{"product_id":"the-wild-frontier-isbn-9780385661898","title":"The Wild Frontier","description":"Canada’s wild frontier—a land unsettled and unknown, a land of appalling obstacles  and haunting beauty—comes to life through seven remarkable individuals, including  John Jewitt, the young British seaman who became a slave to the Nootka Indians; Dr.  Wilfred Grenfell, the eccentric missionary; Sam Steele, the most famous of all Mounted  Policemen; and Isaac Jorges, the 17th-century priest who courted martyrdom. Many  of the stories of these figures read like the wildest of fiction: Cariboo Cameron,  who, after striking it rich in B.C., pickled his wife’s body in alcohol and gave  her three funerals; Mina Hubbard, the young widow who trekked across the unexplored  heart of Labrador as an act of revenge; and Almighty Voice, the renegade Cree, who  was the key figure in the last battle between white men and Aboriginals in North  America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Spanning more than two centuries and four thousand miles, this book demonstrates  how our frontier resembles no other and how for better and for worse it has shaped  our distinctive sense of Canada.PIERRE BERTON was one of Canada’s most popular and prolific authors.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eFrom narrative  histories and popular culture, to picture and coffee table books to anthologies,  to stories for children to readable, historical works for youth, many of his fifty  books are Canadian classics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Born in 1920 and raised in the Yukon, Pierre Berton  worked in Klondike mining camps during his university years. He spent four years  in the army, rising from private to captain\/instructor at the Royal Military College  in Kingston. He spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver, where at 21 he was  the youngest city editor on any Canadian daily. He wrote columns for and was editor  of \u003ci\u003eMaclean’s \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, appeared on CBC’s public affairs program “Close-Up” and was  a permanent fixture on “Front Page Challenge” for 39 years. He was a columnist and  editor for the \u003ci\u003eToronto Star \u003c\/i\u003eand was a writer and host of a series of CBC programs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pierre Berton received over 30 literary awards including the Governor General’s  Award for Creative Non-Fiction (three times), the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour,  and the Gabrielle Léger National Heritage Award. He received two Nellies for his  work in broadcasting, two National Newspaper awards and the National History Society’s first award for “distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history.” For  his immense contribution to Canadian literature and history, he was awarded more  than a dozen honourary degrees, was a member of the Newsman’s Hall of Fame, and was  a Companion of the Order of Canada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pierre Berton passed away in Toronto on November  30, 2004.","brand":"Anchor Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44886666707173,"sku":"NP9780385661898","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780385661898.jpg?v=1767742217","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-wild-frontier-isbn-9780385661898","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}