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Emily Carr : The Incredible Life and Adventures of a West Coast Artist.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Amazing Stories SerPublisher: Victoria : Heritage House, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (70 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781772030884
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Emily Carr : The Incredible Life and Adventures of a West Coast ArtistDDC classification:
  • 759.11
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1: A European Education -- 2: Home Again -- 3: The Laughing One -- 4: Rebirth -- 5: Final Days -- Epilogue: Emily Carr, Mythmaker -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Index -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- More Amazing Stories from Heritage House.
Summary: Both a prolific painter and an accomplished writer, Carr was more comfortable in the raw wilderness than in the tea rooms of London, and more at home with her unique pets than with the people around her. Despite numerous setbacks and disappointments, she persevered to become the West Coast's most celebrated artist--and a Canadian icon. Her story is a testament to individuality and an inspiration to all.
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This is the story of a rebellious girl from British Columbia who travelled the world in pursuit of her calling only to find her true inspiration in the Canadian landscape she'd left behind. Both a prolific painter and an accomplished writer, Carr was more comfortable in the raw wilderness than in the tea rooms of London, and more at home with her unique pets than with the people around her. Despite numerous setbacks and disappointments, she persevered to become the West Coast's most celebrated artist--and a Canadian icon. Her story is a testament to individuality and an inspiration to all.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1: A European Education -- 2: Home Again -- 3: The Laughing One -- 4: Rebirth -- 5: Final Days -- Epilogue: Emily Carr, Mythmaker -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Index -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- More Amazing Stories from Heritage House.

Both a prolific painter and an accomplished writer, Carr was more comfortable in the raw wilderness than in the tea rooms of London, and more at home with her unique pets than with the people around her. Despite numerous setbacks and disappointments, she persevered to become the West Coast's most celebrated artist--and a Canadian icon. Her story is a testament to individuality and an inspiration to all.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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