A collection of short storied based on the dreams and yarns - some true, some fiction - of life in the Codroy Valley on Newfoundland"s west coast during the 1950s. Donald Dodds, wildlife biologist, and his wife, Pearl, share their memories of the people of Cormack, their wildlife "zoo", and the attitudes of the inhabitants of the island towards the natural world in which they live. Through these essays, experience the emotion and beauty of a land and a life, shared by one who was there.