Daylight in the Swamp: Memoirs of Selwyn Dewdney Contributor(s): Dewdney, A. K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1550022512 ISBN-13: 9781550022513 Publisher: Dundurn Group OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1997 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Canada - General |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 98110528 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 9.3" W x 9.3" (1.55 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Daylight in the Swamp is the bush memoirs of Selwyn Dewdney, a noted Canadian artist and recorder of native rock art. His two great loves, art and the Canadian north, come together in this book. His respect for native culture and art is reflected in his own work, his insight into native rock art, and his passion for canoeing and the northern experience.The third theme of the book is history spanning the period from 1910 through to the 1970s during which the old north largely vanished. Dewdney was there to record the images of forgotten dreams painted on rocks and cliffs throughout the Canadian Shield. Thanks to these memoirs we are all there to witness these things with Dewdney. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dewdney, A. K.: - A.K. Dewdney is the son of Selwyn Dewdney. His father was working on the manuscript at the time of his untimely death in 1979. He has tightened the original work and added to it. He is professor emeritus at the University of Western Ontario, and is the author of several books, including The Armchair Universe, and Two Hundred Percent of Nothing. |