About the Book Stories from Stones is about cairns. On Monument Island in Lake St. Francis, Ontario, towers the oldest and largest one in North America, a monument of the 1837 Rebellion, built by Glengarry Highlanders who dedicated it to their commander, Sir John Colborne. Such structures provoke queries-why were they built, are they still significant...? Neoloithic and Bronze Age peoples made them. When the Israelites crossed the Jordan into the Promised Land, each tribe carried a stone from the river to pile on the shore as a significant reminder for their children. Our Ontario ancestors also built them. Each chapter of this book tells the story, with a photograph or two, of one of these remarkable but little-known stone records of Ontario History.
The book includes thirty-five colour and fifteen black and white illustrations and maps as well as a bibliography.

About the Author Marion Heath holds a BA in English from McMaster University, Hamlton, Ontario; a Masters of Religious Education from Union Seminary, New York City; and a teacher´s certificate from Toronto, where she taught for some years. Her works include: The Competition in Russia: a Story for Grade 9 Studies; and articles on cairns and other monuments.