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STEEL OF EMPIRE

by John Murray Gibbon

Published by Rich & Cowan Ltd.. 1935

Fair condition. The Romantic History of the candian pacific, the northwest passage of Today. Colour and b/w plates and b/w illustrations to text.

Spine split and frayed to sides. Joints strengthened with tape.

Stock no. 1706736

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Contents

  • The Lure of Cathay
  • French Fur Traders
  • Chinese Influence on Europe
  • Overland to the Pacific
  • Astorian Adventure
  • Waterways
  • Canada in the Forties
  • Opening of China and Japan
  • Columbia and Fraser Rivers
  • Piercing Mountain Barriers
  • New Blood from Scotland
  • Railways and Exploration
  • Confederation
  • Red River Expedition
  • The First Pacific Railway
  • Government Construction
  • Macdonald Negotiates
  • George Stephen at the Helm
  • Hustle and Progress
  • New Routh Through Mountains
  • Finance and Mountain Camps
  • Near-Ruin and Rebellion
  • The Last Spike
  • First Through Transcontinental
  • Pacific Service and Prairies
  • Van Horne Rampant
  • Orient and Crow's Nest Pass
  • Lord Strathcona, Imperialist
  • Shaughnessy's Regime
  • Extensions and Colonisation
  • C.P.R. and the War
  • E.W. Beatty Steps Up
  • The Railway as Citizen
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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