Canadian Railroad Trilogy by Gordon Lightfoot
	List Price:   $24.95 Unit Price:   $19.96 You Save:   $4.99 (20%) ISBN-10:   0888999534 ISBN-13:   9780888999535 Publisher:   PGW; Groundwood Books Category:   Agriculture Pub. Date:   December 2010 Pages:   56 Format:   Hardcover
Description/Notes
This lavishly illustrated book brings Gordon Lightfoots heart-stirring song to readers young and old. Commissioned by the CBC in 1967 to mark Canadas centennial year it eloquently describes the construction of the transcontinental railway an iron road runnin from the sea to the sea a great feat of nation building that changed Canada forever. Award-winning illustrator Ian Wallace brings the song to visual life with his sweeping landscapes and evocative portrayals of the people who lived the building of the railroad. The book includes Gordon Lightfoots music and lyrics, a brief history of the railroad and notes on the illustrations.