maplesyrup Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 I remeber one of my Canadian History professors telling me that he was not very impressed with Burton because a lot of his material was hype, and not that accurate. Pierre Burton was one of the panelists on a show called: "Front Page Challenge" and he was entertaining in that role. Like Farley Mowat, Burton had an appreciation for Canada's North, and I appreciate him for that. Was Burton in the CBC's top 100 list of Greatest Canadians? R I P Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
The Terrible Sweal Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 He was a great 'head', too. Quote
Stoker Posted December 1, 2004 Report Posted December 1, 2004 Was Burton in the CBC's top 100 list of Greatest Canadians He was.......IIRC he was 20 something on the list. Quote The beaver, which has come to represent Canada as the eagle does the United States and the lion Britain, is a flat-tailed, slow-witted, toothy rodent known to bite off it's own testicles or to stand under its own falling trees. -June Callwood-
Newfie Canadian Posted December 1, 2004 Report Posted December 1, 2004 He was 31 on the list. I confess that I don't know too much about Pierre Burton or his work, to my own detriment, but I know he was a proud Canadian and an icon. Quote "If you don't believe your country should come before yourself, you can better serve your country by livin' someplace else." Stompin' Tom Connors
maplesyrup Posted December 1, 2004 Author Report Posted December 1, 2004 Burton was often shy, and if you can believe it, and also a big boy scout supporter. I wonder what he thought about the "God' issue which has basically destroyed the boy scout organization in Canada. He wrote 50 books! Is that a Canadian virtue? - shyness! Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
Guest eureka Posted December 1, 2004 Report Posted December 1, 2004 Had Berton written only five books instead of 50, he might have been a"Great" Canadian Writer. Your professor had it about right. Though, his passion for Canada is undeniable. Quote
August1991 Posted December 2, 2004 Report Posted December 2, 2004 I think it is fair to say that no one in Quebec knows of Pierre Berton. Note to MS: It is Berton, not Burton. I believe that Burton is Welsh. Berton is French, perhaps anglicized. I finally heard of his death on Radio-Canada today (during a literary programme) described as la perte d'un grand écrivain pour le Canada anglais. Berton was the Robert Rumilly of English Canada. (Robert Rumilly?) And what about this CBC/Tommy Douglas thingee. (It's as if Radio-Canada listeners chose le Frère Untel as the greatest French-Canadian.) First, Canada is two countries. Second, who knows John Dafoe? (IOW, journalistic writers come and go. Better question: which books will still be read in 100 years?) PS. The R-C report said Pierre Berton was born in the Yukon and described him as a strong defender of the North. I thought Pierre Berton was born in Vancouver. Am I wrong? Quote
Guest eureka Posted December 2, 2004 Report Posted December 2, 2004 I have always thought that he was born in the Yukon. He left it a lot younger than most would think from his publicity. Quote
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