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Jake Macdonald

Born

in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

April 06, 1949

Died

January 31, 2020

Genre

Animals & Nature, Young Adult

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Jake grew up in River Heights in Winnipeg, one of seven talented siblings raised by Peggy, a homemaker and university student and Donald, who was Chief Commissioner of the City Of Winnipeg. Jake attended St. Paul's Catholic High School and studied literature at the University of Manitoba.

The celebrated Manitoba author took pleasure in the world's memorable landscapes - Canada's west coast, the Bahamian out islands, and the Pacific coast of Mexico, Northwestern Ontario rivers, lakes, granite, boreal forest, the muskies, bears, eagles, domesticated animals.

One of Jake's best stories, "Norris", was about a pig raised on an island like the one where Jake had his first houseboat in the Winnipeg River during the 1970s. "Becoming" was about a man ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 465 ratings · 55 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country 4.11 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Juliana and the Medicine Fish 3.91 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grizzlyville 4.20 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Bear Country 4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With the Boys: Field Notes on Being a Guy 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Casting Quiet Waters: Reflections on Life and Fishing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bridge Out of Town 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raised by the River 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rick Hansen's Man In Motion World Tour: 30 Years Later―A Celebration of Courage, Strength, and the Power of Community 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lake, The: An Illustrated History of Manitobans' Cottage Country 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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