Tramp and Fish


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James McIntyre, called The Cheese Poet, was a Canadian poet.

McIntyre was born in Forres, Scotland and came to Canada in 1841 at the age of 14, finally moving to Ingersoll, Ontario, then a town of 5,000 on the banks of the Thames in Oxford County, the heart of Canadian dairy country at the time. He opened a furniture factory on the river as well as a store which sold furniture, along with such items as pianos and coffins.

He was well loved in the community, from which he often received aid in hard times, due in part to his poesy and oratorical skills—he was called on to speak at every kind of social gathering in Ingersoll. The region seems to have inspired him, and it was in celebration of the proud history of Canada, the natural beauty and industry of the region, and especially (as noted above) its cheese, that the majority of his oeuvre was written. - Summary by Wikipedia (0 hr 8 min)

Chapters

Tramp and Fish - Read by DL 1:25 Read by David Lawrence
Tramp and Fish - Read by EL 1:28 Read by Newgatenovelist
Tramp and Fish - Read by GG 1:44 Read by Greg Giordano
Tramp and Fish - Read by JM 1:22 Read by J. McDougall
Tramp and Fish - Read by LAH 1:32 Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Tramp and Fish - Read by LCW 1:20 Read by Larry Wilson