Biography & Autobiography Cultural Heritage
Canadian Folk
Portraits of Remarkable Lives
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2013
- Category
- Cultural Heritage, Historical, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781459710276
- Publish Date
- Sep 2013
- List Price
- $21.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459710290
- Publish Date
- Sep 2013
- List Price
- $8.99
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Description
An amusing collection of lives and stories from the eccentric side of Canada’s history.
A joyous romp through the back pages of Canadian quirkiness, Canadian Folk provides 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-eminent characters who came before us and left their colourful mark on Canada’s history.
About the author
Peter Unwin was born in Sheffield, England, and raised in Southern Ontario. He studied at Carleton University in Ottawa. His fiction includes the short story collection The Rock Farmers, which was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, and the novel Nine Bells for a Man. His non-fiction includes The Wolf’s Head: Writing Lake Superior and Hard Surface: In Search of the Canadian Road. He has travelled extensively in the Canadian north. Currently, he is a Master’s candidate in Culture and Communications at York and Ryerson universities. An avid practitioner of martial arts, baseball, and literature, he lives in Toronto with his wife and two daughters.
Editorial Reviews
Peter Unwin is a talented storyteller with a dry sense of humour who makes history interesting.
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