Pierre Berton's Canada
Subtitle: the land and the people
By: Pierre Berton
Publisher: Stoddart
Published: 1999
Place of publication: North York, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Biography; History; Anecdotes; Pictorial works
Other titles: Canada
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. A nation in search of a railway: The dawn of the new Canada; title: The national dreamer; title: The railway pathfinder; title: The laird of Silver Heights; title: pt. 2. The spell of the Yukon: The golden highway; title: The countess from Grand Forks; title: The lion of the Yukon; title: The bard of the Klondike; title: pt. 3. The mountains and the sea: On the road to Nahanni; title: The emperor of the rain forest; title: The conqueror of the canyons; title: The prairie gopher; title: pt. 4. The new north west: The promised land; title: The young Napoleon; title: A western icon; title: The man behind the Eye opener; title: pt. 5. The shield: The solemn land; title: The first commando; title: The cricketer's son; title: The gambler; title: pt. 6. The inland seas: The water highway to the fur country; title: The obsessive explorer; title: The pirate of the St. Lawrence; title: The red-headed riverman; title: pt. 7. Cain's land: Beyond Ungava; title: The muscular Christian; title: The widow who raced across Labrador; title: pt. 8. Maritime memories: The ghost of a loyalist; title: New Brunswick goes to war; title: The last of the red Indians; title: pt. 9. The frozen world: The mysterious north; title: The man who ate his shoes; title: The outsider; title: An Inuk in crinolines.