Book
Canadian railroad trilogy / Gordon Lightfoot ; art by Ian Wallace. --
Record details
- ISBN: 0888999534
- ISBN: 9780888999535
- Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., music.
- Publisher: Toronto : Groundwood Books, 2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press." Includes music and lyrics at end. Silver Birch Express Award nominee, 2012. Golden Oak Award nominee, 2012. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 24.95 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Canadian Pacific Railway Company > History > Juvenile fiction. Railroads > Canada > History > Juvenile fiction. Songs, English > Canada > Texts. |
| Genre: | Stories in rhyme. |
Available copies
- 1 of 2 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | RHY JP Light | 31681002071991 | PICTURE | Checked out | 12/17/2025 |
| Lakeshore Branch | RHY JP Light | 31681002323491 | PICTURE | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Portrays the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway in a series of dreamlike paintings accompanied by the lyrics of Lightfoot's 1967 song commemorating Canada's centennial year. Includes music and lyrics to twelve verses, illustrator's notes, and a brief history of the railroad. - Baker & Taylor
Presents an illustrated version of the lyrics to the Gordon Lightfoot song that describes the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. - Perseus Publishing
Nominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program
This lavishly illustrated book brings Gordon Lightfoot's heart-stirring song, "Canadian Railroad Trilogy," to readers young and old.
The song was commissioned by the CBC in 1967 to mark Canada's centennial year and it has been a classic ever since. It eloquently describes the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway -- "an iron road runnin' from the sea to the sea" -- a great feat of nation building that changed Canada forever for good and for ill, as in the process many people died and were dispossessed of their land.
Highly acclaimed, award-winning illustrator Ian Wallace brings the song to visual life with his sweeping landscapes and evocative portrayals of the people who lived the building of the railroad -- from the financiers in the east to First Nations people across the country to the thousands of navvies themselves, many of whom came from as far away as China.
- Perseus PublishingThis lavishly illustrated book brings Gordon Lightfootâs heart-stirring song to readers young and old. Commissioned by the CBC in 1967 to mark Canadaâs centennial year it eloquently describes the construction of the transcontinental railway ? ?an iron road runninâ from the sea to the seaâ ? a great feat of nation building that changed Canada forever. Award-winning illustrator Ian Wallace brings the song to visual life with his sweeping landscapes and evocative portrayals of the people who lived the building of the railroad. The book includes Gordon Lightfootâs music and lyrics, a brief history of the railroad and notes on the illustrations.
