Across thousands of miles, the Canadian population clusters like loosely strung beads on the thread of the 49th parallel. This is truly Canada a vast stretch of land and a bounty of small towns. In "Welcome Home," Stuart McLean takes us on a heartwarming journey from one coast to the other to visit these small yet vibrant places and meet their remarkable citizens. We visit Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, an old-fashioned "cow town"; Dresden, Ontario, once a destination for escaped slaves using the Underground Railroad; St-Jean ...
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Across thousands of miles, the Canadian population clusters like loosely strung beads on the thread of the 49th parallel. This is truly Canada a vast stretch of land and a bounty of small towns. In "Welcome Home," Stuart McLean takes us on a heartwarming journey from one coast to the other to visit these small yet vibrant places and meet their remarkable citizens. We visit Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, an old-fashioned "cow town"; Dresden, Ontario, once a destination for escaped slaves using the Underground Railroad; St-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec, where the worldOs strongest man is buried; and Foxwarren, Manitoba, a quintessential hockey town. We wander along Main Street in Sackville, New Brunswick; explore Nakusp, B.C., which may have been the home of an illegitimate child of royalty; and watch the icebergs float by in Ferryland, Newfoundland. Each town Stuart visits tells us a little about Canada's rich and often forgotten history and a lot about who Canadians are today. With a storyteller's eye for detail and an effervescent sense of humour, Stuart McLean introduces us to seven truly wonderful places and dozens of extraordinary people. "
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Stuart McLean's writings about small towns in Canada and tales of prejudice and it's effects are interesting like a well traveled friend; but when he blames the ills of Canada and the world on America and Americans like a pulse in time, there's something wrong.
He sees that Indians and Negroes are people but seems to fail in noticing that Americans are people too who live, love, work, sruggle, pray and dream just like everyone else. He fails to notice, it seems, that what a few people in government and the media decide to do for gain cannot be blamed on the American people, although we will slowly wake up and eventually see the flaws that have developed over time in our great country and along with many others who have ears to the ground and senses poised to give and receive the good of Nature and our Creator...will do our best to correct. When I finished the book McLean wrote, I missed it and him and his travel stories. I wanted more.
