Background
Berton Pierre was born on July 12, 1920, in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. He is the son of Francis George and Laura (Thompson) Berton.
Pierre Berton's black and white portrait.
2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Pierre Berton earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of British Columbia in 1941.
Pierre Berton in his late years.
Pierre Berton on the Klondike River Boat with George Dawson in 1985.
Pierre Berton, right, at the 1962 Dawson City Festival seen here talking to the Minister of Northern Development, Walter Dinsdale.
Pierre Berton's portrait.
Pierre Berton shows how to roll a cigarette with marijuana on TV.
Pierre Berton's portrait in nature.
Pierre Berton holding his own work - The Klondike Quest.
Pierre Berton in his late years.
Pierre Berton on the Klondike River Boat with George Dawson in 1985.
Pierre Berton, right, at the 1962 Dawson City Festival seen here talking to the Minister of Northern Development, Walter Dinsdale.
Pierre Berton's portrait.
Pierre Berton shows how to roll a cigarette with marijuana on TV.
Pierre Berton's portrait in nature.
Pierre Berton holding his own work - The Klondike Quest.
2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Pierre Berton earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of British Columbia in 1941.
(This thrilling story is at once first-rate history and fi...)
This thrilling story is at once first-rate history and first-rate entertainment. Some of the anecdotes of the last great gold rush have been told by others, but Pierre Berton is the first to distill the Klondike experience into a single, complete, coherent and immensely dramatic narrative.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394432061/?tag=2022091-20
1958
https://www.amazon.com/Just-Water-Stir-Pierre-Berton/dp/B000BRC1W2/?tag=2022091-20
1959
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0771013876/?tag=2022091-20
1961
(In 1871, a tiny nation, just four years old - it's popula...)
In 1871, a tiny nation, just four years old - it's population well below the 4 million mark - determined that it would build the world's longest railroad across the empty country, much of it unexplored. This decision - bold to the point of recklessness - was to change the lives of every man, woman, and child in Canada and alter the shape of the nation. Using primary sources - diaries, letters, unpublished manuscripts, public documents, and newspapers - Pierre Berton has reconstructed the incredible decade of the 1870s, when Canadians of every stripe - contractors, politicians, financiers, surveyors, workingmen, journalists and entrepreneurs - fought for the railway, or against it.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055PJ538/?tag=2022091-20
1970
(In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forge...)
In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the incredible story of how some 2,000 miles of steel crossed the continent in just five years - exactly half the time stipulated in the contract.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004H3W40U/?tag=2022091-20
1971
(With the building of the railroad and the settlement of t...)
With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway; Swiftwater Bill Gates, who bathed in champagne; Silent Sam Bonnifield, who lost and won back a hotel in a poker game; and Roddy Connors, who danced away a fortune at a dollar a dance. We meet dance-hall queens, paupers turned millionaires, missionaries and entrepreneurs, and legendary Mounties such as Sam Steele, the Lion of the Yukon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0771012837/?tag=2022091-20
1972
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316092169/?tag=2022091-20
1980
(The Canada-U.S. border was in flames as the War of 1812 c...)
The Canada-U.S. border was in flames as the War of 1812 continued. York's parliament buildings were on fire, Niagara-on-the-Lake burned to the ground and Buffalo lay in ashes. Even the American capital of Washington, far to the south, was put to the torch. The War of 1812 had become one of the nineteenth century's bloodiest struggles. Flames Across the Border is a compelling evocation of war at its most primeval level - the muddy fields, the frozen forests and the ominous waters where men fought and died. Pierre Berton skilfully captures the courage, determination, and terror of the universal soldier, giving a new dimension and fresh perspective to this early conflict between the two emerging nations of North America.
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1981
(The most photographed event in America during the 19th ce...)
The most photographed event in America during the 19th century. More than 10,000 images reside in public archives and private collections, depicting every aspect of what popular historian Pierre Berton has called "one of the strangest mass movements in history." For this book, Berton selected 200 photographs, some iconic, some touchingly personal, and most previously unpublished. The Klondike Quest brings to life the panoramic drama of the great stampede for gold as seen by the ordinary gold-seeker. The photographs are beautifully reproduced and informatively and colorfully captioned. "One million people, it is said, laid plans to go to the Klondike. One hundred thousand actually set off. And so the Klondike saga is a chronicle of humanity in the mass.... For the next eighteen months, the Yukon interior plateau became a human anthill." (1983)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316092185/?tag=2022091-20
1983
(Covering the entire period of exploration from the expedi...)
Covering the entire period of exploration from the expedition of William Edward Perry in 1818 to that of Robert Peary in a single volume, Pierre Berton has written a revisionist history of the search for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670824917/?tag=2022091-20
1988
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FGQ1QLE/?tag=2022091-20
1989
(A quirky book about cat behaviors.)
A quirky book about cat behaviors.
https://www.amazon.com/Cats-I-Have-Known-Loved/dp/0385659385/?tag=2022091-20
2002
Berton Pierre was born on July 12, 1920, in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. He is the son of Francis George and Laura (Thompson) Berton.
Pierre Berton earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of British Columbia in 1941.
Berton enjoyed a varied career as a magazine editor, television panelist, and author of books - often on history - for both adults and children. Graduating from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1941, he worked briefly for the Vancouver News-Herald before World War II, when he enlisted in the Canadian Army. After World War II ended, he returned to journalism, working for the Vancouver Sun for a year before joining the staff at Maclean's magazine, where he served in various editorial positions until 1958.
With a growing family to support, Berton pursued careers as an author and television host to earn additional income. He hosted the Pierre Berton Show from 1957 until 1973 and was best remembered as a panelist on the Canadian game show Front Page Challenge, where he appeared for thirty-seven years, beginning in 1957. He also hosted Heritage Theatre from 1947 to 1958. Berton found success, too, as a prolific author of history books for adult and young readers. Among these are such award-winning books as The Mysterious North (1956), The Klondike Fever (1958), the two-volume The Great Railway (1970, 1971), and The Invasion of Canada, 1812-1813 (1977).
Pierre Berton is a notable Canadian author and journalist. In his lifetime, he received 37 awards and recognitions, along with a dozen honorary degrees from York University, Dalhousie University, Brock University, University of Windsor and others. Pierre Berton is a member of Canada's Walk of Fame since 1998.
(Covering the entire period of exploration from the expedi...)
1988(In 1871, a tiny nation, just four years old - it's popula...)
1970(In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forge...)
1971(With the building of the railroad and the settlement of t...)
1972(This thrilling story is at once first-rate history and fi...)
1958(The most photographed event in America during the 19th ce...)
1983(A quirky book about cat behaviors.)
2002(The Canada-U.S. border was in flames as the War of 1812 c...)
1981
Quotations:
“My best advice to writers is to get yourself born in an interesting place.”
“Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.”
“I am an atheist, a rationalist, and a humanist.”
“I only write books about dead people. They can't sue.”
“I’m Pierre Berton and that’s how to roll a joint.”
Pierre Berton describes himself as an atheist, a rationalist, and a humanist. He was regarded as witty and persistently humorous as a person. Berton once described his 40-years of smoking marijuana experience.
Pierre Berton was married to Janet Berton in 1946. He had eight children.
