Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada

by Stephen R. Bown

Book Overview

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Named Best Book of the Year by the Globe and Mail, History Today and The Hill Times

A gripping and eye-opening account of the building of the engineering triumph that created a nation: the Canadian Pacific Railway

The sharp decline of the demand for fur in the late nineteenth century could have spelled economic disaster for the venerable Hudson's Bay Company, but an idea emerged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385698747
• ISBN13: 9780385698740
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Doubleday Canada
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 10.0"