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The history and presentâ€"day structure of the cities are described with insight and candor. Halifax would be the most historic city in North America if war were all there was to As unbelievable as it may seem, everyone knows someone who is related to someone else who knows someone they know. Figure that one out and you have the author himself; familiar with more than half the people throughout the Maritime provinces. Bruce goes on to discuss the land formations and soil composition and says the poor land is the result of glaciers that scraped away the topsoil and left drumlins and rocks in their trail. Yet, in reality, pockets of land do provide an adequate living for many people. Generally speaking, Bruce found the Mariâ€" time character easygoing and friendly, they‘re just plain folks, not snobbish. They love country music reminiscent to the folk songs and ballads early settlers carried here. Speech patterns and phrases remain unique to the Maritimes: "Some good, right nice and It‘s desperdte cold out," are common terms, or they may say a man moves so fast "he‘s goin like greased lightnin‘ thru a gooseberry bush." Bruce says Maritime families have an obsesâ€" sion with the family unit. Business magnates such as the Sobeys, Jodreys, McCains, Irvings, Summers and Olands and hundreds of fisherâ€" men and farmers have carried on the family businesses for three and four generations. born. In his recent book, Down Home: Notes of a Maritime Son, he takes a historical, social and often humorous look at what it means to live in a beautiful but somewhat inhospitable area among hospitable people. « Everyone has special and personal memories of "down home." For Harry Bruce, down home is Nova Scotia. Born in Toronto, Bruce visited the home of his grandparents all of his life. 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