The Last Spike
The Great Railway, 1881-1885
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2001
Summary
In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the incredible story of how some 2,000 miles of steel crossed the continent in just five years - exactly half the time stipulated in the contract. Pierre Berton recreates the adventures that were part of this vast undertaking - the railway on the brink of bankruptcy, with one hour between it and ruin; the extraordinary land boom of Winnipeg in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385658416 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385658419 |
| Author: | Pierre Berton |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2001 |
| Weight: | 533g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 153mm x 30mm |
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“No novel could surpass The Last Spike for plot; no western for wildness… This is a great book.”—Vancouver Sun“Lively, human and utterly absorbing.”—The Financial Post
About The Author
Pierre Berton
Born in 1920 and raised in the Yukon, PIERRE BERTON worked in Klondike mining camps during his university years. He spent four years in the army, rising from private to captain/instructor at the Royal Military College in Kingston. He spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver, where at 21 he was the youngest city editor on any Canadian daily. He wrote columns for and was editor of Maclean’s magazine, appeared on CBC’s public affairs program “Close-Up” and was a permanent fixture on “Front Page Challenge” for 39 years. He was a columnist and editor for the Toronto Star and was a writer and host of a series of CBC programs. For his immense contribution to Canadian literature and history Berton has received a dozen honourary degrees, was a member of the Newsman’s Hall of Fame, and was a Companion of the Order of Canada. Pierre Berton passed away in Toronto on November 30, 2004.
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