Worth Repeating
A Literary Resurrection
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Initial publish date
- May 1999
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780385257374
- Publish Date
- May 1999
- List Price
- $27.00
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
This glorious miscellany of many of Pierre Berton's most sparkling pieces brings back lost treasures from his years as a journalist covering Canada and the world. Worth Repeating is a treat to read, but it's also a valuable reminder of Berton's fifty years of extraordinary contributions to reporting and social commentary.
Writing, as Berton acknowledges in a lively introduction, has been an obsession for him. Wonderful vignettes, book excerpts, essays, sketches and satires — some out of print for decades — take us back into the days when television had not yet arrived and the Eaton's catalogue was eagerly awaited. From portraits of Canadian eccentrics and British royalty to sharp, crusading reflections on Canadian society, on religion and on the media, Worth Repeating is Berton at his best — accessible, funny, polemical and wise.
"This is more than an anthology. It is a resurrection. The various pieces that follow — essays, articles, bits of history, chapters from out-of-print books, the occasional verse, a stage sketch or two — were written over a period of fifty years. All have long since been interred in the graveyard of dead manuscripts; gone, yes — but hopefully not forgotten, at least by me."
About the author
Pierre Berton, well-known and well-loved Canadian author, journalist, and media personality, hailed from Whitehorse, Yukon. During his career, he wrote fifty books for adults and twenty-two for children, popularizing Canadian history and culture and reflecting on his life and times. With more than thirty literary awards and a dozen honorary degrees to his credit, Berton was also a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Excerpt: Worth Repeating: A Literary Resurrection (by (author) Pierre Berton)
"This is more than an anthology. It is a resurrection. The various pieces that follow--essays, articles, bits of history, chapters from out-of-print books, the occasional verse, a stage sketch or two--were written over a period of fifty years. All have long since been interred in the graveyard of dead manuscripts; gone, yes--but hopefully not forgotten, at least by me."
Editorial Reviews
"No one has written of Canadian history and culture with greater verve and popular appeal."
—The Globe and Mail
