Research Catalog

Title

John A. Macdonald : the young politician, the old chieftain / Donald Creighton ; with a new introduction by P.B. Waite.

Author

Creighton, Donald Grant.

Publication

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1998.

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Description

ca. 1154 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Sir John A. Macdonald's flamboyant personality dominated Canadian public life from the years preceding Confederation to the end of the nineteenth century, and the political structures and national policies which developed under his leadership continue to shape public issues today. Creighton's first volume takes Macdonald from his childhood and early years as a young lawyer in Kingston, Ontario, through his swift rise in political life to positions of influence, to the great achievement of uniting the colonies of British North America in Confederation. The second volume traces Macdonald's often tumultuous subsequent career in the context of a growing and often recalcitrant nation. He was Prime Minister from 1867 to 1873 and then again from 1878 until his death in June, 1891. The evocative epilogues with which Creighton concludes each volume are widely recognized as having a place among the great passages of literary prose." "P. B. Waite's introduction to this new one-volume republication provides an illuminating account of the impact that Creighton and his biography of Macdonald had on a whole generation of historians and readers."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Reprints in Canadian history

Uniform Title

Reprints in Canadian history

Subject

• Macdonald, John A. 1815-1891
• Macdonald, John A. Sir, 1815-1891
• 1841-1867
• Prime ministers > Canada > Biography
• Canada > Politics and government > 1841-1867
• Canada > Politics and government > 1867-1896

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Immigrant Macdonalds, 1815-1830 -- 2. The Lawyer's Apprentice, 1830-1837 -- 3. First Public Appearances, 1837-1839 -- 4. The New Conservative Candidate, 1839-1844 -- 5. Minister of the Crown, 1844-1847 -- 6. The Twilight of the Tory Party, 1847-1849 -- 7. Years of Recovery, 1849-1851 -- 8. The Liberal-Conservative Coalition, 1851-1854 -- 9. The Victory of the Progressive-Conservatives, 1854-1856 -- 10. Double Shuffle, 1856-1858 -- 11. The Humiliation of George Brown, 1858-1861 -- 12. Impasse, 1861-1865 -- 13. British North America in Conference, June-December, 1864 -- 14. Checkmate, January 1865-April 1866 -- 15. Triumph, April 1866-March 1857 -- Epilogue, The First of July, 1867.

ISBN

0802071643

LCCN

cn^97932482^

OCLC

• 38105763
• SCSB-11707321

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library