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L'étoile du nord

Le mystère éternel de Tom Thomson et de la femme qui l’aimait

translated by Benoit Léger

by (author) Roy MacGregor

Publisher
Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2023
Category
Artists, Architects, Photographers, General, Historical, Post-Confederation (1867-)
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9782760337398
    Publish Date
    Nov 2023
    List Price
    $31.99

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Roy MacGregor a grandi à Huntsville, à proximité de son cher parc Algonquin, où il a passé son enfance au milieu des histoires entourant le célèbre peintre. Au coeur se trouvait une parente de MacGregor, Winnie Trainor, la « vieille fille » trop excentrique pour représenter un personnage romanesque, même si l’on savait bien que Tom Thomson avait été amoureux d’elle. La fascination de MacGregor pour le mystérieux peintre allait plus loin. Thomson s’était fait des amis dans le nord de l’Ontario, mais aussi des ennemis. Il aimait boire un coup ou partir à l’aventure en canot des journées durant; il était également vu comme un séducteur. Quoiqu’il en soit, le corps de l’artiste est retrouvé dans le lac Canoe en juillet 1917.
Personne n’avait auparavant mis fin à la confusion entourant sa mort et le lieu même de sa sépulture. Dans L‘étoile du Nord, MacGregor propose de nouvelles pistes et révèle des détails jusque-là cachés sur les derniers jours de Thomson ainsi que des données médico-légales. Bon à rien et coureur de jupons ou gentleman visionnaire ? Noyé ou victime d’un homicide ? La légende de Tom Thomson est l’arbre qui cache la forêt, mais on trouvera enfin ici la réponse à de nombreuses questions.

About the authors

Benoit Léger est professeur agrégé au département d’Études françaises de l’Université Concordia où il enseigne la traduction générale et littéraire, ainsi que l’histoire de la traduction.

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In the fall of 2006, Roy MacGregor, veteran newspaperman, magazine writer, and author of books, came to campus. Since 2002, MacGregor had been writing columns for the Globe and Mail, but he had a long and distinguished career in hand before he came to the national newspaper. He has won National Newspaper Awards and in 2005 was named an officer in the Order of Canada. He is the author of more than 40 books — 28 of them in the internationally successful Screech Owls mystery series for young readers — on subjects ranging from Canada, to the James Bay Cree, to hockey. That fall, he spoke to a packed room in the St. Thomas chapel. After the lecture, Herménégilde Chiasson, the Acadian poet, artist, and New Brunswick's Lieutenant Governor of the day, hosted a reception at the majestic Old Government House on the banks of the St. John River. MacGregor spent the evening surrounded by young journalists and the conversation continued late into the night. After all, there were more than three decades of stories to tell.

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