Lord Strathcona: A Biography of Donald Alexander SmithDundurn, 2002 - 600 pàgines Donald Smith, known to most Canadians as Lord Strathcona, was an adventurer who made his fortune building railroads. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company at age eighteen and went on to build the first railway to open the Canadian Northwest to settlement. As his crowning achievement, he drove the last spike for the nation-building Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1896, Smith became Canada's High Commissioner in London and was soon elevated to the peerage. He became a generous benefactor to Canadian institutions. This eminently readable biography brings to light new information, including details about Strathcona's personal life and his scandalous marriage. |
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4 Chief Trader 18521861 | 83 |
5 Chief Factor 18621869 | 111 |
6 Louis Riel and the Northwest 18691870 | 137 |
7 A Representative Man 18701871 | 173 |
16 Parliament and Manitoba Schools 18861896 | 383 |
17 High Commissioner 18961899 | 403 |
18 The Boer War 1900 | 429 |
19 A Marvel of a Man 19001907 | 445 |
20 The Grand Old Man 19081914 | 465 |
21 Postscript | 503 |
Donations and Bequests | 507 |
Shares and Investments | 527 |
8 Chief Commissioner 18711873 | 195 |
9 The Pacific Scandal 1873 | 209 |
10 Land Commissioner 18741879 | 225 |
11 The Saint Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway 18701880 | 255 |
12 The Canadian Pacific Railway 18801885 | 291 |
13 The Canadian Subcommittee 18801889 | 329 |
14 A Man of Substance 18861896 | 349 |
15 The Great Northern 18851901 | 369 |
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Lord Strathcona: A Biography Of Donald Alexander Smith Donna McDonald Previsualització limitada - 1996 |
Lord Strathcona: A Biography of Donald Alexander Smith Donna McDonald Previsualització limitada - 2002 |
Lord Strathcona: A Biography of Donald Alexander Smith Donna McDonald Previsualització limitada - 2002 |
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