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Travels in Smalltown Canada
- Publisher
- Penguin Group Canada
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2010
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780143173441
- Publish Date
- Oct 2010
- List Price
- $18
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Description
Across thousands of miles, the Canadian population clusters like loosely strung beads on the thread of the 49th parallel. This is truly Canada—a vast stretch of land and a bounty of small towns. In Welcome Home, Stuart McLean takes us on a heartwarming journey from one coast to the other to visit these small yet vibrant places and meet their remarkable citizens.
We visit Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, an old-fashioned "cow town"; Dresden, Ontario, once a destination for escaped slaves using the Underground Railroad; St-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec, where the worldÕs strongest man is buried; and Foxwarren, Manitoba, a quintessential hockey town. We wander along Main Street in Sackville, New Brunswick; explore Nakusp, B.C., which may have been the home of an illegitimate child of royalty; and watch the icebergs float by in Ferryland, Newfoundland.
Each town Stuart visits tells us a little about Canada's rich and often forgotten history and a lot about who Canadians are today. With a storyteller's eye for detail and an effervescent sense of humour, Stuart McLean introduces us to seven truly wonderful places and dozens of extraordinary people.
About the author
Stuart McLean is a bestselling author, award-winning journalist and humorist, and host of the CBC Radio program The Vinyl Cafe. Over one million people listen to The Vinyl Cafe every weekend on CBC Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio and on a growing number of public radio stations across the United States.
McLean was awarded the Canadian Authors' Association Jubilee award in 2004. He is also a three-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.
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