Imagining Ourselves
Classics of Canadian Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 1994
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551520001
- Publish Date
- Jun 1994
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
Imagining Ourselves gathers together selections from Canadian non-fiction books that in some way have had a major impact on how we view ourselves as Canadians, revealing how the national identity has been shaped and informed by the written word. Included are selections from such well-known Canadian books as Wild Animals I Have Known (Ernest Thomas Seton), Pilgrims of the Wild (Grey Owl), Klee Wyck (Emily Carr), The Game (Ken Dryden), Renegade in Power (Peter C. Newman), Survival (Margaret Atwood), and The Last Spike (Pierre Berton).
About the author
Daniel Francis is an historian and the author/editor of more than twenty books, including five for Arsenal Pulp Press: The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture , National Dreams: Myth, Memory and Canadian History, LD: Mayor Louis Taylor and the Rise of Vancouver (winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award), Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919, Canada's First War on Terror and Imagining Ourselves: Classics of Canadian Non-Fiction. His other books include A Road for Canada, Red Light Neon: A History of Vancouver's Sex Trade, Copying People: Photographing British Columbia First Nations 1860-1940, The Great Chase: A History of World Whaling, New Beginnings: A Social History of Canada, and the popular Encyclopedia of British Columbia. He is also a regular columnist in Geist magazine, and was shortlisted for Canada's History Pierre Berton Award in 2010. Daniel lives in North Vancouver, BC.
Other titles by
Becoming Vancouver
A History
Where Mountains Meet the Sea
An Illustrated History of the District of North Vancouver
Closing Time
Prohibition, Rum-Runners, and Border Wars
Selling Canada
Immigrants, soldiers, tourists, and the building of our nation
Trucking in British Columbia
An Illustrated History
A Road for Canada
The Illustrated Story of the Trans-Canada Highway
Who Killed Janet Smith?
Seeing Reds
The Red Scare of 1918-1919, Canada's First War on Terror
Far West
The Story of British Columbia
Imagining British Columbia
Land, Memory, and Place