Thirteen Minutes
- Publisher
- Bayeux Arts
- Initial publish date
- May 2011
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897411292
- Publish Date
- Sep 2010
- List Price
- $14.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781897411520
- Publish Date
- May 2011
- List Price
- $7.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 12 to 18
- Grade: 7 to 12
Description
Thirteen Minutes begins in 1928 and proceeds to tell a half-century long tale of the Burnside Family. Holly, the middle child, grows disenchanted with the clerk position that famed Equal-Persons politician, Nellie McLung, had arranged for with the Alberta Eugenics Board, an organization dedicated to the sterilization of society’s unfit. Her younger brother, Billy, must re-evaluate his career as a player for the Saskatoon Sheiks when the Prairie Hockey League faces financial collapse. Following a provocative piece of Dadaist performance, eldest son Nicky Burnside flees to Europe to further develop his artistic understanding. As distant as siblings can be, their lives connect sporadically over decades to weave a story of conflicting family, Theatre of Cruelty, shocking bureaucracy and the love that miraculously occurs throughout. Volume one of The Burnside Trilogy. From the creators of the Duchess Ranch of Old John Ware.
About the author
James Davidge was born in Edmonton, Alberta and studied mathematics education at the University of Calgary. His first novel, Driftwood Ellesmere, was published in 2006 by Bayeux Arts. He has since released the four remaining novels that complete the Driftwood Saga, a series about a young girl who tries to save the world using heartfelt magic. James has released two graphic novels with Edmonton artist Bob Prodor; The Duchess Ranch of Old John Ware recounts the inspirational legend of a respected black cowboy from Calgary's frontier history; Thirteen Minutes is a 20th century fable about the Alberta Eugenics Board, the Dadaist art movement and the short-lived Prairie Hockey League. James released My Modern Panic in 2012 - a collection of short comic and prose stories that playfully yet thoughtfully address various social issues. It features illustrations by many great Canadian artists including Fiona Staples, Nick Johnson and Judd Palmer. James also writes an ongoing comic series entitled Mathemagick that is illustrated by his cousin, Vancouver animator Jesse Davidge. An active founding board member of the Old Trout Puppet Workshop, James teaches at the Willow Park School for Arts-Centred Learning and lives just outside of Calgary with his wife and daughter.
Other titles by
1st Legion of Utopia
Mathemagick
The War of Flat and Wonder
The Duchess Ranch of Old John Ware
Mathemagick & Mystiphysics: Apples and Origins
Featuring Hypatiaof the Wandering Stars
My Modern Panic
Driftwood Ellesmere
Driftwood Saves the Whales
Driftwood's War
Driftwood's Crusade
