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$23.95
Published on Oct 01, 2002 | 320 Pages
This richly illustrated book, the first of two volumes, tells the epic story of Canada from its earliest days to the arrival of the industrial age in the 1870s. Here is the story of the people who created this vast nation. The courageous explorers who tracked the vast wilderness; the adventurous settlers, many of them exiles from their homelands; the native peoples, crucial allies in the Europeans’ wars for possession of this land; the visionary politicians, and the shortsighted ones; but most of all the ordinary people who rose to the extraordinary challenge of building Canada. These people are all given voice here, their stories blending with accounts of the major events of the day.
This is the story of Canada for the new millennium, one that draws on solid scholarship and presents the human drama and excitement of days gone by, one that makes past times memorable.
Author
Don Gillmor
DON GILLMOR is the author of the bestselling, award-winning two-volumeCanada: A People’s History, and two other books of non-fiction. His debut novel, Kanata,was published to critical acclaim, and his second novel, Mount Pleasant, published in 2013, was a national bestseller. Another groundbreaker for Gillmor, it was described by the Toronto Star as “a near-perfect satire of the faltering lives of Toronto’s no-longer-young yuppies. Funny to the point it hurts, because it’s all so true.” Gillmor has also written nine books for children, two of which were nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award, and he is one of Canada’s most accomplished journalists. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two children.
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