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Antoinette, the unyielding woman, nicknamed Toni by her older brother, was born to a patriarch father and a subservient mother. She grew up on a New England farm where the test of her character to face down trials put upon her by her father and later in her married life would have been to much for many young woman to overcome. Her father had fled France with his parents and brothers during WW1 and setteled in Canada. After a brief marriage to a French Canadian, he moved to the United States where he settled in Rhode Island and became a citizen. It was in South County, Rhode Island where he met Emily and had seven children, one of them died at child birth. Toni was number four of the six who ...
During the 1980s and 1990s, the "Manchester and the Mountains" area of Vermont was the epicenter of the fledgling sport of snowboarding. With the presence of Burton Snowboards, the U.S. Open Championships and one of the earliest machine-built halfpipes at Stratton Mountain, the local population led the vanguard as the sport ventured from the fringe to mainstream. Ranging from Olympic gold medalists to backhoe operators and converted skiers, locals contributed immensely to the development of the sport. Author Brian Knight details the birth, growth and development of a new worldwide sport from humble beginnings in southern Vermont.
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The Canadian Almanac & Directory is the most complete source of Canadian information available - cultural, professional and financial institutions, legislative, governmental, judicial and educational organizations. Canada's authoritative sourcebook for almost 160 years, the Canadian Almanac & Directory gives you access to almost 100,000 names and addresses of contacts throughout the network of Canadian institutions.
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