The Boy in the Picture: The Craigellachie Kid and the Driving of the Last Spike

by Ray Argyle

Book Overview

Edward Mallandaine was there! To prove it he thrust himself into the historic photograph of the "Last Spike" being driven to mark the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Surrounded by the railway dignitaries of the time, his young face peers out amid their frosty beards.

Edward had just turned eighteen when he left his home in Victoria, British Columbia, to join the Canadian militia to fight Louis Riel in the North-West Rebellion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554887879
• ISBN13: 9781554887873
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10