Luella Creighton, Don Wright

Broschiertes Buch

The Elegant Canadians

Beschreibung

Canada was coming into its own in the 1860s, according to writer Luella Creighton. First published a hundred years after Confederation, Creighton's book celebrates the thriving culture of Canada during its nascent years. No longer a land of pioneers and hardship, the New World was a place where travel, communication, and trade flourished, rivalling the cities of the Old World. Much of the book, a lively mix of fact and fiction, consists of narratives from foreign travellers, many of whose expectations of burdened lives and economic privation change as they witness the elegance, hierarchy, and wealth that Canada had to offer.

Autor

Luella Creighton (1901-1996) was born in Stouffville, Ontario. She studied at the University of Toronto under E.J. Pratt and the Sorbonne, and later married esteemed Canadian historian and writer Donald Creighton, with whom she had two children. A writer of fiction, non-fiction, and children's stories, she is best-known for her novel High Bright Buggy Wheels (1951, reissued in 2013), which depicts Mennonite life in rural Ontario. The Wynford edition of Elegant Canadians is introduced by Cynthia Flood, Luella Creighton's daughter.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 165mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9780199008520
• ISBN-10: 0199008523
• Artikelnr.: 40307002