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Rostad, Wayne

 
9780771075827: On the Road Again

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Book by Rostad Wayne

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Called a “genuinely endearing, high-quality home-grown hit” by the <i>Toronto Star</i>, the award-winning TV show, <i>On the Road Again</i>, has been attracting weekly audiences of close to 800,000 Canadians for almost ten years. Since he began in radio in 1969 at CJET in Smiths Falls, Ontario, its host <b>Wayne Rostad</b> has worked at a number of radio and television stations. He performs regularly at fairs, festivals, and conventions across the country. When not on the road, he lives with his family on a farm near Almonte, Ontario.

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ayne Rostad and his CBC-TV crew visit small towns, remote regions, or tiny communities right across Canada, seeking out rare characters or striking stories of spirit, individuality, pathos, or humour. Drawing together each show of <i>On the Road Again</i> is Rostad himself, as he takes obvious delight in the people he meets and forges their stories into songs. The result is a portrait of the country and its people rarely seen on national television. <br>Now Wayne Rostad has collected more than two dozen stories of people and places from <i>On the Road Again</i>, and recounts them in his own engaging way, along with behind-the-scenes glimpses of the making of the show. Among the many people featured are: Haddon Strong of Chamberlains, Newfoundland, connoisseur and salesman of iceberg ice; Jim and Gail Henry, millionaire garbage-dump operators in the Queen Charlotte Islands; bug-eater Jim Thompson of High River, Alberta; and single parent Louise Brisset of St. Anselme, Quebec, who has giv

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9780771075834: On the Road Again

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ISBN 10:  0771075839 ISBN 13:  9780771075834
Editorial: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1998
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