An exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail, this major biography is the second volume of the bestselling, award-winning John A: The Man Who Made Us, by well-known journalist and highly respected author Richard Gwyn. John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most important prime minister, is the man who made Confederation happen, who built this country over the next quarter century, and who shaped what it is today. From Confederation Day in 1867, where this volume picks up, Macdonald finessed a reluctant union of four provinces into a strong state.
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WINNER 2012 - Writers' Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
WINNER 2012 - Dafoe Book Prize
FINALIST 2011 - Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction
FINALIST 2011 - BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction
FINALIST 2011 - Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction
FINALIST 2011 - Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-Fiction
A Globe and Mail Best Book
RICHARD GWYN is an award-winning author and political columnist. He is widely known as a commentator for the Toronto Star on national and international affairs and as a frequent contributor to television and radio programs. His books include two highly praised biographies, Smallwood: The Unlikely Revolutionary on Newfoundland premier Joey Smallwood, and The Northern Magus on Pierre Elliott Trudeau. His book, Nationalism Without Walls: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Canadian, was selected by the Literary Review of Canada as one of the 100 most important books published in Canada.The first volume of Gwyn's biography of Macdonald was published in 2007, became a national bestseller and won the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. The author lives in Toronto, ON.
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