Promise of Canada

What great ideas have changed our country? An award-winning writer casts her eye over our nation's history, highlighting some of our most important stories. From the acclaimed historian Charlotte Gray comes a richly rewarding book about what it means to be Canadian. Readers already know Gray as an award-winning biographer, a writer who has brilliantly captured significant individuals and dramatic moments in our history. Now, in The Promise of Canada, she weaves together masterful portraits of nine influential Canadians, creating a unique history of our country. What do these peoplefrom George-tienne Cartier and Emily Carr to Tommy Douglas, Margaret Atwood, and Elijah Harperhave in common? Each, according to Charlotte Gray, has left an indelible mark on Canada. Deliberately avoiding a top-down approach to history, Gray has chosen Canadianssome well-known, others less sowhose ideas, she argues, have become part of our