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1. On a trail of Broken dreams- One of the few in the "Dear Canada" series that I hadn't read. It's the story of the Goldrush. It was possibly one of my least favourites, but now I do want to learn more about the goldrush.

2. The Chinese in Canada- by Peter Li- An interesting academic history of Chinese immigrants in Canada. I think I may have read this book before. I found it a quick read, and very informative and interesting. In fact, I was so interested in it that I almost set my roommate's frying pan on fire. I turned on the wrong burner, and kept reading, not noticing that my house was filling with smoke. In my mind, that's a sign of a good book.

3. Hoot by Carl Hiassen- This is Carl's children's book. It's great. It's funny, it's cute and there are baby owls!! If you like Carl's stuff, you should check this out.

4. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer- by Mark Twain- Yeah, I know. Pierre Berton and Roger Ebert both claim to love Twain's writing. They both consider(ed) him a master. I actually really enjoyed this book. It was funny and witty, and I plan to read more Mark Twain.

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Second on the Hiassen recommendation, that's a fun book. No death by dolphin sodomy though.

bill (http://www.marginalia.org/log)

What are your favourite "Dear Canada" books? I've read a few (An Ocean Apart - loved it, Alone in an Untamed Land - quite liked it, and Footsteps in the Snow - meh) and I'm wondering which other ones I should bother with.

Sorry it took me so long to answer. I just pulled up the website.

I really liked- Alone in an Untamed Land (The Filles de Roi)
Ribbon of Steel (Railway one)
A prairie as wide as the sea (but probably because I'm from the prairies)
With Nothing but Our courage
I liked An Ocean Apart as well.

I liked these ones better because they were bits of history I didn't know, and the stories were more interesting. The Home child one is okay, but I found the story to be rather dull.

I still haven't read the new one (Winter of Our peril) or the Acadian one.

I guess I would recommend the Railway one or the Loyalist one to read next.