This edited collection of Jack McClelland"s correspondence features many of his letters during the most significant period of the Canadian publishing industry, just as Canadian writers were gaining international recognition in the fifties, sixties and seventies. The letters are entertaining to read, and provide a record of the formative years of Canadian literature. This collection is arranged chronologically by decade, with each section set in context by Sam Solecki. Imagining Canadian Literature traces the paths of the careers of many Canadian literary figures, including: Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Earle Birney, Leonard Cohen, Margaret Laurence, Irving Layton, Farley Mowat, Peter C. Newman, Al Purdy.