Photographs from the National Archives of Canada

[Paul_Hochman]

Hi All,

Shandi was kind enough to share some of the photos she gathered for her research. They really do evoke the time and place of the novel. More to follow. Enjoy!

[DSaff]

These are wonderful. Thanks for sharing them, Shandi, and for posting them, Paul! I can't wait to start the book. Thursday is coming. LOL

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PaulH wrote:

Hi All,

Shandi was kind enough to share some of the photos she gathered for her research. They really do evoke the time and place of the novel. More to follow. Enjoy!

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[Donna-readerin…]

Ohhh, I love these!  I can't wait to see more!!

[IBIS]

Hi Paul, I must be missing something, but how do I access these photos?

[Rabid_Reader]

It's so nice to have some pictures to look at to compare to what I myself visualize as I read this story. Thank you Shandi for supplying us with these photos, and thank you Paul for posting them!

Rabid_Reader

[DSaff]

Ibis, you should see them as you scroll down the page below the message.

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IBIS wrote:
Hi Paul, I must be missing something, but how do I access these photos?

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[Paul_Hochman]

What do you see axactly? Is the image(s) broken?

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IBIS wrote:
Hi Paul, I must be missing something, but how do I access these photos?

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[IBIS]

Paul, I logged in on mac at home, and I saw the images.

The mac I used earlier was at work, and I guess it didn't have the right software.

Thank you for the photos... they definitely set the mood for UTUS's discussion next month. 

[IBIS]

Donna, I finally got to see them in my Mac at home. They definitely tell us more than a thousand words each.

[Sunltcloud]

These photos remind me of water colors my mother had of the Russian steppe. A hard landscape that requires people to work together, trust each other, share with each other.

I am posting this from my hotel room in Victoria, B.C. Tomorrow I will roam Munro's Books (established by Alice Munro and her husband; they are divorced; I understand that he is still running it.)

And thanks B@N; I just downloaded the new ereader and the free ebooks.

[Ronrose]

The first photograph certainly captures the heart of your title, Under This Unbroken Sky. Thank you for sharing.

Ron

[literature]

I just went through a very trying time getting my computer set up correctly for the B&N site.  Check your browser.  I now use Mozilla Firefox for Microsoft and I can access the pictures.  I know Apple computers use Safari and Safari will let you see the pictures.  I'm not that familiar with browsers, but this is a start.  You can call up your internet provider and talk to their tech dept.  That's what I did to get set up properly.  Hope this helps you.

[Read-n-Rider]

Wonderful pictures, Paul and Shandi; thanks for sharing.

Joan

[literature]

Dear Shandi,

Thanks so much for sharing your photographs.  I did spend some time googling the Ukraine history in the 1930s before I received my copy of the book and realized how much I did not know. I created images in my mind of what the Canadian prairies and their life was like as I read the book and I wasn't too far off from your photos.  By the way, I have about 60 pages left to read.  I know if I pick up the book tonight I will never get to sleep. The book has held my interest from the first page and I hang on every word as I read it.  I want to thank you for writing such an inspiring book!  Have you started thinking about book #2 yet?

[Paul_Hochman]

We'll have a whole thread dedicated to questions for Shandi, literature, so make sure to ask your book #2 question there if Shandi happens to miss it here.

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literature wrote:

Dear Shandi,

Thanks so much for sharing your photographs.  I did spend some time googling the Ukraine history in the 1930s before I received my copy of the book and realized how much I did not know. I created images in my mind of what the Canadian prairies and their life was like as I read the book and I wasn't too far off from your photos.  By the way, I have about 60 pages left to read.  I know if I pick up the book tonight I will never get to sleep. The book has held my interest from the first page and I hang on every word as I read it.  I want to thank you for writing such an inspiring book!  Have you started thinking about book #2 yet?

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[Paul_Hochman]

These are terrific! Here's some more:

[floreader]

Thank you for sharing these wonderful photos.  It really enhances my reading experience.  I am about halfway through the book and can't put it down.

[PinkPanther]

Wow, these pictures are amazing. For some reason I got goosebumps when I looked at them. Thank you so much for sharing these with us.

[Amanda-Louise]

Oh!  My parents live in Victoria and they are very frequent customers at Munro's.  There's a really great restaurant called rebar if you get a chance.

Amanda

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Sunltcloud wrote:

I am posting this from my hotel room in Victoria, B.C. Tomorrow I will roam Munro's Books

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Message Edited by Amanda-Louise on 07-28-2009 03:37 PM

[Coral50]

Hi -- What a pleasant surprise. Seeing the pictures has  added another dimension to the wonderful descriptive phases in the book. I can not imagine living in a stick tepee, as it appears to me in the picture or is it possibly a storage for crops and tools; or a chicken coup? All types of possibilities come to mind.

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DSaff wrote:

These are wonderful. Thanks for sharing them, Shandi, and for posting them, Paul! I can't wait to start the book. Thursday is coming. LOL

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PaulH wrote:

Hi All,

Shandi was kind enough to share some of the photos she gathered for her research. They really do evoke the time and place of the novel. More to follow. Enjoy!

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