What Daddies Do Best by Laura Joffe Numeroff

What Daddies Do Best by Laura Joffe Numeroff

The Reluctant Land describes the evolving pattern of settlement and the changing relationships of people and land in Canada from the end of the fifteenth century to the Confederation years of the late 1860s and early 1870s. It shows how a deeply indigenous land was reconstituted in European terms, and, at the same time, how European ways were recalibrated in this non-European space. It also shows how an archipelago of scattered settlement emerged out of an encounter with a parsimonious territory, and suggests how deeply this encounter differed from an American relationship with abundance. The book begins with a description of land and life in northern North America in 1500, and ends by considering the relationship between the pattern of early Canada and the country as we know it today. Intended to illuminate the background of modern Canada, The Reluctant Land is an intelligent discussion of people and place that will be welcomed by scholars and lay readers alike.

Laura Numeroff is the author of a number of children's books, including the If You Give... The Chicken Sisters and Laura Numeroff's 10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster are among the series. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California, where she enjoys horseback riding, reading biographies, and playing with her pets. A percentage of her income will be donated to First Book, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting literacy among youngsters.