[PDF.61gj] The National Dream: The Great Railway, 1871-1881

The National Dream: The Great Railway, 1871-1881

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 | #1534951 in Books |  2001-08-14 |  2001-08-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.00 x6.00l,1.09 | File type: PDF | 456 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A Great Way to Get a Feel for a New Young Nation|By David Eck|Canada as a nation was only a few years old when the decision was made by the county's first prime minister - John A. Macdonald - to build a transcontinental railway. (The Canadians say "railway," not "railroad.") Macdonald's move was a way to entice British Columbia - then a British colony - to join the Canadian Con| |"Pierre Berton is a chronicler of the first order who has brought photographic clarity to the great and the corrupt, to the zealots and the dreamers associated with Canada's first great vision of linking steel threads to the nation's fabric."|—Montrea

In 1871, a tiny nation, just four years old — it's population well below the 4 million mark — determined that it would build the world's longest railroad across empty country, much of it unexplored. This decision — bold to the point of recklessness — was to change the lives of every man, woman and child in Canada and alter the shape of the nation.

Using primary sources — diaries, letters, unpublished manuscripts, public documents and ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The National Dream: The Great Railway, 1871-1881   |  Pierre Berton. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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