Boswell's Children Art of the Biographer
Language: English
Published by Dundurn Group Ltd, 1992
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- Title
- Boswell's Children Art of the Biographer
- Author
- Fleming, R.B.
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 155002177X
- ISBN 13
- 9781550021776
Boswell’s Children emerged from a conference on biography and history, 2-4 May 1991, hosted by Ged Martin, director of the Centre of Canadian Studies, University of Edinburgh.
This collection represents some of the finest moments of the conference. Francess Halpenny, who has made biography her life, surveys its past and future; Elspeth Cameron discusses truth in biography; and Réal Bélanger explains why biography has not attracted historians in French Canada. Characters from the past live again: Aimee Semple McPherson urges us to believe her invented past; Timothy Eaton’s supposed fondness for Northern Ireland is questioned; Dr. Norman Bethune stalks again through China; Sir Wilfrid Laurier and D’Alton McCarthy debate the Manitoba Schools Question; William Lyon Mackenzie and Sir William Mackenzie, John Galt and Lord Lansdowne make appearances.
Collective biography and cultural baggage, rebellions in Ireland and Canada, and the founding of the United Church of Canada are discussed within the framework of biography. Ged Martin’s pithy introduction alone is worth the price of the book.
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About the Author
Rae Fleming (1944–2022) was a historian and writer whose works include a biographies of Sir William Mackenzie, Peter Gzowski, and an edited collection of essays on biography. He was awarded the Fred Landon Award by the Ontario Historical Society for Best Book on Ontario's Regional History for The Railway King of Canada.
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