Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781554884148
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication Date: 11-16-2009
Pages: 194
Product Dimensions: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d
Series: Quest Library (Dundurn Press)
About the Author
Jim Poling Sr. was a newspaper journalist for thirty-five years before turning to freelance magazine and book writing. Much of his journalism career was spent with the national news agency Canadian Press. His postings there includeed Edmonton, Ottawa, Vancouver, and Toronto, as well as assignments across the Far North, Alaska, Russia, Scandinavia, and Cuba. He began his CP career as a reporter and worked as editori, bureau chief, editor-in-chief, and general manager.
Jim is also the author of Waking Nanabijou, a memoir about his search for his mother's origins and an exploration of the shameful ongoing discrimination against First Nations people. His other books include Tom Thomson: The Life and Death of the Famous Canadian Painter and The Canoe: An Illustrated History. Jim lives in Alliston, Ontario.