{"product_id":"the-promise-of-canada-people-and-ideas-that-have-shaped-our-country-paperback","title":"The Promise of Canada: People and Ideas That Have Shaped Our Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does it mean to be a Canadian? What great ideas have changed our country? An award-winning writer casts her eye over our nation's history, highlighting some of our most important stories.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the acclaimed historian Charlotte Gray comes a richly rewarding book 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e, she weaves together masterful portraits of nine influential Canadians, creating a unique history of our country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat do these people--from George-Étienne Cartier and Emily Carr to Tommy Douglas, Margaret Atwood, and Elijah Harper--have in common? Each, according to Charlotte Gray, has left an indelible mark on Canada. Deliberately avoiding a top-down approach to history, Gray has chosen Canadians--some well-known, others less so--whose ideas, she argues, have become part of our collective conversation about who we are as a people. She also highlights many other Canadians from all walks of life who have added to the ongoing debate, showing how our country has reinvented itself in every generation since Confederation, while at the same time holding to certain central beliefs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully illustrated with evocative black-and-white historical images and colorful artistic visions, and written in an engaging style, \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh, thoughtful, and inspiring view of our historical journey. Opening doors into our past, present, and future with this masterful work, Charlotte Gray makes Canada's history come alive and challenges us to envision the country we want to live in.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlotte Gray is one of Canada's best-known writers and the author of ten acclaimed books of literary nonfiction. Her most recent bestseller is \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of Canada--150 Years: People and Ideas That Have Shaped Our Country\u003c\/i\u003e. Her bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master, and the Trial That Shocked a Country\u003c\/i\u003e won the Toronto Book Award, the Heritage Toronto Book Award, the Canadian Authors Association Lela Common Award for Canadian History and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book. It was shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize, the Ottawa Book Award for Nonfiction and the Evergreen Award, and longlisted for the BC National Award for Canadian Nonfiction. An adaptation of her bestseller \u003ci\u003eGold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike\u003c\/i\u003e was broadcast as a television miniseries\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eAn adjunct research professor in the department of history at Carleton University, Charlotte Gray is the recipient of the Pierre Berton Award for distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history. She is a Member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Visit her at CharlotteGray.ca.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605865152765,"sku":"9781476784687","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/OXRKS2FVbGp6TU9mZXVReVhZVUIxUT09.webp?v=1780113233","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-promise-of-canada-people-and-ideas-that-have-shaped-our-country-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}