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Nation Maker – Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our TimesVolume Two: 1867-1891 |
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| Format | Hardcover | |
| Catalogue No. | 978-0-307-35644-4 | |
| Pages | 232 | |
| Language | English only | |
| Price | $37.00 | |
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Written by Richard Gwyn. Published by Random House Canada, 2011. Description: |
| An exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail,
Nation Maker is the last half of Richard Gwyn's award-winning and
bestselling life of our first and most important prime minister, Sir John A.
Macdonald. In his first volume, John A: The Man Who Made Us, Gwyn showed us how Macdonald successfully laid the groundwork for our fledgling nation. This book picks up the story just after Confederation Day in 1867, and shows how Macdonald built this country over the next quarter-century, and helped to shape it into what it is today. Gwyn tellingly evokes the ways in which Macdonald finessed a reluctant union of four provinces in central Canada into a strong nation that stretched from coast to coast, despite indifference from its colonial master, Great Britain, and annexationist sentiment in the United States. But it wasn't easy. The wily Macdonald faced constant crises throughout these years, from Louis Riel's two rebellions through to the Pacific Scandal that almost undid his government and his quest to find the spine of the nation: the railroad that would link east to west. Gwyn paints a superb portrait of Canada and its leaders through these formative years and also delves deep to show us Macdonald the man, as he marries for the second time, deals with the birth of a disabled child, and the assassination of his close friend D'Arcy McGee, and wrestles with whether Riel should hang. Indelibly, Gwyn shows us Macdonald's love of this country and his ability to joust with forces who would have been just as happy to see the end of Canada before it had really begun, creating a must-read biography for all Canadians. "All the key historical characters are deftly described, which contributes hugely to making this book such an engaging read…. Nation Maker brings a fresh, welcome perspective to the life of our founding father. Anyone who reads it will no longer be able to take this powerful, charismatic, and dedicated man for granted." – Quill & Quire "Charming, difficult, far-sighted, devious, Sir John A. Macdonald was a master politician who spoke to Canadians in a way that few others have ever done. Writing with his usual elegance and insight, Richard Gwyn has done full justice to the man whose own story is inextricably interwoven with that of Canada." – Margaret MacMillan, author of Paris 1919 |
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