Canadian Folk Portraits of Remarkable Lives

Name: Canadian Folk Portraits of Remarkable Lives
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ISBN: 9781459710276

ISBN-10: 1459710274

ISBN-13: 9781459710276

Edition: 2013

Authors: Peter Unwin

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A joyous romp through the back pages of Canadian quirkiness, Canadian Folkprovides a fresh look at the saints, sinners, oddballs, and outright nutbars who have populated the Canadian landscape.They were perpetually northbound or south; they were inveterate walkers, or world class runners, millionaires in ill-advised Citroen half-tracks. The restless characters who spanned those miles and who fill the pages of this book were fuelled by the ambitions, the doubts, and the certainties of their times, a certainty that now seems unfathomable to us and frequently maddening. From doomed explorers to celebrated poets of cheese, this collection provides a fascinating look at the eminent and no so…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 9/7/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English