Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–10

📖 The Scoop

Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: Emma Albani, a nineteenth century opera singer from Quebec who became a diva of the musical world; Emily Carr, the artist famous for capturing the essence in her paintings of the Native cultures of the coast of British Columbia; George Grant, a prescient political philosopher and author of Lament for a Nation; star NHL goalie Jacques Plante, the first netminder to don a protective mask; influential Prime Ministers John Diefenbaker and Sir Wilfrid Laurier; John Franklin, while not a Canadian, an explorer whose demise in the Arctic is an important part of Canada’s historical identity; Marshall McLuhan, the academic who predicted so much of the modern media world we live in today; mountaineer and explorer Phyllis Munday; and early feminist icon Nellie McClung.

• Emma Albani
• Emily Carr
• George Grant
• Jacques Plante
• John Diefenbaker
• John Franklin
• Marshall McLuhan
• Phyllis Munday
• Wilfrid Laurier
• Nellie McClung

Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Historical (fancy, right?)