Lord Strathcona : A Biography of Donald Alexander Smith by McDonald, Donna - 1996

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Toronto, Ontario: Dundern Press., 1996 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 600 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Hint of cracking to spine, text block pulling a bit at top of spine. Jacket has very minor wear. Very Good/Near Fine.

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Paperback / softback. New. Lord Strathcona: A Biography of Donald Alexander Smith chronicles the life of the man who drove the last spike for the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo,. grey cloth, gilt spine, 600 pages., [16] pages of plates,) : illustrated., ports., a fine copy in afine dust jacket, 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..