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What does it mean to be a Canadian? What great ideas have changed our country? An award-winning writer casts her eye over 150 years of Canadian history. Our country owes its success not to some imagined tribal singularity but to the fact that, although its thirty-five million citizens do not look, speak or pray alike, we have learned to share this land and for the most part live in neighbourly sympathy. Charlotte Gray, from the Preface of The Promise of Canada On the eve of Canadas sesquicentennial celebrations comes a richly rewarding new book from acclaimed historian Charlotte Gray about what it means to be Canadian. Readers already know Gray as an award-winning biographer, a writer who has brilliantly captured significant individuals and dramatic moments in our history. Now, in The Promise of Canada , she weaves together masterful portraits of nine influential Canadians, creating a unique history of the country over the past 150 years. What do these peoplefrom George-tienne Cartier and Emily Carr to Tommy Douglas, Margaret Atwood, and Elijah Harperhave in common? Each, according to Charlotte Gray, has left an indelible mark on our country. Deliberately avoiding a top down approa

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Author

Charlotte Gray

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Canada, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781476784687

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Historical Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.27 / 5 (143 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14