With this manifestation of True Patriot Love—created to accompany her same-titled exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada—Wieland joined other artists of the 1960s and 1970s who made one-of-a-kind books, or multiple-edition bookworks, that played with the form, appearance, and purpose of the conventional book.

Although the exhibition was colourful and humorous, the black and white imagery of Wieland’s bookwork leaves a very different impression. Fragments of writing appear and trail off. The land is regarded as a kind of palimpsest, criss-crossed by various voices, images, and texts.