When we were young : a collection of Canadian stories

McLean, Stuart. (Author). McLean, Stuart, 1948- (Added Author).

Summary: A collection of short stories by well-known Canadian authors, selected and introduced by McLean, a familiar voice on the CBC. All the stories evoke the life of children and their unique perspective on the world.

Record details

ISBN: 0140262903 (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 9780140262902 (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 0670873284
ISBN: 9780670873289
Physical Description: xii, 351 p. ; 22 cm.
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Publisher: Toronto : Penguin Books Canada, 1997.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Before we begin -- What's bred in the bone / by Robertson Davies -- Who has seen the wind / by W.O. Mitchell -- Jimmy / by Jacques Poulin -- Kapusitchka / by A.M. Klein -- The smell of sulphur / by Marian Engel -- War / by Timothy Findley -- The jade peony / by Wayson Choy -- Cat's eye / by Margaret Atwood -- Body and soul / by Barbara Gowdy -- The hockey sweater / by Roch Carrier -- To everything there is a season / by Alistair MacLeod -- A tempest in the school teapot / by L.M. Montgomery -- In a glass house / by Nino Ricci -- Cornet at night / by Sinclair Ross -- The heights / by Joyce Marshall -- Red dress, 1946 / by Alice Munro -- Jack of hearts / by Isabel Huggan -- Hockey Night in Canada / by Diane Schoemperlen -- Drummer / by Guy Vanderhaeghe -- Fugitive pieces / by Anne Michaels -- Jericho's brick battlements / by Margaret Laurence -- Silver bugle, cymbals, golden silks / by Hugh Hood.