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The decade of the 1950s was a time when the past met the future - and when we believed in that future. By illuminating the personalities and ideas of an era, these wonderful stories from the pages of Canada's favourite magazine tell us about ourselves and our country in a period of hope and optimism. But it was also an era poised on the brink of great change. Remarkably, many articles vividly demonstrate the similarities and connections with contemporary events, mores and beliefs. Even then, debate raged over Canadian identity, the CBC, automation and gambling ("Is Bingo Bad for Your Town?") Great stories were broken in the pages of Maclean's in the fifties: Mackenzie King was revealed as a spiritualist, the Second World War super spy Intrepid was revealed to be Canada's own William Stephenson, and Soviet defector Igor Gouzenko was, simply, revealed. Meet Ben Kravitz, the Lithuanian immigrant who made Montreal smoked meat famous; Frank and Margaret Tucker, the last lightkeepers to live in a remote lighthouse on Gannet Rock, N.B.; Ellen Fairclough, Canada's first female federal cabinet minister; and the original Fuller Brush Man. And if you're looking for the kind of memories that only the fifties can evoke, you will delight in: the portrait of Barney, the talented horse who hauled a milk wagon for Borden's Dairy; a song of praise to the Avro Arrow; a re-creation of the day 16-year-old Marilyn Bell swam across Lake Ontario; or the answer to the earth-shattering query: "Going Steady, is it ruining our teen-agers?" As Pierre Berton points out in his introduction, "In those days Maclean's was the place to be if you were a writer." With contributions from, among others, McKenzie Porter, Sidney Katz, Trent Frayne, Fred Bodsworth, Bruce Hutchison, June Callwood, Arthur Irwin, Norman DePoe, Peter C. Newman and Berton himself, this collection is a testament to Canada's Golden Age.
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0140278699
- ISBN 13 9780140278699
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages445
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; some light scratches to covers; spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; The 1950s was a time when the past met the future - and when we believed in that future. As Pierre Berton points out about that era in his introduction, "Maclean's was the place to be if you were a writer." Featuring such talents as Trent Frayne, Peter C. Newman, June Callwood, and Arthur Irwin, Canada in the Fifties is a remarkable portrait of the people, politics and places that made the era irresistibly memorable. Seller Inventory # 005847
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