Fred McGuinness is popularly known for his work as the prairie essayist for CBC Radio’s Morningside with Peter Gzowski, a position he held for 17 years. Many of McGuinness’ Morningside essays were autobiographical in nature. He often reported about life on Christmas Tree Farm, a section of land where he and his wife, Christine, built their dream home in the late 1970s. The couple planted a Christmas tree farm on the property and Christine maintained an extensive kitchen garden, while Fred tended honey bees. Life on the farm made its way into radiobroadcasts, Neighborly News columns, and the book "Letters from Section 17: A Collection of Morningside Essays" (Winnipeg: Great Plains Publishing, 1999).
Scope and Content
Photograph shows beehive scale on the McGuinness property, Christmas Tree Farm, Section 17.
"A series of lessons based upon the ordinary essential vocabulary, to secure for the pupil prompt recognition of words, accurate spelling and the power to help himself in the study of words"
Authorized by the Advisory Board of the Department of Education for use in the public schools, high schools, and collegiate institutes of the Province of Manitoba
First Greek book : comprising an outline of the forms and inflections of the language : a complete analytical syntax, and an introductory Greek reader with notes and vocabularies
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