Debanems, Grattan, Cabinet Furniture from Laura Ashley, Marks & Spencers, Boots the Chemist, JD Williams Plc, BarnsandNobles Chapters, Canada . Buy Now Pay Later With Interest Free Credit | Liverpool Victoria Insurance Escape: In Search of the Natural Soul of Canada Author: Roy MacGregor Hardcover Usually ships in 24 hours Delivery is subject to warehouse availability. Shipping delays may occur if we receive more orders than stock. Our Price: $34.99 Our Sale Price: $24.49 Savings: $10.50 (30%) Ordering is 100% secure . Spend $39 or more at chapters.indigo.ca and your order ships free!. ( Details ) ISBN: 077105601X Published: October 2002 | Published by McClelland & Stewart From the Publisher We think of the cottage or cabin as a place where we can be our truest, most authentic selves. For those lucky enough to own one, just knowing it awaits can sustain the soul through the workday grind. In Escape, Roy MacGregor explores the powerful hold the wilderness, and the thought of our place in it, has on our imaginations. He weaves together chapters of personal history, telling of his family’s deep connection to the lakes and forests of central Ontario, and chapters that detail the evolution of the idea of wilderness in Canada and the history of “Cottage Country.” He shows that the Canadian wilderness meant freedom for many early settlers escaping privation and oppression in Europe. It meant a chance to create a paradise on earth to some early Utopians, and it meant a chance to profit from the desperate or gullible, such as at Cannington Manor in Saskatchewan and Brother Twelve’s City of Refuge on Vancouver Island. In more recent times, the wilderness and the cottage have represented an escape from a technologically driven and hectic civilization – although too often we take the trappings of our urban lives with us to the detriment of our intended refuge. In cottage country, MacGregor suggests, we may be loving our wilderness to death. This is a thoughtful, evocative, and often moving book about an essential part of the Canadian psyche by one of our best-loved writers. About the Author Roy MacGregor ’s books of adult non-fiction include the Canadian bestsellers Home Game (with Ken Dryden), The Home Team, shortlisted for the 1996 Governor General’s Award, and A Life in the Bush, which won the prestigious Rutstrum Award as the best book on the wilderness published in North America in 1995-2000. He lives in Kanata, Ontario. Review Quotes “MacGregor’s intimate knowledge of and affection for the bush shines through every page. The result is a book that is moving, thought-provoking and, finally, convincing. “This is an impressive book, not only because personal history is seamlessly integrated with historical and geographical information, not only because of the writer’s journalistic eye for detail … but really because it is an exploration of the Canadian sensibility. In this respect, it can be compared with Atwood’s Survival. ” – Ottawa Citizen “Poetic.…Intensely readable.…This is a book for cottagers and condo dwellers to curl up with.…[A] charming weave of history, memoir and insight into the deep pull of the wilderness.” – Globe and Mail “A very fine collection of nature writing. Escape follows the personal and haunting family history of MacGregor’s wonderful A Life in the Bush .…With Escape , MacGregor pushes beyond the merely personal, exploring the history of Canadian exploration and settlement, the social history of villages now lost, and the allure and fall of intentional communities. “Arresting, powerful writing.…This is the full concentrated involvement of mind and soul in conscious awareness of the passage of days, seasons, and years.” – Quill & Quire Info Desk iREWARDS Program About Our Company Affiliate Opportunities Careers Contact Us Corporate Sales Gift Certificates Privacy Policy Shipping Rates Store Locations Wish List chapters.indigo.ca: books Shopping Bag | Account Centre | Wish List | Help iREWARDS Program | Corporate Sales | Store Locations All Products Books DVD Video Gifts Books Advanced Search Search Tips About this Book From the Publisher About the Author Review Quotes Canada Alberta Atlantic Canada British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan The Territories Western Canada Browse Books View all Categories . Head Office | Privacy Policy | Free Delivery | Indigo Coupons