John A. MacDonald : : The Young Politician, The Old Chieftain / / Donald Creighton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
• VerfasserIn: Creighton, Donald,
• MitwirkendeR: Creighton, D. G.,; Waite, P.B.,; Wright, Donald,
• TeilnehmendeR: Waite, Peter.; Wright, Donald.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1236 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Introduction to the 2018 Edition --; Introduction. Donald Creighton and His Macdonald --; Preface --; Contents --; I. The Immigrant Macdonalds (1815-1830) --; II. The Lawyer's Apprentice (1830-1837) --; III. First Public Appearances (1837-1839) --; IV. The New Conservative Candidate (1839-1844) --; V. Minister of the Crown (1844-1847) --; VI. The Twilight of the Tory Party (1847-1849) --; VII. Years of Recovery (1849-1851) --; VIII. The Liberal-Conservative Coalition (1851-1854) --; IX. The Victory of the Progressive-Conservatives (1854-1856) --; X. Double Shuffle (1856-1858) --; XI. The Humiliation of George Brown (1858-1861) --; XII. Impasse (1861-1864) --; XIII. British North America in Conference (June-December, 1864) --; XIV. Checkmate (January, 1865-April, 1866) --; XV. Triumph (April, 1866-March, 1867) --; Epilogue-The First of July, 1867 --; A Note on Authorities --; Notes --; Index --; Front Matter 2 --; I. The Pacification of Nova Scotia (1867-1869) --; II. The West in Jeopardy (1869-1870) --; III. Fish and Diplomacy (1870-1871) --; IV. Design for the Future (1871-1872) --; V. Blackmail (1872-1873) --; VI. The Forked Road (1873-1876) --; VII. The Picnic Grounds of Ontario (1876-1878) --; VIII. The Plan in Realization (1878-1880) --; IX. Contract for Steel (1880-1881) --; X. Good Times (1881-1883) --; XI. Stand Fast, Craigellachie! (1883-1884) --; XII. Triumph and Disaster (1884-1885) --; XIII. The Revolt of the Provinces (1885-1887) --; XIV. The Renewal of Cultural Conflict ( 1887-1889) --; XV. The Last Election ( 1889-1891) --; Epilogue-The Sixth of June, 1891 --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487518769; 9783110610765; 9783110664232; 9783110610178; 9783110606195; 9783110606799
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487518769
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Donald Creighton.

First published in 1952 and 1955, John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician, The Old Chieftain remains a classic in Canadian arts and letters. Described as the greatest biography ever written in Canada, it earned Donald Creighton two Governor General's Awards. In 2013, the Toronto Review of Books recommended it to anyone who wished to become a better Canadian. In this book, Creighton examines the public and private lives of Canada's first prime minister, his victories and defeats as well as his joys and pains. A gifted writer, Creighton takes the reader back in time, to the nineteenth century, the road to Confederation, and the building of the railway. Along the way, he visits Kingston, Quebec, Charlottetown, Ottawa, and London, following his hero from a few rooms above his father's shop in Kingston to the corridors of power in England, including the magnificent Highclere Castle where much of the British North America Act was written. This edition includes a new introduction by Creighton's biographer, Donald Wright, and by Peter Waite, Creighton's very first doctoral student.