Van Hornes Road An Illustrated Account Of The Construction And First Years Of Operation Of The Canadian Pacific
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Author |
: Omer Lavallee |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 1974 |
ISBN-10 |
: LCCN:73086285 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Van Horne's Road; an Illustrated Account of the Construction and First Years of Operation of the Canadian Pacific .... by : Omer Lavallee
Author |
: Omer Lavallée |
Publisher |
: Fitzhenry & Whiteside |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1974 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0919130224 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780919130227 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Van Horne's Road by : Omer Lavallée
Construction and early operation of the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
Author |
: Omer Lavallée |
Publisher |
: Railfare Books (Fifth House) |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105131785011 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Van Horne's Road by : Omer Lavallée
William Cornelius Van Horne and the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. For armchair railroaders, historians, students - anyone fascinated by Canadian history - Van Horne's Road is a pictorial history of the railroad that forged a nation. Widely hailed as one of the most informative and important histories of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific Transcontinental Railway, this vibrant new edition of Van Horne's Road has been reformatted and redesigned for a new generation of readers as a permanent tribute to the people responsible for the building of what has been called Canada's National Highway. Containing more than 450 photographs, illustrations, and historic documents - supplemented by 40 maps and diagrams designed by the author - the book presents a coast-to-coast recreation of what indisputably stands as one of the most important and historic undertakings in the history of this nation.
Author |
: Valerie Knowles |
Publisher |
: Dundurn |
Total Pages |
: 217 |
Release |
: 2010-05-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781770705234 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1770705236 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis William C. Van Horne by : Valerie Knowles
William C. Van Horne was one of North America's most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, Van Horne started working in the railway business at a young age. In 1881 he was lured north to Canada to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Ralway. The railroading general pushed through construction of the CPR's transcontinental line and then went on to become the company's president. During his time with the CPR, Van Horne developed a telegraph service, launched the Empress line of Pacific steamships in 1891, and founded CP Hotels. He capped his career by opening up Cuba's interior with a railway. A man of prodigious energy and many talents, he also became Canada's foremost art collector and one of the country's leading financiers. For all of his amazing accomplishments, Van Horne was knighted in 1894. When he died church bells throughout the length and breadth of Cuba tolled to mark his passing, and when his funeral train made its way across Canada, all traffic on the CPR system was suspended for five minutes.
Author |
: Valerie Knowles |
Publisher |
: Dundurn |
Total Pages |
: 501 |
Release |
: 2004-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1550024884 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781550024883 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis From Telegrapher to Titan by : Valerie Knowles
William Van Horne, general manager of the CPR, pushed through construction of the transcontinental line and went on to become company president.
Author |
: Mark Kearney |
Publisher |
: Dundurn |
Total Pages |
: 267 |
Release |
: 2006-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781550026542 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1550026542 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Whatever Happened To-- ? by : Mark Kearney
An entertaining where-are-they-now look at the fate of some 100 celebrities, newsmakers, and artifacts from this countrys past.
Author |
: Henry Cornelius Klassen |
Publisher |
: University of Calgary Press |
Total Pages |
: 497 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781552380789 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1552380785 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Eye on the Future by : Henry Cornelius Klassen
An accessible business history that considers the dynamic interplay between economic climate and the personal determination of business people in the late 1800s. The book provides insight into how entrepreneurs, retailers, manufacturers, bankers, farmers, and ranchers pioneered a booming business city. It discusses the people and activities that helped to create the conditions in which Calgary emerged as a city and the Bow Valley an important agricultural centre. Historical figures such as Isaac G Baker, Agnes K Bedingfeld, and James A Lougheed in the context of business in Calgary. The author also talks about the obstacles that faced business and civic leaders: how to promote economic growth of the city; how to create demand for goods and services; how to finance transportation improvements; how to assimilate substantial social and political change.
Author |
: Sarah-Jane Mathieu |
Publisher |
: Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2010-11-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807899397 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807899399 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis North of the Color Line by : Sarah-Jane Mathieu
North of the Color Line examines life in Canada for the estimated 5,000 blacks, both African Americans and West Indians, who immigrated to Canada after the end of Reconstruction in the United States. Through the experiences of black railway workers and their union, the Order of Sleeping Car Porters, Sarah-Jane Mathieu connects social, political, labor, immigration, and black diaspora history during the Jim Crow era. By World War I, sleeping car portering had become the exclusive province of black men. White railwaymen protested the presence of the black workers and insisted on a segregated workforce. Using the firsthand accounts of former sleeping car porters, Mathieu shows that porters often found themselves leading racial uplift organizations, galvanizing their communities, and becoming the bedrock of civil rights activism. Examining the spread of segregation laws and practices in Canada, whose citizens often imagined themselves as devoid of racism, Mathieu historicizes Canadian racial attitudes, and explores how black migrants brought their own sensibilities about race to Canada, participating in and changing political discourse there.
Author |
: Geoffrey J. Matthews |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 1998-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780802042033 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0802042031 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Concise Historical Atlas of Canada by : Geoffrey J. Matthews
A distillation of sixty-seven of the best and most important plates from the original three volumes of the bestselling of the Historical Atlas of Canada.
Author |
: David Laurence Jones |
Publisher |
: Heritage House Publishing Co |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2020-11-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781772033502 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1772033502 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Railway Nation by : David Laurence Jones
A riveting, visually engaging collection of vignettes highlighting the rich heritage of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Since its founding in 1881, Canadian Pacific has made an indelible mark on the lives of Canadians. Most commonly associated with its iconic railway, at its height CP also ran hotels, steamships, and an airline, and had myriad involvements in immigration, irrigation, resource development, war contributions, and international trade. It has been said that no other single corporation has shaped Canadian national identity as much as CP. Railway Nation: Tales of the World’s Greatest Travel System is a compilation of more than fifty thrilling and historically significant stories based on colourful anecdotes and archival sources dating back to the company's golden era. From the construction of the ground-breaking Spiral Tunnels on what was previously the most dangerous and accident-prone stretch of railway track in the Rockies, to the CPR-manufactured Valentine tanks that helped the Soviet Union fight off the Nazis in World War II, to the long and frustrating struggle of CP stewardesses fighting against sexist employment policies, this lively and nuanced portrait of an iconic company is illustrated with fascinating archival photography and will be an essential addition to any Canadian history buff's library.