Rogue Tory: The Life and Legend of John G. Diefenbaker

by Denis Smith

Book Overview

Winner of the Dafoe Book Prize Winner of the University of British Columbia Medal for Canadian Biography 1995 marked the 100th anniversary of that most charismatic and enigmatic public figure, the thirteenth prime minister of Canada, John George Diefenbaker. Beloved and reviled with equal passion, he was a politician possessed of a flamboyant, self-fabulizing nature that is the essential ingredient of spellbinding biography. After several runs at...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0921912927
• ISBN13: 9780921912927
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: MacFarlane Walter & Ross
• Length: 702 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A great biography of a towering figure of Canadian history..

This text appeared as I was attending graduate school in Toronto, Ontario. I ended up writing my thesis on a specific part of the Diefenbaker governments and this book is the reason why. (I'd also like to say that I wrote Smith about some of my research and he was very cooperative and professional!) Wonderfully researched and well written, you'll learn quite a bit about Dief the Chief and US-Canadian relations during the dangerous years from the late 50s to early 1960s; but you'll also learn more about the Canadian experience.This book is simply must for anyone hoping to understand Canadian politics and culture.

The Definitive Dief!

This book has all you'll ever need to know about Canada's 13th PM. It is thoroughly (almost excessively!) researched, and covers the Chief's life from start to finish. At no point did I find myself thinking, "gee, I wish Smith could have provided us with more details or factual information". No book has gone this far in providing us with the definitive Dief!