Thread: Can anyone recommend one or two good books on Canadian history?
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Old 09-10-2008, 08:55 PM   #7
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The Last Spike by Pierre Berton is a must read for anyone with an interest in Western Canadian expansion.

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Spike-Gre.../dp/0385658419

Actually...Berton wrote a lot of good Canadiana type stuff.
Reading The National Dream right now, excellent stuff. Can't believe the blatant corruption in govt back then! Anything by Berton is gold, Dis.
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