A wandering Canadian. Ernest Bilodeau. Parisian letters. Canadian sketch. Imprimerie de La Salle. Montreal. 1919. Littérature Québecoise.

A wandering Canadian. Parisian letters. Canadian sketch. Chronicles, travel and fantasy.
Ernest Bilodeau.
Preface by M. l'abbé Thellier de Poncheville
Montreal. Tenth thousand.
Imprimerie de La Salle. 1919.
251 pp.
Soft cover. Sewn book.
20 cm x 13 cm
Good condition (see photos)
Small vertical cut at the 1st flat (see photos)
Split back (1.5 cm) at the top left at the junction of the 1st flat (see photos)
Stamp of the owner in 1st page of cover (see photos)
Pp. 221-228 and 249-251 non-detached
Very clean interior (see photos)

A classic of French Canadian literature, a small part of this book consists of a description of French Canadian life in 1910, while most of the work consists of journalistic letters from Paris exposing Parisian life from a religious perspective, i.e. a description of the religious events of the time (Masses, Eucharistic conference with priests and bishops).

A journalist and columnist, Ernest Bilodeau (1881-1956) lived for a year in Western Canada before returning to Montreal in 1914 to collaborate with the newspaper LE DEVOIR.
In 1915 he founded the monthly magazine "UN CANADIEN ERRANT" while contributing to the newspapers LA PRESSE, LA PATRIE, LE NATIONALISTE.
In 1928, he received the title of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
His work includes 8 volumes of chronicles and numerous articles.
His works speak of his travels and the observations resulting from them.


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