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Lord Strathcona: A Biography of Donald Alexander Smith
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Donald Smith, known to most Canadians as Lord Strathcona, was an adventurer who made his fortune building railroads. He joined the Hudson’s Bay Company at age eighteen and went on to build the first railway to open the Canadian Northwest to settlement. As his crowning achievement, he drove the last spike for the nation-building Canadian Pacific Railway.In 1896, Smith became Canada’s High Commissioner in London and was soon elevated to the peerage. He became a generous benefactor to Canadian institutions. This eminently readable biography brings to light new information, including details about Strathcona’s personal life and his scandalous marriage. Read more
Product Information
| Publisher | Dundurn Press |
| Publication date | Sept. 1 2002 |
| Edition | Illustrated |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 600 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1550023977 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1550023978 |
| Item weight | 930 g |
| Dimensions | 15.24 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm |
| Best Sellers Rank | #692,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #727 in Canadian Military History #1,372 in Canadian Biographies #3,737 in History of Canada (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 11 ratings |