About the Book: True North
A vastly diverse and geographically scattered nation of forty million people,
Canada is now threatened with annexation as the 51st state by the US President,
beyond the longest undefended border in the world. This threat has had the
effect of unifying the nation, inspiring patriotism, and encouraging the
normally laconic Canadians to be forthcoming, ideal for a traveller with a gift
for listening.
For Theroux, this journey is also personal: his ancestor Antoine Theroux left
Gascony in 1693 to become a pioneer in Nouvelle France and to settle in the
small village of Yamaska, where many Therouxs still live