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Mirrors of Stone: Fragments from the Porcupine Frontier

Resource type
Authors/contributors
Title
Mirrors of Stone: Fragments from the Porcupine Frontier
Abstract
Mirrors of Stone delves into the many ethnic cultures that thrived in the mining areas of Northern Ontario from the 1920s to the 1960s. The stormy history of hardrock mining camps has never fit into the comfortable cliches by which Canada “tells its story.” Angus unearths the dark sides of this history–“the wild tales of bootleggers, mobsters, and prostitution rings” and in so doing opens up new ways of seeing Ontario’s history and culture. --Publisher's description
Place
Toronto
Publisher
Between the Lines
Date
2001
# of Pages
vii, 148 pages: illustrations
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-896357-49-2
Short Title
Mirrors of Stone
Notes

Summary: "Unearthing the rich heritage of the Porcupine region of Northern Ontario, author Charlie Angus takes us on a journey through ethnic neighbourhoods, bootlegging joints, and bordellos. Here you won't find the conventional history of "great men and events," but the stories of ordinary immigrants caught up in extraordinary times: pitched street battles, gold smuggling mobsters, and big band dance kings. Searching for the roots of his own identity, Angus recreates the disasters and celebrations that defined life in what was then Canada's multi-ethnic frontier." "Louie Palu's photographic exploration of the "landscapes of memory"--The immigrant graveyards of the Porcupine - moves in compelling counterpoint to the text." "This collaboration of history and photography raises a fundamental question about Canadian identity: Why are some stories told and others deliberately forgotten, as if airbrushed from memory?"--Jacket.

Text by Charlie Angus; photographs by Louie Palu.

Citation
Angus, C., & Palu, L. (2001). Mirrors of Stone: Fragments from the Porcupine Frontier. Between the Lines. https://archive.org/details/mirrorsofstonefr0000angu