Dear Mad'm

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Summary: Dear Mad'm
Review: I first purchased this book while on a vacation trip exactly 14 years ago (1989); since then I've tried to read it at least once a year. I laugh my way through the book, and the author's courage & zest for life continues to inspire me! I only hope I am able to always view life with the same gusto & joy she had, trials & tribulations notwithstanding. She was quite a remarkable woman.

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Summary: Dear Mad'm
Review: I first purchased this book while on a vacation trip exactly 14 years ago (1989); since then I've tried to read it at least once a year. I laugh my way through the book, and the author's courage & zest for life continues to inspire me! I only hope I am able to always view life with the same gusto & joy she had, trials & tribulations notwithstanding. She was quite a remarkable woman.

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Summary: basic living in the backwoods in the 1950s
Review: I read this book several years ago,and enjoyed it.I recently reread it after travelling from Yreka to Happy Camp,and realizing what a very remote and wild area it is now,let alone back in the 50s.I was impressed with the courage and physical fitness that the author had at the age of eighty.The book is written in a simple but interesting way.There are surprises throughout!

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Summary: Timeless Entertainment
Review: My grandmother gave me this book several years ago, and I have just finished reading it for the 2nd time. "Dear Mad'm" chronicles the adventures of octagenarian Stella Patterson who, realizing she has spunk and energy to spare, in addition to a great pair of "young legs", sets out to manage her placer mine in the remote wilds of northern California. With wit and style she relates an amazing year of adventurous living on the mighty Klamath river,striving with and against nature, kept company by a herd of friendly goats, her beloved dog Vicki, and a neighborly duo of miners whom she comes to love as family. I found myself enthralled with her tales and filled with admiration for this energetic and adventuresome lady who said "No!" to old age and lived out her dream in her little cabin in the wilderness. I would dearly love to learn what became of her and to read any other biographical material that is available relating to this remarkable woman.

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Summary: Timeless Entertainment
Review: My grandmother gave me this book several years ago, and I have just finished reading it for the 2nd time. "Dear Mad'm" chronicles the adventures of octagenarian Stella Patterson who, realizing she has spunk and energy to spare, in addition to a great pair of "young legs", sets out to manage her placer mine in the remote wilds of northern California. With wit and style she relates an amazing year of adventurous living on the mighty Klamath river,striving with and against nature, kept company by a herd of friendly goats, her beloved dog Vicki, and a neighborly duo of miners whom she comes to love as family. I found myself enthralled with her tales and filled with admiration for this energetic and adventuresome lady who said "No!" to old age and lived out her dream in her little cabin in the wilderness. I would dearly love to learn what became of her and to read any other biographical material that is available relating to this remarkable woman.

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Summary: I am searching for the rights to make a movie version.
Review: This is a simple book, first published in 1956, when people thought just a little different than we do now. It's a true story about a year in the life of an eighty year-old woman. But no common person is she. Leaving what we assume is a sedate and meaningless life in the city for the back hills of northern California, she encounters herself through her neighbours. It's a perfect book for the cottage or other summer holiday reading. I would invite anyone who also enjoys it, to contact me and help make it a movie.