Epic in scope, lyrical in its celebration of nature, frequently uncompromising in its portrayal of human violence and greed, and rich in the keenly observed details--colours, sounds, rhythms, scents, and voices--that constitute this place we call "our home and native land," Cantos North sings an alternate history, a myth of place, not origins, that cradles us all.
Henry Eric Beissel was a Canadian writer and editor who published 24 volumes of poetry, six books of plays, a non-fiction book on Canada, two anthologies of plays intended for use in high schools, and numerous essays and pieces of short fiction.