He worked for the British Colonial Office in Africa where he befriended the locals, started a tree planting campaign called Men of the Trees, offended his bosses and was fired. Well, here are a few facts: He was born in England in 1889, fought in the First World War, where he was hit by an artillery shell and presumed dead, but somehow lived. Longtime Saskatoon environmentalist and journalist Paul Hanley brings us Man of the Trees (U of R Press, $34.95), the story of Richard St. There are millions of us, he says, and we have something important to say. He takes that bold attitude with him into his section on the writing craft, speaking of how, on the one hand, in this noisy world he treasures silence and its gift in which to create, and how on the other hand he wants to break through the silence surrounding the way the general public responds to Deaf and disabled people. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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