Lord Strathcona: A Biography of Donald Alexander Smith chronicles the life of the man who drove the last spike for the Canadian Pacific Railway. The first biography of Smith since 1915, Lord Strathcona was compiled with archives from England, Scotland, the U.S. and Canada and brings new information to light about Smith, who joined the Hudson’s Bay Company when he was just 18.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Donna McDonald
EAN: 9781550022667
COUNTRY: Canada
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WEIGHT: 1080 g
HEIGHT: 229 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Dundurn Group Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 1996-02-22
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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867), HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
WIDTH: 165 cm
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Book Themes:
Biography: historical, political and military
Donna McDonald is a writer and arts administrator who lives in London but works throughout Britain. She is the author of Illustrated News: The Canadian Pictures of Juliana Horatia Ewing (Dundurn 1985) and The Odyssey of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (Editions Bim, 1986). She is married to a fellow Canadian, writer Robert McDonald.
