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Product DescriptionFormat: Trade PaperbackPublished: October 12, 2004 Publisher: Doubleday Canada In Canada: A Portrait in Letters, renowned biographer and popular historian Charlotte Gray weaves together more than two hundred letters written by Canadians, both famous and ordinary. These priceless documents are accompanied by a visual narrative of one hundred illustrations, including maps, sketches, and photographs. Adding her own notes and commentary, Gray creates a captivating portrait of a country, rich in diversity and hope, once a backwater of the British Empire, that has matured to take its place among the world’s cultural and economic leaders. Letters from: Norman Bethune • Sir Robert Borden • Emily Carr • Sir Winston Churchill • Robertson Davies • John Diefenbaker • Glenn Gould • Grey Owl • W.L. Mackenzie King • Pierre Laporte • Margaret Laurence • Sir Wilfrid Laurier • Sir John A. MacDonald • Marshall McLuhan • L.M. Montgomery • Susanna Moodie • Farley Mowat • Emily Murphy • Lester B. Pearson • Louis Riel • Tom Thomson • Catharine Parr Traill ABOUT THE AUTHOR Charlotte Gray was born and educated in England. Her first biography, Mrs. King: The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie King (1997) was a national bestseller, won the Edna Staebler award for creative non-fiction, and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award. Her second work, Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill (1999) won the CBA Libris Award for the year’s best non-fiction book. Gray’s latest work, the bestselling Flint & Feather: The Life and Times of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake (2002) was shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust of Canada Biography Prize. Find out why we love this member... |
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