A Life in the Bush: Lessons from My Father

by Roy MacGregor

Book Overview

National Bestseller Winner of The CAA-Birks Family Foundation Award for Biography The 2000 Ottawa-Carlton Book Award The (U.S.) Rutstrum Award for Best Wilderness Book "A portrait of a true original."-- The Hamilton Spectator In 1929, at the age of twenty-two, Duncan MacGregor, the son of a lumberman, great-grandson of a voyageur, and an avid reader and baseball fan, headed off into the largest tract of preserved bush in the world: Ontario's Algonquin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143053310
• ISBN13: 9780143053316
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Penguin Canada
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.2" x 1.1" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

Past to Present

A wonderful book that not only tells the story of a fascinating individual but will touch anyone who grew up experiencing Canada's wilderness, lakes, fishing, hockey, etc. It is truly a uniquely Canadian book that also gives us a revealing glimpse into our past. Enjoy!