Proud Heritage: People and Progress in Early Canadian Geoscience.: R.W. Macqueen (editor). Geological Association of Canada, Reprint Series 8. Available from: Geological Association of Canada, c/o Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador A1B 3X5, Canada . 2004, 217 + xxxiii pages. CDN$50 (hardcover). (ISBN 919216 94 3).

Abstract

Yes, book reviews have a purpose. Christy Vodden’s review of Proud Heritage ( Geoscience Canada, June 2005) intrigued me, and I took note. Some eighteen months later, with a bit of free time on my hands, I decided to seek out and read the book. It was not available in my university library. To my