Research Catalog

Title

Tommy's team : the people behind the Douglas years / Stuart Houston and Bill Waiser.

Author

Houston, C. Stuart (Clarence Stuart), 1927-

Publication

Markham, ON : Fifth House, c2010.

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Additional Authors

Waiser, Bill, 1953-

Description

vi, 249 p. : ports., ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

In 2004, Tommy Douglas easily topped a CBC television poll as "The Greatest Canadian" because of his pre-eminent role in the introduction of Medicare in the 1960s. But Tommy Douglas did not accomplish all that he did on his own. Regrettably, the people who helped make his accomplishments possible have been largely overlooked, forgotten, or simply ignored. Tommy's Team offers an unprecedented look at the people who played a significant, and often influential role in his path to become one of the most successful political leaders of his era. Tommy Douglas and his achievement have long been recognized. It is time to turn the spotlight on the people behind the stage and in the wings. This book is their curtain call. --Publisher description.

Subject

• Douglas, T. C. 1904-1986 > Friends and associates
• Douglas, T. C. 1904-1986 > Amis et relations
• Premiers (Canada) > Saskatchewan > Officials and employees > Biography
• Social reformers > Canada > Biography
• Politicians > Saskatchewan > Biography
• Politicians > Canada > Biography
• Premiers ministres > Saskatchewan > Fonctionnaires > Biographies
• Réformateurs sociaux > Canada > Biographies
• Hommes politiques > Sakatchewan > Biographies
• Hommes politiques > Canada > Biographies
• Saskatchewan > Politics and government > 1944-1964
• Canada > Politics and government > 1935-
• Saskatchewan > Biography
• Saskatchewan > Politique et gouvernement > 1944-1964
• Canada > Politique et gouvernement > 1935-
• Saskatchewan > Biographies

Genre/Form

Biographies

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-243) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Bill Baker -- Fred Bard -- Allan Blair -- Brandon College teachers -- Bill Burak -- George Cadbury -- Irma Dempsey -- Sylvia Fedoruk -- George Ferguson -- Ertle Harrington -- Orville Hjertaas -- Kiyoshi Izumi -- Harold Johns -- Al Johnson -- Stanley Knowles -- Sam Lawson -- Hugh MacLean -- Wendell Macleod -- Vince Matthews -- Fred McGuinness -- Griff McKerracher -- Eleanor McKinnon -- Norman McKinnon -- Tommy McLeod -- Arthur Morton -- Fred Mott -- Humphry Osmond -- Stewart Robertson -- Tommy Shoyama -- Morris Shumiatcher -- Henry Sigerist -- Charlie Smith -- David Smith -- Stanley Smith -- Mark Talnicoff -- Malcolm Taylor.

ISBN

• 9781897252758
• 1897252757

OCLC

• 606120027
• SCSB-12579379

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library