Friday, January 7, 2011
Key Porter Books ~
After approximately thirty-two years in business, the troubled Canadian publishing company, Key Porter Books, founded originally by Anne Porter is ceasing operations. The announcement was made today. Key Porter specialized in non-fiction books. Authors included Margaret Atwood, Conrad Black, Pamela Wallin, Farley Mowat, Jean Chretien and Allan Fotheringham.
After approximately thirty-two years in business, the troubled Canadian publishing company, Key Porter Books, founded originally by Anne Porter is ceasing operations. The announcement was made today. Key Porter specialized in non-fiction books. Authors included Margaret Atwood, Conrad Black, Pamela Wallin, Farley Mowat, Jean Chretien and Allan Fotheringham.
Harry Barrett remembers visiting the St. Williams Forestry Station as a child. The man in charge would tell him to climb onto the "running-board" and hang on. Then Harry would be in for the ride of his life. He recalls being taken to the latest tree-planting area ~ beds of tiny seedlings.
In They Had a Dream, Barrett presents a well-researched, well-documented, detailed history of the origin and evolution of a forestry nursery in Norfolk County, Ontario. Photographs, names, dates and numerous interviews with descendants of workers make this a rich history of a unique operation.
Published by Port Rowan/South Walsingham Heritage Association, 2008. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11". 191 pages. Available at The Neat Little Bookshop. Author signed. $25.
Tomorrow: An insight into the business of conserving Ontario's trees.
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