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THE FORKED ROAD: CANADA, 1939-1957.

By: Creighton, Donald.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1976

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28339

ISBN: 077102360X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

319 pp, 9 1/4" H. One of 'The Canadian Centenary Series'. B&w plates. "Canada's declaration of war against Germany in 1939 marked the beginning of the most significant eighteen-year period in the history of this nation. By the end of the Liberal regime in 1957 the country had undergone immense growth in human and material resources. The experience of the Second World War had been followed by participation in the Korean War and ten years of the Cold War. The Great Depression had given way to a boom which had continued through the exchange crisis, serious inflation and minor recess...
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THE LIFE OF LESTER PEARSON. VOLUME ONE: SHADOW OF HEAVEN, 1897-1948. VOLUME TWO: THE WORLDLY YEARS, 1949-1972. (VOLUMES I & II).

By: English, John.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys: 1989

Edition: First Editions

Seller ID: 28713

ISBN: 0886191653

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

414 pp, 473 pp, 9 1/4" H - 2 volume set. B&w photographs. 'Shadow of Heaven' - ISBN 0886191653 - published 1989. 'The Worldly Years' - ISBN 0394227298 - published 1992. "Lester Pearson - Canada's 14th prime minister, and foremost diplomat - was a man of deep and passionate convictions. His vision of Canada as a force for international peace, mediation, and good will helped redefine our view of ourselves. But how did this seemingly mild and easy-going man develop such a powerful and unswerving vision - and how did he win the political clout to put his beliefs into practice?" 'S...
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SHADOW OF HEAVEN: THE LIFE OF LESTER PEARSON. VOLUME ONE: 1897-1948.

By: English, John.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys: 1989

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28889

ISBN: 0886191653

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

414 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "Lester Pearson - Canada's 14th prime minister, and foremost diplomat - was a man of deep and passionate convictions. His vision of Canada as a force for international peace, mediation, and good will helped redefine our view of ourselves. But how did this seemingly mild and easy-going man develop such a powerful and unswerving vision - and how did he win the political clout to put his beliefs into practice? In this formidable and fascinating first volume, John English casts new light on the private and publice life of this remarkable Canadian." ...
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CANADA 1957-1967: THE YEARS OF UNCERTAINTY AND INNOVATION. THE CANADIAN CENTENARY SERIES NO. 19.

By: Granatstein, J.L.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1986

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 28770

ISBN: 0771035152

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

375 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, political cartoons. Signed by author on title page. "In the tenth decade of Canada's confederation, the expansive and unifying post-war boom gave way to rapid change and conflicting choices. These were the years of John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, years when Canada's culture, economy, and politics took new directions and the foundations of today's political and social realities were laid. Beginning with a survey of the country in 1957, poised to grasp Diefenbaker's grand 'Vision', the author vividly describes how the Progressive Conservative ...
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LOVE AND WHISKY: THE STORY OF THE DOMINION DRAMA FESTIVAL.

By: Lee, Betty. Foreword by Robertson Davies.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1973

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28386

ISBN: 0771052219

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

335 pp, 8 5/8" H. "For almost forty years - from 1932 to 1970 - theatre enthusiasts from across the nation congregated annually to participate in the msot spectacular cultural event in Canada - the yearly Dominion Drama Festival. Months of painstaking ajudication culminated in the staging of the best amateur theatre in the country, with further judging to choose the prize-winning performances. The drama was as intense offstage as on. (The author) recreates it within these page; the fledgling organization's struggle against overwhelming financial odds; the vying for presigious posit...
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ROBERTSON DAVIES: MAGICIAN OF WORDS.

By: Maes, Nicholas.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn: 2009

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24546

ISBN: 1550028723

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

221 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w photographs. "Born in Thamesville, Ontario, a student at Queen's University in Kingston in the 1930s, and editor and later publisher of the 'Peterborough Examiner' from the 1940s to the mid-1960s, playwright, essayist, critic, professor, and novelist Robertson Davies (1913-1995) was one of Canada's pre-eminent literary voices for more than half a century. Davies worked in his early career to increase the quality and profile of Canadian drama. He started the Dominion Drama Festival and was an early member of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival board. In 1...
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ROBERTSON DAVIES: MAGICIAN OF WORDS.

By: Maes, Nicholas.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn: 2009

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29350

ISBN: 1550028723

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

SIR ERNEST MACMILLAN: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING CANADIAN.

By: Schabas, Ezra.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28274

ISBN: 0802028497

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

374 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "As a conductor, organist, pianist, composer, educator, writer, administrator, and musical statesman, Sir Ernest MacMillan stands as a towering figure in Canada's musical history. His role in the development of music in Canada from the beginning of (the 20th) century to 1970 was pivotal. He conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for twenty-five years, and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir for fifteen. He was principal of the Toronto (now Royal) Conservatory of Music and dean of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music. He founded both the Cana...
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Keyword: Vincent Massey