Books

   by Roger Ethier, Illustrated by Denise McDonald (Folklore Press)

The story is set on an inland farm on the Chesapeake Bay. It is a children's book, for the young ones and the old ones. A story where "the reader is left refreshed and happy to be alive." Watermen of the Eastern coast of North America tell the story whenever families are gathered. They tell all about the seasonal migrations of the Canada geese that darken the skies for days; tell of the great Canada geese that wear the elegant King's and Queen's markings that today are nearly extinct except for the flocks that pause during their migrations at the old farmhouse of the "gentlewoman." They tell of the "gentlewoman", all that they know. But they know little of the story. The truth lies far from the Atlantic Flyway at a small inland farm. It is a simple story, simple and strangely moving and told with a remarkable tenderness of vision and culture. (This book can no longer be purchased from the Coalition. It is out of print and we have sold all copies).