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"The first ever biography of one of Canada's best-known and most colourful personalities by an award-winning author. From his northern childhood on, it was clear that Pierre Berton (1920--2004) was different from his peers. Over the course of his eighty-four years, he would become the most famous Canadian media figure of his time, in newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and books -- sometimes all at once. Berton dominated bookstore shelves for almost half a century, winning Governor General's Awards for Klondike and The Last Spike, among many others, along with a dozen honorary degrees. Throughout it all, Berton was larger than life: full of verve and ideas, he approached everything he did with passion, humour, and an insatiable curiosity. He loved controversy and being the centre of attention, and provoked national debate on subjects as wide-ranging as religion and marijuana use. A major voice of Canadian nationalism at the dawn of globalization, he made Canadians take interest in their own history and become proud of it. But he had his critics too, and some considered him egocentric and mean-spirited. Now, with the same meticulous research and storytelling skill that earned

Author

A.B. McKillop; Brian Mckillop

Publisher

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780771057571

Subjects

History, Biography, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.2 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14