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Growing up in the 1930's and 1940's left me with a lasting impression of a life far distant from the life we all live today. It is my hope that these stories bring back great memories to many of you who shared those years. For those of who are younger it will enlighten you about life during your parents' and grandparents' time.

Jack was born in Stratford, Ontario, Oct. 17th, 1928. He spent his growing up years on the old farm on the Mitchell Road near the village of Motherwell, Fullarton Township, Perth County, Ontario. In 1942 at the age of 14 he contracted scarlet fever, which destroyed his hearing and any chance of a normal life or to further his education. Unable to find steady work because of his hearing loss he was encouraged to become a barber by Dickie Thorne...

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A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous - and not so famous - tombs, graves and burial sites.

A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous - and not so famous - tombs, graves and burial sites.

Part guidebook, part meditation on the consolations of nature, it takes the reader on an alluring and unique journey through the branches that surround us in our cities.

Boudreau says "Wild and Free" has "humour, tragedy, a bit of hunting, and lots of fighting." Frank Cooke's own son was killed in a fist fight, but the man who did it is his good friend today. "It was a fair fight, " Frank explains. "There wasn't much law in those days, 40-50 years ago, " says Boudreau. "They were a different type of people than you ever find today.

A guide to the best trees to climb in London, with charm, wit and beautiful illustrations. Covers elms, oaks, pines, poplars, hazels, mulberries, acacias, cherries, hawthorns, and silver wattles. Takes readers through the parks, over the canals, behind walled gardens and into the City of London.

A legendary journalist and beloved television host shares his lifelong passion for the game of golf, in this this new collection of his best writing on the sport.

On a fateful day in 1964, legendary journalist Alistair Cooke was dragged into Van Cortlandt Park in New York City to play his first game of golf and was immediately hooked. Golf became his greatest passion, even though he called it "a method of self-torture, disguised as a game." Few have written more brilliantly or more lovingly about golf than he does here in this collection. For the first time, "Golf" gathers together the best of Cooke's w...