Playing Dead&#58 A Contemplation Concerning the Arctic&#44 by two&#45time Governor General&#146s Award&#45winner Rudy Wiebe&#44 is the first book in NeWest&#146s Landmark Editions Series&#46 First released in 1989&#44 this collection won the Alberta Culture Non&#45 Fiction Award&#46These essays take a critical look at the history&#44 mystery&#44 and spirituality of a region that Wiebe would have us see as a vital aspect of our Canadianism&#44 one we ignore at the peril of our nationhood&#46