At Face Value, Second Edition: The Life and Times of Eliza McCormack/John White

by Don Akenson

At Face Value spins the tale of John White, a trusty Tory backbencher in Canada's post-Confederation Parliament who was unusually sympathetic to women and Indigenous communities. Hewing closely to the archival record, it nevertheless diverges on one crucial point, reimagining White as a woman named Eliza McCormack.In this Canadian take on Moll Flanders, Don Akenson constructs a past in which people felt free to live in the gender of their own choosing,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228011795
• ISBN13: 9780228011798
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 232 Pages