- Paperback: 544 pages
- Publisher: Anchor Canada; First Edition edition (Oct 12 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385658753
- ISBN-13: 978-0385658751
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.5 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 862 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #261,664 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In Canada: A Portrait in Letters, 1800-2000, popular historian Charlotte Gray uses 217 well-chosen letters to provide a wonderful and intimate introduction to the last two centuries of Canadian history in the words of the people who experienced it for themselves. Letters of all kinds, from intensely private notes to public dispatches, help Gray to paint a richly detailed canvass of a nation. She divides her book into four parts of 50 years each: "A Surge of Settlers"; "A Nation Takes Shape"; "A Half Century of Battles"; and "Hurtling Towards the Millennium." The third section is much longer than the others for the simple reason that the wars and upsets of the first half of the 20th century kept loved ones apart, or as Gray describes it: "loved ones were frequently separated and wrote to one another as families struggled to maintain ties and morale." Those who delight in real correspondence--as opposed to emails and text messages--will enjoy this book not only for its panorama of Canadian history, but also for the sense of intimacy that connects the reader to the letter-writers and the past. --William Newbigging
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“Canada: A Portrait in Letters . . . is a lovely book . . . handsome and valuable.”
—The Globe and Mail
“Charlotte Gray has a knack of making Canadian history come alive. . . . With correspondents both famous and previously unknown, it’s uncanny how Gray always provides a clear social context for each letter writer.”
—Toronto Star
“Enthralling, thought-provoking and frequently moving . . . Canada: A Portrait in Letters should find a permanent home in most Canadian home libraries. . . . It is a celebration of the written word, of the now almost-forgotten joy of correspondence.”
—Ottawa Citizen
“Gray’s is a wonderful collection of missives, both engagingly personal and historically noteworthy. . . . A gem, a colourful, compelling mosaic of a country’s history.”
—London Free Press (ON)
—The Globe and Mail
“Charlotte Gray has a knack of making Canadian history come alive. . . . With correspondents both famous and previously unknown, it’s uncanny how Gray always provides a clear social context for each letter writer.”
—Toronto Star
“Enthralling, thought-provoking and frequently moving . . . Canada: A Portrait in Letters should find a permanent home in most Canadian home libraries. . . . It is a celebration of the written word, of the now almost-forgotten joy of correspondence.”
—Ottawa Citizen
“Gray’s is a wonderful collection of missives, both engagingly personal and historically noteworthy. . . . A gem, a colourful, compelling mosaic of a country’s history.”
—London Free Press (ON)
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