The Prime Ministers of Canada - Brossura

Donaldson, Gordon

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0385254547 ISBN 13: 9780385254540

Casa editrice: Doubleday of Canada, 1994

Riassunto

These lively and provocative portraits of Canada's prime ministers shed new light on the public and private lives of the people chosen to lead our fragile Confederation.

Whether vaulted into the public spotlight by ambition, or thrust forth by circumstance, the characters penned by Gordon Donaldson provide the main motive forces behind Canadian history.

From Sir John A. to Jean Chretien, this is Canadian history at its most accessible and entertaining, thanks to Gordon Donaldson's wry wit and irreverent pen- and to the diveresity of his subjects:  those who built and maintain Canada "in defiance of history, geography and climate."

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"Sir John A. Macdonald was a giant in the guise of a tippling old procrastinator, Mackenzie King a muddler of almost supernatural skill, Laurier a noble figure and Borden a noble man... even the minor ones like the terrible Sir Mackenzie Bowell, illuminated either the path ahead or the path back; both views were needed.  At any stage one completely irresponsible demagogue could have wrecked Confederation; but none reached the office of prime minister."

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Book by Gordon Donaldson

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• Editore: Doubleday of Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0385254547
• ISBN 13: 9780385254540
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 392