This lavishly illustrated book brings Gordon Lightfoot s heart-stirring song to readers young and old. Commissioned by the CBC in 1967 to mark Canada s centennial year it eloquently describes the construction of the transcontinental railway an iron road runnin from the sea to the sea a great feat of nation building that changed Canada forever. Award-winning illustrator Ian Wallace brings the song to visual life with his sweeping landscapes and evocative portrayals of the people who lived the building of the railroad. The book includes Gordon Lightfoot s music and lyrics, a brief history of the railroad and tes on the illustrations.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Groundwood Books
ISBN-10
0888999534
ISBN-13
9780888999535
eBay Product ID (ePID)
184415133
Product Key Features
Author
Gordon Lightfoot
Format
Hardback, Sewn,Cloth over Boards,With Dust Jacket
Language
English
Topic
Children's General Non-Fiction
Additional Product Features
Content Note
Colour Illustrations
Date of Publication
01/12/2010
Country of Publication
Canada
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