Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: Emma Albani, a nineteenth century opera singer from Quebec who became a diva of the musical world; Emily Carr, the artist famous for capturing the essence in her paintings of the Native cultures of the coast of British Columbia; George Grant, a prescient political philosopher and author of Lament for a Nation; star NHL goalie Jacques Plante, the first netminder to don a protective mask; influential Prime Ministers John Diefenbaker and Sir Wilfrid Laurier; John Franklin, while not a Canadian, an explorer whose demise in the Arctic is an important part of Canada’s historical identity; Marshall Mc Luhan, the academic who predicted so much of the modern media world we live in today; mountaineer and explorer Phyllis Munday; and early feminist icon Nellie Mc Clung. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker John Franklin Marshall Mc Luhan Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier Nellie Mc Clung
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 1968 ● ISBN 9781459724365 ● 出版者 Dundurn ● 发布时间 2013 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2892230 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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