Great Canadian Lives

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781770899070

<p>Award-winning <em>Globe and Mail</em> journalist Sandra Martin captures the life and times of 50 extraordinary Canadians, whose achievements, follies, and dreams have shaped the country we call home.</p><p>Martin’s witty essays on the cult and craft of obituary writing, from the ancient Greeks to a wired up 24/7 world, explode the myths and celebrate the art of our oldest biographical form.</p><p><em>Great Canadian Lives</em> tells the political, social, and cultural history of modern Canada from WW1 to the Charter, from Pierre Trudeau to Jack Layton — one fascinating life at a time.</p>