Memoir & Biography

Trudeau Albums

However earnest the essays in Trudeau Albums might be in their occasional criticism of the late Pierre Trudeau, nothing can shake the reverent, hagiographic tone of this boxed coffee-table accessory. Organized into six albums, each ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Crack in the Teacup: The Life of an Old Woman Steeped in Stories

By Joan Bodger

Joan Bodger, author of the popular How the Heather Looks and several children’s books, grew up absorbing stories – first the yarns of her Welsh-born mother, then the world’s collected legends and folk tales. Accordingly, ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Distant Relations: How My Ancestors Colonized North America

By Victoria Freeman

Toronto-based author Victoria Freeman used to be like many Canadians: disconnected from her own history, ignorant about the extent to which her family has contributed to the dispossession of aboriginal people, yet saddled with an ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Fire into Ice: Charles Fipke and the Great Diamond Hunt

By Vernon Frolick

Vernon Frolick, a criminal prosecutor in British Columbia, tackles the biography of Chuck Fipke, the man who proved that there were commercial diamonds in Canada.Fipke is a driven man. Working in unbelievably remote areas of ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Understanding Modern Art: The Boundless Spirit of Clay Edgar Spohn

By David Beasley

Lots of artists have the talent to become noted masters, but more than just creativeness is required to reach greatness. It takes an enormous ego, unfailing gumption, and blind determination. Many who inherit creativity but ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Red Blood: One (Mostly) White Guy’s Encounters with the Native World

By Robert Hunter

Bob Hunter strikes again. The Greenpeace co-founder, newspaper columnist, television reporter, author, and self-appointed media guru has decided to share his experiences as a media consultant for aboriginal groups and as a general shit disturber ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Ahtahkakoop: The Epic Account of a Plains Cree Head Chief, His People, and Their Struggle for Survival 1816-1896

By Deanna Christensen

Ahtahkakoop is an ambitious book that presents, in minute detail, the life story of Cree chief Ahtahkakoop and, by extension, the culture and history of his people and their relocation to a reserve at Sandy ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Pain: Journeys Around My Parents

By Keith Garebian

Keith Garebian’s background is rich with potential autobiographical material. Born to an Armenian father and a mother of mixed Indian and English ancestry, he spent his early years in the polyglot expatriate community in Bombay. ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album

By Kevin McCabe, Alexandra Heilbron, eds.

In the 1930s, Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote in her journal that her work would be forgotten in 60 years time. But the promise she extracted from her youngest son to never destroy her voluminous journals ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Without Vodka: Wartime Adventures in Russia

By Aleksander Topolski

Like an extremely long letter from a dear old uncle, this Second World War memoir contains some genuinely interesting anecdotes, but readers have to slog through an overwhelming number of incidental and forgettable details to ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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