ROY MACGREGOR is the acclaimed and bestselling author of Home Team: Fathers, Sons and Hockey (shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award); A Life in the Bush (winner of the US Rutstrum Award for Best Wilderness Book and the CAA Award for Biography); and bestsellers Northern Light, Canoe Country and Original Highways; as well as two novels, Canoe Lake and The Last Season, and the popular Screech Owls mystery series for young readers. A longtime columnist for the Globe and Mail and numerous other newspapers and magazines, MacGregor won four National Magazine Awards and two National Newspaper Awards. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and was described in the citation as one of Canada's "most gifted storytellers."
Finalist for the 2018 Ottawa Book Award for English Non-Fiction
“Well known for his books and articles on sports, Roy MacGregor has
done Canadians a tremendous favour by showing not only how our
rivers can provide tranquility and diversion but also how important
it is that we protect and nourish our river system, an asset we
must cherish.” —Winnipeg Free Press
“On your next [paddling] trip, may I suggest you bring Original
Highways along. It would make great campfire reading.” —The Sun
Times
“MacGregor expands on his acclaimed Globe and Mail series on
Canada’s rivers, bringing these historic waterways, and the stories
of those whose existence is inextricably linked to them, to
remarkably vivid life.” —Canadian Geographic
“When I see a book about Canada or individual Canadians with Roy
MacGregor’s name on it, I feel compelled to pick it up. . . . Mr.
MacGregor writes lyrically and convincingly, opening to us Canadian
experiences that have lain buried. A joy to read.” —The
Millstone
Praise for Canoe Country:
“[MacGregor] has his creative fingers on the pulse of our national
imagination like few others. . . . A compelling storyteller who,
like Pierre Berton before him, transforms historical research into
high drama, elevating ordinary people who do extraordinary things
into admirable folk heroes. I couldn't put Canoe Country down.”
—Waterloo Region Record
“Canoe Country is a rollicking good read—engaging,
thought-provoking and, at times, startling.” —The Globe and Mail
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