The longlist for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction has been announced:
* Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter, by Carmen Aguirre
* Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest, by Wade Davis
* The Patrol: Seven Days in the Life of a Canadian Soldier in Afghanistan, by Ryan Flavelle
* Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe, by Charlotte Gill
* Nation Maker: Sir John A. MacDonald: His Life, Our Times Volume Two: 1867-1891, by Richard Gwyn
* The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit, by J.J. Lee
* Facing the Hunter: Reflections on a Misunderstood Way of Life, by David Adams Richards
* Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live, by Ray Robertson
* Afflictions and Departures: Essays, by Madeline Sonik
* The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery, by Andrew Westoll
* Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in Autism, by Joel Yanofsky
The short list will be announced on January 10, 2012 and the winner on March 5, 2012
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