About the Author

A professor emeritus of history from the University of Toronto, Desmond Morton was also founding director of McGill's Institute for the Study of Canada. He is the author of forty books on Canadian history, a lecturer at the Canadian Forces Staff College, and a frequent media commentator. He lives in Montreal.

Reviews

"To write a popular history of Canada which is both entertaining and informative is not an easy task. Desmond Morton is to be congratulated for doing precisely this."
-Canadian Historical Review "A joy to read, succinct, sensible, and well balanced in its viewpoint as well as in its coverage."
-Quill & Quire