This book contains 29 stories recorded during an oral history project conducted in the spring of 1991. The stories were told to adult literacy students from 28 literacy projects in Ontario (Canada). They record the authentic voices of the following groups: native people in Thunder Bay and Golden Lake, women in Kingston and Killaloe, deaf people in Toronto, people with disabilities in Smith's Falls, immigrants in Dryder and Toronto, Mexican Mennonites in Chatham, and farming people in Palmer Rapids. Through the hearing, taping, and transcribing of other people's spoken words, the adult learners who were the primary researchers in the project were able to make significant strides in their mastery of reading and writing and in their exploration and understanding of their own histories and the history of their communities. Background information on the stories and the research projects is provided at the end of the book. (KC)