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The Land of Feast or Famine was the title of several books about Canada's north:
  • The Land of Feast or Famine (Hornby), the name of a 36-page manuscript John Hornby left when he starved to death in 1927
  • The Land of Feast or Famine (Ingstad), Helge Ingstad published a book by this title in 1931
  • The Land of Feast or Famine (Robinson), Norman Lubbock Robinson, a good friend of Hornby, published his own book, by this name, which he dedicated to Hornby

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The Land of Feast or Famine

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The Land of Feast or Famine was the title of several books about Canada's north: The Land of Feast or Famine (Hornby), the name of a 36-page manuscript...

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Helge Ingstad

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Inland Eskimos of Alaska"). His 1931 book, The Land of Feast or Famine, was republished by McGill University Press, in 1992, after being out of print for over...

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John Hornby

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became known as the "hermit of the north" for his efforts to live off the land with limited supplies. In 1923, Hornby teamed up with the Englishman James...

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Bengal famine of 1943

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The Bengal famine of 1943 was an anthropogenic famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India)...

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Great Chinese Famine

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The Great Chinese Famine (Chinese: 三年大饥荒; lit. 'three years of great famine') was a famine that occurred between 1959 and 1961 in the People's Republic...

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Thelon River

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This he detailed in his book The Land of Feast and Famine. In 1990 the lower 545 kilometres (339 mi) of the Thelon were designated a Canadian Heritage...

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New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company

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Elliott) Little, J.I. Feast or Famine: The British American Land Company and the Colonization of the St Francis Tract (section of Nationalism, Capitalism...

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Saint Joseph

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traditions, Joseph is regarded as the patron saint of workers and is associated with various feast days. The month of March is dedicated to Saint Joseph...

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Ireland

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The History and Social Influence of the Potato. Cambridge University Press. pp. 218–219. Garrow, John (March 2002). "Feast and Famine: a History of Food...

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Haile Selassie

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obtain a copy of The Unknown Famine that they intercut with images of Africa's grand old man presiding at a wedding feast in the grounds of his palace....

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Saga of Erik the Red

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feast; Karlsefni then asks to marry Gudrid, and the feast is extended as a wedding feast. A group of 160 people in two ships, including Karlsefni and...

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Agriculture

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the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013. "Ten worst famines of the 20th century". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 August 2011. Archived from the original...

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Elijah

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years of drought and famine, God tells Elijah to return to Ahab and announce the end of the drought. While on his way, Elijah meets Obadiah, the head of Ahab's...

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List of incidents of cannibalism

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siege-related famines. More recent well-documented examples include the Essex sinking in 1820, the Donner Party in 1846 and 1847, and the Uruguayan Air...

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Zayya

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Traditionally, the Assyrians of Jilu celebrate the Feast (Syriac: Shahrā) of St. Zay'ā on September 13 every year on the Feast of the Cross. The reason given...

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Human cannibalism

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severe famines. The Island Caribs of the Lesser Antilles, whose name is the origin of the word cannibal, acquired a long-standing reputation as eaters of human...

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World of A Song of Ice and Fire

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p. 300. A Feast for Crows, Prologue, p. 11. A Game of Thrones, Sansa II, p. 294. A Feast for Crows, Cat of the Canals, pp. 722–728. A Feast for Crows...

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Conrad of Piacenza

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Odoardo Farnese, who was the Duke of Parma and Piacenza. This was at a solemn ceremony at the cathedral of Piacenza, where the feast day was declared obligatory...

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Animals in the Bible

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pitiless foes (Psalm 111:13). The fatted calf was a necessary feature, so to say, of a feast dinner. Camel (גָּמָל‎ gāmāl; juvenile or Dromedary בִּכְרָה‎ bik̲rāh) —...

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Pope Gregory I

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of upheaval in Italy. From 542 the so-called Plague of Justinian swept through the provinces of the empire, including Italy. The plague caused famine...

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Irish Fairy Tales

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Fionn leaves the poet and attends a Samhain feast at Tara, seat of the High King of Ireland. He announces his identity and is given a seat of honour. Each...

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Bangladesh

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Riyaz-us-Salatin. The Indo-Aryan suffix Desh is derived from the Sanskrit word deśha, which means "land" or "country". Hence, the name Bangladesh means "Land of Bengal"...

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Saint Nicholas

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famine. Fewer than 200 years after Nicholas's death, the St. Nicholas Church was built in Myra under the orders of Theodosius II over the site of the...

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List of death deities

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In the show he is the oldest and most powerful of the Four Horsemen (Death, Famine, War and Pestilence). He is not portrayed as a villain. In the Sailor...

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