:00I really want to read more about him and by him. ...I really want to read more about him and by him. I can imagine he loved it best, since it featured his own dear children!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.com