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Product Identifiers
PublisherGroundwood Books
ISBN-100888999534
ISBN-139780888999535
eBay Product ID (ePID)92527555
Product Key Features
Book TitleCanadian Railroad Trilogy
Number of Pages56 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicTransportation / Railroads & Trains, History / Canada / General, Music / Popular, People & Places / Canada / General
IllustratorWallace, Ian, Yes
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorGordon Lightfoot
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight26.6 Oz
Item Length12.4 in
Item Width9.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2016-591531
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Although some paintings show the railway in detail, it's less a book about railroads than it is about the history and settlement of Canada itself....a huge and unusual project, and Wallace has executed it with admirable care." -- Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW "The atmospheric illustrations ... capture not only the workers' toil but also the splendor of the Canadian landscape and, obliquely, the price the displaced First Nations people paid for steam-train technology." -- Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW "...Ian Wallace...has produced illustrations worthy of Lightfoot's song in their intensity, evocative power, and shifting moods...[a] beautiful book..." -- Quill and Quire, STARRED REVIEW
Grade FromKindergarten
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal782.42 E
SynopsisNominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program This lavishly illustrated book brings Gordon Lightfoot's heart-stirring song, "Canadian Railroad Trilogy," to readers young and old. The song was commissioned by the CBC in 1967 to mark Canada's centennial year and it has been a classic ever since. It eloquently describes the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway -- "an iron road runnin' from the sea to the sea" -- a great feat of nation building that changed Canada forever for good and for ill, as in the process many people died and were dispossessed of their land. Highly acclaimed, 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 -- from the financiers in the east to First Nations people across the country to the thousands of navvies themselves, many of whom came from as far away as China., A gorgeously illustrated version of one of Canada's iconic songs, Gordon Lightfoot's "Canadian Railroad Trilogy.", 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 notes on the illustrations."
LC Classification NumberPZ8.3.L614Can 2010
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- 09. Apr. 2023
Lightfoot's masterpiece illustrated with whimsical images.
Any true Lightfoot fan, Canadian & non-Canadians, will know the history of the building of the Canadian railroad thanks to the lyrics of the masterpiece "Canadian Railroad Trilogy". This book has delightful & whimsical illustrations that also tell the tale.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 13. Dez. 2022
Gordon Lightfoot
This was a gift for my brother and he enjoyed it immensely came on time and even though the book was used it still look great. awesome!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
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