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The Unknown Country: Canada and Her People
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420 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1977
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Bruce Hutchison
58 books11 followersWilliam Bruce Hutchison, OC (5 June 1901– 14 September 1992), Canadian writer and journalist
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September 22, 2020
'The Unknown Country' defined Canada for an entire generation of Canadians.
It provided a glimpse of a vast nation in the making, from the Maritimes to BC, as Canadians fought beside the British in 1942. Its author would go on to become the country's preeminent political journalist, a 3x Governor General's Award winner.
I was surprised to learn that he was born in my small hometown. I remember walking along the stone wall of his old house on the corner of Edward St. and Dibble every day for my first 3 years of school. Some local busybody would later rat me out to my parents when I was seen hitchhiking the three blocks to St. Mark's Elementary in the 1st grade, but that's a different story and we don't have time for it here.
The style of the prose was somewhat dated, but this was a thoroughly interesting read, and a reminder of just how vast my country is, and how many different peoples and cultures form an irreplaceable part of it.
It provided a glimpse of a vast nation in the making, from the Maritimes to BC, as Canadians fought beside the British in 1942. Its author would go on to become the country's preeminent political journalist, a 3x Governor General's Award winner.
I was surprised to learn that he was born in my small hometown. I remember walking along the stone wall of his old house on the corner of Edward St. and Dibble every day for my first 3 years of school. Some local busybody would later rat me out to my parents when I was seen hitchhiking the three blocks to St. Mark's Elementary in the 1st grade, but that's a different story and we don't have time for it here.
The style of the prose was somewhat dated, but this was a thoroughly interesting read, and a reminder of just how vast my country is, and how many different peoples and cultures form an irreplaceable part of it.
December 13, 2011
Thoroughly enjoying this look back into the past of my country; mine is an original 1946 edition left to me by my Grandfather. A poignant look at the early modern self reflection of a vibrant, young Canada with insights by the author into the socio-cultural issues which would come to haunt us in this more recent age. Very nostalgic a portrait of the canadian Spirit.
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