My War with the 20th Century By Pierre Berton
History 20th century world the cold war
From narrative histories and popular culture to picture and coffee table books to anthologies to stories for children to readable historical works for youth many of his books are now Canadian classics. History 20th century world the cold war Born in 1920 and raised in the Yukon Pierre Berton worked in Klondike mining camps during his university years He spent four years in the army rising from private to captain instructor at the Royal Military College in Kingston He spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver where at 21 he was the youngest city editor on any Canadian daily He wrote columns for and was editor of Macleans magazine appeared on CBCs public affairs program Close Up and was a permanent fixture on Front Page Challenge for 39 years He was a columnist From narrative histories and popular culture to picture and coffee table books to anthologies to stories for children to readable historical works for youth many of his books are now Canadian classics. History 20th century world the cold war Born in 1920 and raised in the Yukon Pierre Berton worked in Klondike mining camps during his university years He spent four years in the army rising from private to captain instructor at the Royal Military College in Kingston He spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver where at 21 he was the youngest city editor on any Canadian daily He wrote columns for and was editor of Maclean s magazine appeared on CBC s public affairs program Close Up and was a permanent fixture on Front Page Challenge for 39 years He was a columnist and editor for the Toronto Star and a writer and host of a series of CBC programs Pierre Berton has received over 30 literary awards including the Governor General s Award for Creative Non Fiction three times the Stephen Leacock Medal of Humour and the Gabrielle Leger National Heritage Award He received two Nellies for his work in broadcasting two National Newspaper awards and the National History Society s first award for distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history For his immense contribution to Canadian literature and history he has been awarded than a dozen honourary degrees is a member of the Newsman s Hall of Fame and a Companion of the Order of Canada site_link Essays satire humor My War with the 20th Century
| My War with the 20th Century By Pierre Berton |
| English |
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