Archie Neil From the Life and Stories of Archie Neil Chisholm of Margaree Forks, Cape Breton One of Cape Breton’s saints, Archie Neil Chisholm of Margaree Forks lived out the contradictory life of a terrific teacher floundering in alcoholism. Saddled with polio, pride, and a lack of self-discipline, his growth, plunge, and rise as an extraordinarily valuable person in the Cape Breton community is full of outrageous good humour and excellent storytelling. This beautiful biography by Mary Anne Ducharme is a triumph of a life! Frank Macdonald wrote in The Inverness Oran: “ARCHIE NEIL is peppered with stories we have heard all our lives and others we will remember all our lives… While Hemingway and Fitzgerald and company were gathering on the Left Bank of the Seine to influence the artistic development of the rest of the world, in Cape Breton the people who influenced the development of Celtic art were gathering on the Left Bank of the Margaree… Angus Chisholm (Archie Neil’s brother) would become arguably the greatest fiddler of them all, and Archie Neil would achieve his own greatness in Cape Breton’s Celtic culture, a knowledgeable, encouraging influence for anyone with the talent to sing a song, tell a story or play a tune… ARCHIE NEIL should become a part of each home’s library in Cape Breton. It preserves historic information and anecdotes, and relates the details of a life that has never stopped succeeding and achieving.” 240pages   .   $14.95   .   ISBN 1-895415-12-8   .   BRETON BOOKS

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