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August 12, 2002 would have marked the 100th birthday of one in every of Western Canada’s such a lot beloved, exemplary, idiosyncratic and admired citizens, the Hon. J.W. Grant MacEwan. A Century of Grant MacEwan: Selected Writings is published to mark the centenary of the creator’s birth, and showcases the writing achievements of this remarkable man. From his first foray into historical writing, The Sodbusters (1948), to Watershed: Reflections on Water (2000), this collection offers a captivating selection drawn from the just about fifty books that won him a spot in hearts and on bookshelves around the Canadian West.

From perilous ChilcotinKlondike cattle drives to the creation of a short-lived republic throughout the boundaries of Manitoba, A Century of Grant MacEwan is MacEwan at his finest, preserving little-known or neglected nuggets of the past for long run generations to read and take into account that. Through his writing, MacEwan shows us our history.

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