Lord Beaverbrook / David Adams Richards ; with an introduction by John Ralston Saul (Series Editor).
Par : Richards, David Adams.
Collaborateur(s) : Saul, John Ralston.
Collection : Extraordinary Canadians. Éditeur : Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2011Édition : 1st ed.Description :177 p. : cov. ill. ; 20 cm.ISBN : 9780143055952 (pbk).Sujet(s) : Lord Beaverbrook 1873-1951 | Minister -- Biography | Politicians -- Canada -- Biography | Entrepreneur -- Biography | Canada -- Biography | Journey of Independence -- Biography | Proficient | C1 (CEFR)Ressources en ligne : Publisher's Website. | Check the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) catalog.Type de document | Site actuel | Collection | Cote | Numéro de copie | Statut | Date d'échéance | Code à barres |
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Livres | CR Julien-Couture RC (Learning) General Stacks | Non-fiction | L/R EXT 3 (Parcourir l'étagère) | 1 | Disponible | A023341 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Chapter 1: Beaverbrook
Chapter 2: Early Times
Chapter 3: Lawyer's Apprentice and Campaign Manager
Chapter 4: The Great World Beyond
Chapter 5: Mr. Stairs of the Union Bank of Halifax
Chapter 6: Marriage in the New World
Chapter 7: The Great Canadian Cement Caper and the CPR
Chapter 8: English Shores
Chapter 9: Knighthood
Chapter 10: Cherkley as a Front for Family Life
Chapter 11: Law Becomes Conservative Leader
Chapter 12: War
Chapter 13: The Making of Prime Minister David Lloyd George
Chapter 14: On Shaky Ground
Chapter 15: The Press Baron Alley Fighter
Chapter 16: The Long-Coming Rise of Mr. Bonar Law
Chapter 17: And Then Poor Gladys Dies
Chapter 18: Free Trade and Stanley Baldwin, I Presume
Chapter 19: Signs of a New War
Chapter 20: War and the Boy from Newcastle
Chapter 21: Comrade Stalin's Man
Chapter 22: Last Years
"Press baron, entrepreneur, art collector, and wartime minister in Churchill's cabinet, Max Aitken was a colonial Canadian extraordinaire. Rising from a hardscrabble childhood in New Brunswick, he became a millionaire at age 25, earned the title of Lord Beaverbrook at 38, and by age 40 was the most influential newspaperman in the world. Fiercely loyal to the British Empire, he was nonetheless patronized by London's upper class, whose country he worked tirelessly to protect during World War II. David Adams Richards, one of Canada's preeminent novelists, celebrates Beaverbrook's heroic achievements in this perceptive interpretive biography." (Publisher's website)
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