My Country the Remarkable [Hardcover]

Pierre Berton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1976

Berton brings the past alive with true stories of mystery and romance, tragedy and heroism, from the piracy of Bill Johnston, scourge of the St. Lawrence, to the weird saga of Brother XII and his mystic cult on Vancouver Island.


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“Berton knows how to whet the appetite of even the most jaded armchair adventurer.” -- The Calgary Herald


From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart; First Edition edition (January 1, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0771013930
• ISBN-13: 978-0771013935
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,025,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable stories, March 8, 2005

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K. Dalum (B.C., Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Country : The Remarkable Past (Paperback)

This very Canadian book by a revered Canadian icon is a collection of little stories about unusual events that happened in Canada years ago. They come from fireside chats the author originally told on TV, and then wrote down as stories. When they became popular, he published them as this book.

They are all interesting stories about events I had never heard about before I read the book. An example is the race across Canada early in the last century, when five people decided to race on foot from east to west, just to see who would win. I very much enjoyed the stories and the pleasant way they are written.