Great Canadian Biographies
The list was started by celebrated biographer Charlotte Gray, with additional suggestions by members of our community.
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The Madman and the Butcher
The Sensational Wars Of Sam Hughes And General Arthur Currie
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Extraordinary Canadians Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baa
A Penguin Lives Biography
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Margaret Macdonald
Imperial Daughter
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I Married the Klondike
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
It's My Way
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Time Lord
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Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Volume 1
Passion, Reason, and Politics, 1825-1857
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Baking as Biography
A Life Story in Recipes
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The Great Maritime Detective
The Exploits and Adventures of the Notorious Peachie Carroll
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Shadowmaker
By Heart Elizabeth Smart
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HA!
A Self-Murder Mystery