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A Globe and Mail Weekend

Last weekend was a Globe and Mail weekend for Dundurn with two books - The Firebrand and Running with Dillinger – receiving mentions! First up, in the Books section, The Firebrand: William Lyon Mackenzie and the Rebellion in Upper Canada, part of our Voyageur Classics series of books, was included as part of the Paperbacks column. In this new edition of The Firebrand  historian William Kilbourn vividly re-creates the ill-fated Mackenzie-led march on Toronto during the Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837.  And in the Focus section, Edwards Butts’, author of two non-fiction crime books – The Desperate Ones: Forgotten Canadian Outlaws, which was nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award, and Running with Dillinger: The Story of Red Hamilton and Other Forgotten Canadian Outlaws – article about Red Hamilton, his involvement with the Dillinger crew, and the mysterious and unsolved circumstances surrounding his death ran. To read Ed’s fascinating article click here.

Tags: article, canada, crime, Globe and Mail, John Dillinger, outlaws, red hamilton, review, Running with Dillinger, spring 2008, The Desperate Ones, The Firebrand, Upper Canada, Upper Canada Rebellion, William Lyon Mackenzie

About the author

Erin is a publicist for Dundurn Press. She reads a wide variety of books (maybe even too many!) and wields a vast amount of positively optimistic power over what should and shouldn't be done in the universe.