emilyreads88's Reviews (1.15k)

My great grandfather was around the same age as John Kenneth Galbraith, and was in fact one of the aforementioned McCallums. They knew each other, which is how l, born 91 years later, came upon this book. 

My grandfather obtained it from a library in New York and passed it on to me, knowing how much I love to read. 

This book was a delight. First of all, I grew up very close to where Galbraith did (and he even mentioned my hometown)! There's just something that hits different reading about places you've lived in and been to all your life. Regarding the landscape: his descriptions were spot on and hilarious. 

This was a very intelligent read, as one could expect from an economist, and I thoroughly enjoyed looking through the window of time to the politics and religion and history of the region. For this book is certainly a piece of history. It was very startling to read "The Prince of Wales" and realize he was talking about the future Duke of Windsor. 

The tone of his voice was impeccable, and read like the stories my grandmother told me of her childhood, though she was born later. 

Overall this was a thoroughly enchanting and engaging read, and certainly a book to add to your list if you have ever lived in Southwestern Ontario.