Swim home : searching for the wild girl of Champagne
(Book)
Author
Published
Victoria, BC : Friesenpress, 2020.
ISBN
1525568485, 9781525568480, 1525568477, 9781525568473
Physical Desc
iii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Cambridge - Adult | 944.033 McDonnell | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
Victoria, BC : Friesenpress, 2020.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
1525568485, 9781525568480, 1525568477, 9781525568473
Notes
Description
"In September 1731, a feral child emerged from the woods in the Champagne region of France. Clothed in animal skins, with matted, unkempt hair, and wielding a small club, she ran like a hare, climbed trees like a cat, and ate leaves and raw meat. But who was Memmie LeBlanc? Where had she come from? How had she survived on her own in the wild? From the very first, mystery and controversy swirled around her and it still rages, as playwright Kathleen McDonnell discovers nearly three centuries later, when she begins researching the Wild Girl for a play. On a journey from the vineyards of France, to a Native-run casino in the American heartland of Iowa, and back to the catacombs of Paris, McDonnell begins to feel she's living in a detective novel with bizarre, comic twists, startling revelations, and a colorful cast of characters; a librarian, a small-town mayor, a champagne vigneron, a surgeon-turned-amateur-historian, an Australian journalist, a feminist professor-a group spanning three continents. Driven by a strong sense of kinship with the tragic Memmie LeBlanc-especially their shared love of cold-water swimming-McDonnell works for years writing an honor-winning historical play, but comes to realize there is another story begging to be told, involving academic rivalries, disappearing websites, small-town politics, and dark, brutal Canadian history. Swim Home is the fascinating result"--Back cover
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McDonnell, K. (2020). Swim home: searching for the wild girl of Champagne . Friesenpress.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McDonnell, Kathleen, 1947-. 2020. Swim Home: Searching for the Wild Girl of Champagne. Friesenpress.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McDonnell, Kathleen, 1947-. Swim Home: Searching for the Wild Girl of Champagne Friesenpress, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McDonnell, Kathleen. Swim Home: Searching for the Wild Girl of Champagne Friesenpress, 2020.
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