Memoir & Biography

Paddling Her Own Canoe: The Times and Texts of E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)

By Veronica Strong-Boag and Carole Gerson

Pauline Johnson, of both Mohawk and Euro-Canadian ancestry, was a musical performer, champion of first nations’ rights, and an independent, self-supporting woman as well as a writer. For decades after her death in 1913, she ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Breaking Trail

By Len Marchand with Matt Hughes

Len Marchand has struggled for native rights throughout his political career. Breaking Trail chronicles his 33 years in politics; he started in 1965, as a 31-year-old minister’s assistant in the Liberal party, and finished in ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

In for a Penny, in for a Pound: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Wireless Operator in Bomber Command

By Howard Hewer

Howard Hewer is lucky to be alive. On more than one occasion he came close to becoming one of the 16,953 Canadian airmen who died in the Second World War. In for a Penny, In ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Stranger in the Plumed Hat: A Memoir

By Irena F. Karafilly

Walking down a back alley one summer, I came upon an elderly lady standing behind a gated fence, on the verge of tears. “Please help me,” she said desperately, “I’ve got to get out.” Thinking ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

My Father Came from Italy

By Maria Coletta McLean

This is a gentle, fragrant little memoir with a powerful kick: the immense sentimental appeal of visiting one’s unspoiled ancestral village in the Old Country. In this fantasy dream we all have of our ethnic ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

One More Border: The True Story of One Family’s Escape from War-Torn Europe

By William Kaplan with Shelley Tanaka, Stephen Taylor, illus.

We take this journey through the eyes of William Kaplan’s father, Igor, who was nine years old when he escaped with his little sister and parents from Lithuania in 1940. As Igor’s Jewish parents feel ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Man Who Ate Toronto: Memoirs of a Restaurant Lover

By James Chatto

James Chatto, Toronto Life’s gourmand-about-town for the past decade, has seen – and tasted – it all. His book is at once memoir and narrative history of the rise and rise of Toronto’s restaurant scene. ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Essential Trudeau: Pierre Elliott Trudeau

By Ron Graham, ed.

The Selected Writings of Brian Mulroney. The Philosophy of John Diefenbaker. The unlikeliness of such books throws into relief how unusual Pierre Trudeau was among Canadian prime ministers. In addition to governing the country for ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Honey and Ashes: A Story of Family

By Janice Kulyk Keefer

In 1936, Olena Solowska left the grinding poverty of her village in eastern Poland (now western Ukraine), with her two daughters, Natalia and Vira, aged 14 and nine. Her husband, Tomasz, had left several years ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood Starting Out

By Rosemary Sullivan

Red Shoes is a “not-biography.” Although Rosemary Sullivan has been lauded for sensitive work about Elizabeth Smart and Gwendolyn MacEwen, this time she wanted a writer not defined by the “tragic female artist” template. Because ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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Paddling Her Own Canoe: The Times and Texts of E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)

Breaking Trail

In for a Penny, in for a Pound: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Wireless Operator in Bomber Command

The Stranger in the Plumed Hat: A Memoir

My Father Came from Italy

One More Border: The True Story of One Family’s Escape from War-Torn Europe

The Man Who Ate Toronto: Memoirs of a Restaurant Lover

The Essential Trudeau: Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Honey and Ashes: A Story of Family

The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood Starting Out

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