Weird and wonderful Canadians - such as Sarah Edmonds who enlisted as a man in the American Civil War and fought undetected for two years are profiled in Bill Richardson's Scorned and Beloved: Dead of Winter Meetings with Canadian Eccentrics (Knopf $29.95). From the legendary Glenn Gould, Emily Carr and Mackenzie King to much more obscure Jack Marriott, who wanted to be buried with his favourite cat which he had euthanized and stored in a freezer to await the great day, Richardson's eccentrics range from St. John's to Victoria.
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[BCBW 1997]