"Canada's Maritime provinces are a very special part of the world. From Anne of Green Gables to Ashley MacIsaac, from the Cape Breton Highlands to the Bay of Fundy, the Maritimes offer a rich variety of culture and history. Filled with fascinating facts and unforgettable anecdotes, this revised and updated edition of Calling the Maritimes Home is a tribute to this unique land and its exceptional, extraordinary and at times eccentric people. With a perceptive eye and generous wit, Julie V. Watson revels in the region's diversity of customs and traditions, its creative arts and cuisine, its lingos and lifestyles, in a manner that will delight Maritimers wherever they may live, and is a wonderful keepsake for visitors from away. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.