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An exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail, this major biography is the second volume of the bestselling, award-winning John A: The Man Who Made Us, by well-known journalist and highly respected author Richard Gwyn.
John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most important prime minister, is the man who made Confederation happen, who built this country over the next quarter century, and who shaped what it is today. From Confederation Day in 1867, where this volume picks up, Macdonald finessed a reluctant union of four provinces in central and eastern Canada into a strong nation, despite indifference from Britain and annexationist sentiment in the United States.
But it wasn't easy. The wily Macdonald faced constant crises throughout these years, from Louis Riel's two rebellions through to the Pacific Scandal that almost undid his government and his quest to find the spine of the nation: the railroad that would link east to west. Gwyn paints a superb portrait of Canada and its leaders through these formative years and also delves deep to show us Macdonald the man, as he marries for the second time, deals with the birth of a disabled child, and the assassination of his close friend Darcy McGee, and wrestles with whether Riel should hang.
Indelibly, Gwyn shows us Macdonald's love of this country and his ability to joust with forces who would have been just as happy to see the end of Canada before it had really begun, creating a must-read for all Canadians.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1 - Present at the Creation
- 2 - Agnes of God
- 3 - Modest Country
- Ambitious Leader
- 4 - A Triumph
- A Tragedy
- 5 - Who Speaks for Canada?
- 6 - Good Times and Hard Times
- 7 - Manifest Destiny versus Manifest Destiny
- 8 - Champions of Two Nations
- 9 - Building the Future
- Ruining the Present
- 10 - Rage and Recovery
- 11 - First the North-West
- Then the West
- 12 - Bragging Rights
- 13 - Railway First
- Election Next
- 14 - Gristle into Bone
- 15 - The Blunder
- 16 - Decline
- 17 - Fall
- 18 - A Second Act
- 19 - Bismarck's Twin
- 20 - The People Change Their Minds
- 21 - A Considerable Man
- A Considerable Empire
- 22 - Build It and They Will Come
- 23 - The Best of Times
- 24 - A Dream Baulked
- 25 - The Worst of Times
- 26 - God's Messenger
- 27 - The One White Than Whom There Is No Higher
- 28 - A Defiant, Doomed Gesture
- 29 - Wickedly, Maliciously and Traitorously
- 30 - Knocking Off the Queen's Bonnet
- 31 - You'll Never Die
- 32 - The Wheels of His Mind
- 33 - The Second Bell
- 34 - Loyalty versus the Dollar
- 35 - A Last Bow from the Stage
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Picture Credits
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