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       2011., PMA Productions Call No: DVD Bio L166s    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary CanadiansSummary Note: Canada has no better interpreter than prolific writer and thinker John Ralston Saul. Here he argues that Canada did not begin in 1867; indeed, its foundation was laid by two visionary men, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin. The two leaders of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, worked together after the 1841 Union to lead a reformist movement for responsible government run by elected citizens instead of a colonial governorBut it was during the "Great Ministry" of 184851 that the two politicians implemented laws that created a more equitable country. They revamped judicial institutions, created a public education system, made bilingualism official, designed a network of public roads, began a public postal system, and reformed municipal governance. Faced with opposition, and even violence, the two men polar opposites in temperamentunited behind a set of principles and programs that formed modern Canada. Writing with verve and deep conviction, Saul restores these two extraordinary Canadians to rightful prominence.
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      By Saul, John Ralston, 1947-
       2010., Penguin Canada Call No: 971.04 S256l    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary Canadians.Summary Note: Canada has no better interpreter than prolific writer and thinker John Ralston Saul. Here he argues that Canada did not begin in 1867; indeed, its foundation was laid by two visionary men, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin. The two leaders of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, worked together after the 1841 Union to lead a reformist movement for responsible government run by elected citizens instead of a colonial governorBut it was during the "Great Ministry" of 184851 that the two politicians implemented laws that created a more equitable country. They revamped judicial institutions, created a public education system, made bilingualism official, designed a network of public roads, began a public postal system, and reformed municipal governance. Faced with opposition, and even violence, the two men polar opposites in temperamentunited behind a set of principles and programs that formed modern Canada. Writing with verve and deep conviction, Saul restores these two extraordinary Canadians to rightful prominence.
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      -- Canada and the Civil War plots against Lincoln.
      By Sher, Julian, 1953-
       2023., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: NEW 973.7 S551n    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: A riveting, dramatic account of the years, months and days leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, revolving around the unexpected ways Canadians were deeply involved in every aspect of the American Civil War. Canadians take pride in being on the “good side” of the American Civil War, serving as a haven for 30,000 escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad. But dwelling in history's shadow is the much darker role Canada played in supporting the slave South and in fomenting the many plots against Lincoln. The North Star weaves together the different strands of several extraordinary Canadians and a handful of Confederate agents in Canada as they all make their separate, fateful journeys to the night of the assassination on April 14, 1865. They ended up crossing paths with Lincoln or his assassin John Wilkes Booth, as they were caught up in the maelstrom of history. The book shines a spotlight on the stories of such intrepid figures as Anderson Abbot, Canada’s first Black doctor, who joined the Union Army; Emma Edmonds, the New Brunswick woman who disguised herself as a man to enlist as a Union nurse; and Edward P. Doherty, the Quebec man who led the hunt to track down John Wilkes Booth. We also meet the wealthy men who aided and supported the Confederate side, such as Toronto aristocrat George Taylor Denison III and banker and Montreal mayor Henry Starnes. Sher creates vivid portraits of places we thought we knew. Montreal was a sort of 19th-century Casablanca of the North: a hub for assassins, money-men, mercenaries and soldiers on the run. Toronto was a headquarters for Confederate plotters and gun-runners. The two largest hotels in the country became nests of Confederate spies. Meticulously researched and richly illustrated, The North Star is a sweeping tale that makes long-ago events leap off the page with a relevance to today.