Transcontinental Pedestrians: The First Walk Across Canada from Sea to Sea

Growing up in Boston I heard this story of how I had a relative who was the first man to ever walk successfully accross Canada. But since I didn't know any of my relatives back in Canada until recently and since my dad passed away when I was very young, I never followed up on this bit family history. Recently I had an opportunity to visited my cousins Helen from Vancouver, Joan from Toronto, Jean from Waltham and Malcolm and his wife Terri from Roslendale,Ma. It was at this meeting that I was given this book the "Transcontinental Pedestrians" by my cousin Malcolm "right out of the blue"! I took it home, began reading it and I couldn't put it down. I'm finished with the book now and I am in the process of letting all my family know about how wonderful this adventure story about my cousin John Hugh Gillis's journey really was. I only wish I had been born at the time this great story was happening and had a chance to meet this famous member of the Gillis clan. He must have been quite an amazing fellow. I want to thank Mr George Edward Hart for writing this book about a truely remarkable event in Canadian and Gillis family history.