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--Apple-Mail-139-850479789 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Greetings, For those who might be interested, let me invite you to the following =20= event. For further information on the book see: = http://www.gooselane.com/book/9780864926241 Cheers! Chris - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - =20= - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - =20= - - - - - - - - The official Halifax launch of Sanctuary: The Story of Naturalist Mary Majka Deborah Carr Mary Majka, a Polish-Canadian immigrant, survived personal tragedy and =20= incarceration at a forced labour camp during World War II to become a =20= pioneer in Canada=92s environmental movement, an advocate for the =20 protection of wildlife, and a proponent for heritage preservation. She =20= hosted the children=92s TV show =91Have You Seen?=92, started the first =20= children=92s nature centre in a national park, and fought to create the =20= internationally acclaimed Mary=92s Point Western Hemispheric Shorebird =20= Reserve on the Bay of Fundy. Mary=92s selfless actions have served as an = =20 example to others, inspiring them to excel in new directions. Here, =20 perhaps, lies her greatest legacy and lesson: that our collective =20 survival depends on caring for that which sustains us . . . not only =20 our past and planet, but also our relationships with each other. Written in a style that honours Mary=92s own penchant for storytelling, =20= Sanctuary: The Story of Naturalist Mary Majka gives full expression to =20= the monument that is Mary Majka=92s life and her passionate commitment =20= to preserving the environment for generations to come. Sanctuary =20 engages the reader in a shared remembering, as well as providing a =20 vivid glimpse into the Mary of today: aging, flawed, and feisty. HALIFAX LAUNCH INFORMATION Biographer Deborah Carr will be speaking in Halifax at the Museum of =20 Natural History (1747 Summer Street) onWednesday, November 17, 2010 at =20= 7:30 pm. Deborah will be discussing Mary Majka=92s past, her importance =20= to Canadian wildlife conservation, and the legacy she has created for =20= all Canadians. Books will be available for purchase, and Deborah will =20= be pleased to sign your copy. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Deborah Carr=92s articles have appeared in Salts capes, Progress, Nature = =20 Canada, Outdoor Canada, andHomemakers Magazine. As a child, she =20 watched Mary Majka=92s television show, Have You Seen? Her first home as = =20 a married woman was on Caledonia Mountain, where she first encountered =20= the formidable Mary Majka more than twenty years ago. - 30 - CONTACT INFORMATION For review copies, author interviews, or publication excerpts, please =20= contact Corey Redekop at credekop@gooselane.com or call (888) 926.8377. 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