The Names of Things
A Memoir
by David Helwig
299 pages· 2006· ISBN 9780889842861
About
Talking about a man and a generation, this collection of poetry aims to catch the echoes of the life he lived. From childhood during the Second World War to becoming a grandfather at the millennium, this is the story of one man and his connections with the history of Canada in the latter part of the twentieth century.
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