Columns

Writing the Nation

Daniel Francis
Tags

Pierre Berton was Canada’s first modern celebrity.

Probably the most famous line Pierre Berton never wrote was the definition of a Canadian as someone who can make love in a canoe. The line is attributed to Berton in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, as well as Colombo’s Canadian Quotations, but it turns out, at least accor

No items found.

Daniel Francis

Daniel Francis is a writer and historian. He is the author of two dozen books, including The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture (Arsenal Pulp Press). He lives in North Vancouver. Read more of his work at danielfrancis.ca.

SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU

Dispatches
Helen Humphreys

Botany

I want to see what it means, on a deep level, to stay put

Reviews
Maryanna Gabriel

More Than one way to hang a man

Review of "Hangman: The True Story of Canada’s First Executioner" by Julie Burtinshaw.

Reviews
Liam MacPhail

Memories of Two Boyhoods

Review of "Memories Look at Me" by Tomas Tranströmer