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The Man from Glengarry (New Canadian Library)

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I studied this book in Canadian Lit at St. Francis Xavier University, and the whole class loved it. Our professor tied it in with our Scottish heritage and culture, which is very strong in Nova Scotia and in rural Ontario. It may be hard to believe but the values in the book were the same I was taught growing up 25 years ago, even the Gaelic phrases were familiar. Our class came to the conclusion that the book could explain a great deal about the roots of the so-called Canadian Identity. If you want to read about the real Canadian pioneers, this is it.

It was hard to believe that this novel I was reading was published in 1901! It kept thinking that the fiction writers of the turn of the century were very similar to the young adult writers of today.

Connor wrote a book which was an accurate recount of life in the Canadian wilderness, and did it in a way that was not offensive in vernacular or boring in content.

Truly a timeless novel that your children should read. It very refreshing compared to some of the acidic laced young adult "literature" of today. (but they do need some of that to get a perspective on the real world, as it is now)