National Dreams: Myth, Memory, and Canadian History

Author: Daniel Francis
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Format: Paperback
Condition: Used
Pages: 215
Published: 1997
ISBN: 9781551520438

A sharp look at the stories and symbols—Mounties, the “Last Spike,” the frontier—that Canadians use to remember themselves. Francis shows how these myths were made, why they stuck, and what they hide, offering a lively primer on nation-building through memory.