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The Wild is Always There was received with acclaim and pleasure on publication. It is the first collection of its kind, an astonishing anthology of writing about Canada by some of the world's most renowned writers, including Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Elizabeth Bishop, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Jules Verne, Graham Greene and many more. This remarkable array of short stories, travel essays, poems, plays, comedy, suspense and adventure spans three centuries of writing. The Wild is Always There cannot fail to make any reader admire and be amazed by this country.
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Greg Gatenby, the artistic Director of the Harbourfront Reading Series, is a poet and the author of Whales: A Celebration. He lives in Toronto.
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"Illuminating...An impressive example of scholarly sleuthing...A valuable addition to any library of Canadian or literary history." --Winnipeg Free Press
"A splendid collection...superbly executed. Greg Gatenby's introductions to each extract are always illuminating." --Ottawa Citizen
"The most thoughtful and fascinating book of its genre." --Book in Canada
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The Wild is Always There was received with acclaim and pleasure on publication. It is the first collection of its kind, an astonishing anthology of writing about Canada by some of the world's most renowned writers, including Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Elizabeth Bishop, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Jules Verne, Graham Greene and many more. This remarkable array of short stories, travel essays, poems, plays, comedy, suspense and adventure spans three centuries of writing. The Wild is Always There cannot fail to make any reader admire and be amazed by this country.
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