God’s Country © 2013 Breton Books

The copyright for each story belongs to the author. Our thanks to the authors for permission to include their story. “The Boat” from Island: The Collected Stories by Alistair MacLeod. Copyright © 2000 Alistair MacLeod. Reprinted by permission of McClelland & Stewart.

In presenting the stories in God’s Country, the editor has decided to respect each author’s choice of Canadian and American spellings.

Cover Photograph: Warren Gordon’s “Cap Rouge Along the Cabot Trail.” Captured during an early evening in August 2011, this classic photograph received the best pictorial image of 2012 from the Professional Photographers of Canada.

Editor: Ronald Caplan
Production Assistant: Bonnie Thompson
eBook design: Joseph Muise

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program.

We also acknowledge support from Cultural Affairs, Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

God’s country : 17 Cape Breton stories, classic and rare
/ Ronald Caplan, editor.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-926908-41-0 (ebook)

1. Short stories, Canadian (English)--Nova Scotia--Cape Breton Island. 2. Canadian fiction (English)--21st century.

I. Caplan, Ronald, 1942-, editor of compilation

PS8329.5.C36G63 2013 C813’.010897169 C2013-905260-7