Same Ground

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AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Russell Wangersky is twice nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, winner of the Rogers Non-Fiction Book Award, the BC Award for Non-Fiction, the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, nominated for the Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize, winner of multiple Winterset and regional book awards.
GOLD RUSH ROAD TRIP: Wangersky’s road trip follows the path of his great-great-grandfather William Castle Dodge, who traveled across America on mule and foot over 170 years ago in search of fortune in the American West.
MIDDLE AMERICA: A U.S. citizen himself, Wangersky walks the reader through the hollowing out of middle America. Humanity has recently experienced isolation on a global scale, and this contemplative rumination on the human experience and search for connection will resonate with many.
SEARCH FOR MEANING: Wangersky writes, “I am, I guess, looking: looking for my great-great-grandfather’s route, for his wins and losses and doubts on the trail. For signs of the great overarching family story in all that dust and sage. Looking for that thing called family that so many other people seem to have found almost effortlessly. Looking for my spot in the world.”
PAUL THEROUX: For readers of Theroux’s zippy travel writing.

Audience

Readers interested in travel writing such as Moments of Glad Grace (ECW Press, 2020)
Readers of Russell Wangersky’s previous books
American history enthusiasts, especially of the Gold Rush era
Readers interested in CanLit