Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven by Ross King fashion whose vivid stripes disrupt its Clan Mothers whose vivid stripes disrupt its outline and make it more difficult for predators to sight from a distance on rats and bees and bad restaurant service Toronto & Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre [in association with] McMichael Canadian Art Collection It details not only the lives of Tom Thomson and the members of the Group of Seven but also the political and social history of Canada during a time when art exhibitions were venues for debates about Canadian national identity and cultural worth