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Lord Strathcona : a biography of Donald Alexander Smith
- Title
- Lord Strathcona : a biography of Donald Alexander Smith / Donna McDonald.
- Author
- McDonald, Donna, 1942-
- Publication
- Toronto : Dundurn Press, c1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 97-629 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 600 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Biography of Donald Alexander Smith
- Subjects
- Note
- Lord Strathcona's bookplate is reproduced on the end papers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 575-584) and index.
- Contents
- Foreward -- ch. 1. The early years 1820-1838 -- ch. 2. The little emperor and the King's posts 1838-1847 -- ch. 3. Esquimaux Bay 1847-1852 -- ch. 4. Chief trader 1852-1861 -- ch. 5. Chief factor 1862-1869 -- ch. 6. Louis Riel and the Northwest 1869-1870 -- ch. 7. A representative man 1870-1871 -- ch. 8. Chief commissioner 1871-1873 -- ch. 9. The Pacific scandal 1873 -- ch. 10. Land commissioner 1874-1879 -- ch. 11. The Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway 1870-1880 -- ch. 12. The Canadian Pacific Railway 1880-1885 -- ch. 13. The Canadian sub-committee 1880-1889 -- ch. 14. A man of substance 1886-1896 -- ch. 15. The Great Northern 1885-1901 -- ch. 16. Parliament and Manitoba Schools 1886-1896 -- ch. 17. High commissioner 1896-1899 -- ch. 18. The Boer War 1900 -- ch. 19. A marvel of a man 1900-1907 -- ch. 20. The grand old man 1908-1914 -- ch. 21. Postscript -- Appendix 1. Donations and bequests -- Appendix 2. Shares and investments -- Appendix 3. Equivalence: The value of the pound and the dollar in the Nineteenth Century -- Appendix 4. Genealogical charts -- Notes -- Illustration credits -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 97-629
- ISBN
- 1550022660
- LCCN
- cn 96990074
- OCLC
- 37269124
- 35900427
- Author
- McDonald, Donna, 1942-
- Title
- Lord Strathcona : a biography of Donald Alexander Smith / Donna McDonald.
- Imprint
- Toronto : Dundurn Press, c1996.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 575-584) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 97-629