A 460-year-long list: in which we present the hundred most important Canadian books ever written.(A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean)(Wacousta, or the Prophecy: A Tale of the Canadas)(Report on the Affairs of British North America)(Roughing It in the Bush, or Life in Canada)(Geological Survey of Canada: Report of Progress from Its Commencement to 1863)(Canada and the Canadian Question)(Wild Animals I Have Known: Being the Personal Histories of Lobo, Silverspot, Raggylug, Bingo, the Springfield Fox, the Pacing Mustang, Wully and Redruff)(The Poems of Archibald Lampman)(The Imperialist)(Anne of Green Gables)(The Imperialist)(Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town)(Maria Chapdelaine)(Jalna)(The Fur-Trade in Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Economic History)(Such is My Beloved)(The Commercial Empire of the St. Lawrence, 1760-1850)(Menaud, maitre-draveur)(As for Me and My House)(Two Solitudes)(Bonheur d'occasion)(Report of the Royal Commission to Investigate the Facts Relating to and the Circumstances Surrounding the Communication by Public Officials and Other Persons in Positions of Trust of Secret and Confidential Information to Agents of a Foreign Power)(Who Has Seen the Wind)(Les Plouffe)(Refus Global)(Empire and Communications)(Report of the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences, 1949-1951)(People of the Deer)(So Little for the Mind)(John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician)(The Old Chieftain)(Insight: A Study in Human Understanding)(Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays)(The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz)(The Spice-Box of Earth)(The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man)(Renegade in Power: The Diefenbaker Years)(Report of the Canada Royal Commission on Health Services)(The Stone Angel)(In Praise of Older Women: The Amorous Recollections of Andras Vajda)(Lament for a Nation: The Defeat of Canadian Nationalism)(Prochain episode)(The Vertical Mosaic: An Analysis of Social Class and Power in Canada)(Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel)(Combat Journal for Place d'Armes: A Personal Narrative)(The Ecstasy of Rita Joe)(Final Report of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism)(Les belles-sours)(Federalism and the French Canadians)(Negres blancs d'Amerique)(Book review)

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A 460-year-long list: in which we present the hundred most important Canadian books ever written.(A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean)(Wacousta, or the Prophecy: A Tale of the Canadas)(Report on the Affairs of British North America)(Roughing It in the Bush, or Life in Canada)(Geological Survey of Canada: Report of Progress from Its Commencement to 1863)(Canada and the Canadian Question)(Wild Animals I Have Known: Being the Personal Histories of Lobo, Silverspot, Raggylug, Bingo, the Springfield Fox, the Pacing Mustang, Wully and Redruff)(The Poems of Archibald Lampman)(The Imperialist)(Anne of Green Gables)(The Imperialist)(Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town)(Maria Chapdelaine)(Jalna)(The Fur-Trade in Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Economic History)(Such is My Beloved)(The Commercial Empire of the St. Lawrence, 1760-1850)(Menaud, maitre-draveur)(As for Me and My House)(Two Solitudes)(Bonheur d'occasion)(Report of the Royal Commission to Investigate the Facts Relating to and the Circumstances Surrounding the Communication by Public Officials and Other Persons in Positions of Trust of Secret and Confidential Information to Agents of a Foreign Power)(Who Has Seen the Wind)(Les Plouffe)(Refus Global)(Empire and Communications)(Report of the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences, 1949-1951)(People of the Deer)(So Little for the Mind)(John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician)(The Old Chieftain)(Insight: A Study in Human Understanding)(Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays)(The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz)(The Spice-Box of Earth)(The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man)(Renegade in Power: The Diefenbaker Years)(Report of the Canada Royal Commission on Health Services)(The Stone Angel)(In Praise of Older Women: The Amorous Recollections of Andras Vajda)(Lament for a Nation: The Defeat of Canadian Nationalism)(Prochain episode)(The Vertical Mosaic: An Analysis of Social Class and Power in Canada)(Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel)(Combat Journal for Place d'Armes: A Personal Narrative)(The Ecstasy of Rita Joe)(Final Report of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism)(Les belles-sours)(Federalism and the French Canadians)(Negres blancs d'Amerique)(Book review)
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