{"product_id":"a-wild-life-and-a-maggie-squires-9781771436236","title":"A Wild Life And A Dog Called Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Wild Life And A Dog Called Brown \u003c\/em\u003eopens with a heartfelt 'letter' from my daughter Rose to her beloved dog Brown during their last field season, after a dozen, of working together in the mountains of the Yukon. Brown was a perfect field companion for Rose, a geologist working for the Yukon Geological Survey. While Rose was preoccupied with mapping, Brown was on the look out for bears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe big black dog also had his fair share of bad habits, too. Among the worst was chasing wildlife and roughing up small dogs. Even so, he was a once-in-a-lifetime mountain dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Brown, Rose didn't consider herself a dog person. Neither did her dad, Ted, who grew up in the frontier town of Fort Nelson, not long after its transformation from a trading post to stop on the Alaska Highway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI met Ted in 1977 after a scandalous departure from my well-heeled family in North Carolina which led me to a wilderness outpost in the heart of the Northern Rocky Mountains. We would go on to raise three daughters in the rough and remote wilderness of the Liard River in northeastern British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, twenty-eight-year-old Rose headed north to solo-build a log cabin on a plot of family land overlooking Muncho Lake. The unexpected entry of a puppy -- handed off to her by her persistent dad -- led to a spirited companionship that lasted over a decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis short book is an exploration of our lives on the land, and how an enthusiastic hound would bring our family together in unexpected ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggie Squires has a Ph.D. in limnology. Over the last decade, she's studied lakes, large and small, from Wabush Lake in Labrador to St. Mary Lake on Salt Spring Island, to Snap Lake in the Northwest Territories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2007, Maggie arrived on Salt Spring Island by sailboat from Pedder Bay on Vancouver Island and decided to put down anchor. She spends summers gardening and cycling on Salt Spring, and winters in the Yukon, cross-country skiing, writing and visiting with her four daughters, four grandsons, and a granddaughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Salt Spring and outside Whitehorse, Maggie's home is a simple dwelling with a wood stove and big windows that look out upon forest. A Wild Life And A Dog Called Brown is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maggie Squires\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771436239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771436236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CCB Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Maggie Squires","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440557994239,"sku":"9781771436236","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_debed625-8c10-49fc-967c-827cdd11fdad.jpg?v=1777183235","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-wild-life-and-a-maggie-squires-9781771436236","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}