Author: Alan Maitland. Published by Viking/Penguin Group, Toronto, ON., 1995, 1st Edition. (This is the 1st PB Penguin Printing 1996) Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with a wonderful patina of age-yellowed pages, and a few pen scribbles on the inside back cover. Features French-Style fold out covers and deckled-edged pages. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inch, 307 pages.
FAVOURITE SUMMER STORIES FROM FRONT PORCH AL, are all selected and Introduced by Alan Maitland, are they are among his favourite stories ever, all gathered here for your summertime reading, including:
ALICE MUNRO; MARGARET ATWOOD; LUCY MAUDE MONTGOMERY; JOYCE MARSHALL; LAURENCE HOUSMAN; EMILE ZOLA; W. P. KINSELLA; JANE URQUHART; GUY DE MAUPASSANT; JOHN KOOISTRA; E. NESBIT; IVAN TURGENEV; OSCAR WILDE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alan Maitland was a Canadian radio broadcaster. Veteran CBC announcer and award winning broadcaster Alan Maitland, popularly known as Fireside Al and Front Porch Al, has delighted listeners across the country with his inimitable storytelling. He was a longtime host for CBC Radio, starting as an announcer in 1947 and was later cohost of As It Happens from 1974 to 1993. In 1980 he and then co-host Barbara Frum shared and ACTRA Award for Best Public Affairs Broadcasters. He died in Vancouver, BC, on February 11, 1999.
