The Loner: Three Sketches of the Personal Life and Ideas of R.B. Bennett, 1870-1947

by Peter B. Waite

Canada's bachelor prime ministers have always provided extraordinary material for biographers. Richard Bedford Bennett is no exception. In this volume P.B. Waite offers three entertaining essays on the personal life of Canada's Depression prime minister.

The first essay is set in New Brunswick, where Bennett grew up. It focuses on Bennett's youth and the early influences on his character: school, church, and family. The second, covering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802074014
• ISBN13: 9780802074010
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher